John Jay Papers

From John Jay to Floridablanca, 5 October 1781

To Floridablanca

[St. Ildefonso 5th. Octr. 1781.]1

Mr. Jay presents his Compliments to his Excellency the Count de Florida Blanca, and has the honor of informing him that he purposes to return to Madrid tomorrow, and will with pleasure attend his Excellency’s orders at the Escurial as soon as it may be convenient to his Excellency to render his presence there necessary.

LbkCs, enclosed in JJ to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 28 Apr. 1782, below, DNA: PCC, item 110, 1: 13 (EJ: 4186); NNC: JJ Lbks. 1 and 6; CSmH.

1. For Floridablanca’s reply, see his letter of this same date, below.

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    From John Jay to Floridablanca, 5 October 1781
    Author
    Jay, John
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    Floridablanca, José Monino, conde de
    Date
    5 October 1781

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    “From John Jay to Floridablanca, 5 October 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jay/01-02-02-0247. [Original source: The Selected Papers of John Jay, vol. 2, 1780–1782, ed. Elizabeth M. Nuxoll. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2012, p. 602.]

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