From John Jay to Grenville, 8 June 1794
To Grenville
Falmouth 8. June 1794
My Lord
I landed here this Evening with a Commission from the President of the United States, constituting me their Envoy to his majesty—1
The State of my Health not permitting me to travel rapidly, I transmit the enclosed Packet for your Lordship, with one for the marquis of Buckingham, by the Post— They were committed to my Care by Sir John Temple—2 it appears to me more proper to deny myself the Honor of delivering them in person than, for that purpose to detain them from your Lordships untill my
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, by John Hoppner, c. 1800. Oil on canvas. (© National Portrait Gallery, London) |
John Jay
The Right Honorable Lord Grenville one of his majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State—
ALS, UK-KeNA: FO 95/512 (EJ: 04968). Dft, NNC (EJ: 90243, EJ: 08487); LbkC, NNC: JJ Lbk. 8; , 4: 22.
1. On JJ’s appointment as envoy extraordinary to Britain, see the editorial note “The Jay Treaty: Appointment and Instructions,” , 5: 609–21.
2. On Temple, British consul general, see “Consuls De Gratia: The Role of British Consuls,” , 4: 245–50.
3. For JJ’s arrival in London, see JJ to Grenville, 15 June 1794, below.