John Jay Papers

From John Jay to the Governor of Virginia (Edmund Randolph), 17 December 1787

To the Governor of Virginia (Edmund Randolph)

New York 17th. Decemr. 1787

Sir

Your Excellency’s ^Letter^ was delivered ^to^ me this morning.1 The interpretation of the Council appears to me to be right. I however regret that there was room for doubt; for in my opinion the command of American Vessels should be confined to American Citizens. I have the honor to be with great Respect &c.

(signed) John Jay

LbkC, DNA: Domestic Letters description begins Domestic Letters of the Department of State, 1784–1906, RG59, item 120, National Archives (M40). Accessed on Fold3.com. description ends , 3: 308 (EJ: 2212).

1. Randolph to JJ, 5 Dec. 1787, above.

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    From John Jay to the Governor of Virginia (Edmund Randolph), 17 December 1787
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    Jay, John
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    Governor of Virginia
    Randolph, Edmund
    Date
    17 December 1787

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    “From John Jay to the Governor of Virginia (Edmund Randolph), 17 December 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jay/01-04-02-0296. [Original source: The Selected Papers of John Jay, vol. 4, 1785–1788, ed. Elizabeth M. Nuxoll. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2015, pp. 628–629.]