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The Selected Papers of John Jay: 1782-1784
Elizabeth M. Nuxoll
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Hardcover. Editor(s): Nuxoll, Elizabeth Miles. Num Pages: 768 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBTV; JFSL3; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1247.
This volume opens in June 1782 with the arrival of John Jay in Paris to join Benjamin Franklin in negotiation of the peace treaty with Great Britain. Exploring Jay’s controversial insistence on British recognition of American independence prior to the opening of negotiations and his disregard of congressional instructions to take no action without the knowledge and consent of France, it examines his unsuccessful negotiations with Spain and the failure to obtain a commercial treaty with Great Britain. It also documents the social and domestic life of the Jays in France and Jay’s visit to England to improve his health ... Read more
This volume opens in June 1782 with the arrival of John Jay in Paris to join Benjamin Franklin in negotiation of the peace treaty with Great Britain. Exploring Jay’s controversial insistence on British recognition of American independence prior to the opening of negotiations and his disregard of congressional instructions to take no action without the knowledge and consent of France, it examines his unsuccessful negotiations with Spain and the failure to obtain a commercial treaty with Great Britain. It also documents the social and domestic life of the Jays in France and Jay’s visit to England to improve his health ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
768
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813932804
SKU
V9780813932804
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