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Jay, John
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in Continental Congress21
as joint commissioner to negotiate Anglo-Amer. peace12
efforts to achieve Spanish recognition12
appointed minister to Spain11
JA supplied with information on peace negotiations by9
as secretary for foreign affairs8
Congress appoints to negotiate commercial treaties8
meeting with JA to discuss peace negotiations proposed8
and Spanish-American treaty7
called to Paris for peace negotiations7
Congress draws bills of exchange on7
joint commissioner at Paris7
and Dalrymple negotiations6
elected minister to Spain6
Oswald's commissions and6
and 2d joint Amer. commission (“Peace Commission”)5
and preliminary articles5
as joint commissioner for mediation and peace5
on Brit. government and peace negotiations5
progress of negotiations with Spain5
appointment of secy. to peace commission and4
Carmichael elected secretary to4
JA on prospects for mission of4
Livingston dispatch to JA held by4
participates in peace negotiations4
prospects for obtaining loans from Spain4
urges Congress to name JA minister to Great Britain4
appointed peace commissioner3
bills of exchange drawn on3
Campo appointed to negotiate with3
elected to Amer. Philosophical Soc.3
JA concerned over delay in arrival of3
JA sends copies of Fitzherbert's commission and Dutch peace instructions to3
memoir on peace negotiations3
negotiations with Floridablanca3
on proposed tripartite or quadruple alliance3
sends John Lamb with commissions for negotiations with Barbary states3
and admission of new states2
and compensation of loyalists2
and Hussey-Cumberland mission2
and Spanish accession to Franco-Amer. alliance2
and Spanish offer to guarantee Amer. loan2
as president of the congress2
correspondence with Congress2
correspondence with Jefferson2
correspondence with Livingston2
falsely reported to have returned to America2
general peace conference and2
Gerry hopes to keep in Europe to negotiate2
Jenings as intermediary between JA and2
N.Y. delegate in Continental Congress2
on Dutch recognition of U.S.2
on lack of letters from U.S.2
personality and character2
relationship with Franklin in peace negotiations2
R. H. Lee on replacement of A. Lee by2
Staphorsts write to criticizing JA’s efforts to raise Dutch loan2
and Gates-Schuyler rivalry1
and N.Y. constitutional convention1
and Presidential election of 18001
and repeal of state acts impeding payment to British creditors1
and vote of N.Y. delegation on new ministers1
appointed U.S. minister for foreign affairs1
asks JA to come to Paris1
as president of Continental Congress1
commission to negotiate with Barbary States1
correspondence with David Humphreys1
correspondence with Franklin1
correspondence with Lafayette1
Digges insinuates willingness to negotiate separate peace1
disapproves of the Society of the Cincinnati1
Fitzherbert's commission and1
French inability to control peace negotiations of1
instructions regarding Portugal1
JA informs of commission and instructions to conclude tripartite alliance1
JA introduces La Luzerne and Barbé-Marbois to1
JA on appointment as minister1
JA recommends Barclay to1
JA recommends for minister to Great Britain1
JA suggests sending correspondence through Spanish ports1
letters to JA listed (1782)1
newspapers print lies about1
New York member of Congress1
nominated as minister to negotiate Anglo-American treaties1
nominated as minister to Spain1
N.Y. residence and office of1
on armies as best negotiators1
on balance of power between France and England1
on differences between JA and Franklin1
on French troops in Amer.1
on JA's prestige in Congress1
on JA's work in the Netherlands1
on looting by British troops1
on Lovell’s defense of A. Lee1
on military operations in America1
on situation in Netherlands1
on Spanish operations against Gibraltar and Minorca1
protests Stanhope's behavior to Great Britain1
receives newspapers from Livingston1
recognizes need for cipher in communications1
reportedly favors life terms for executives1
reports to, from commission to negotiate commercial treaties1
seeks cipher for correspondence with JA1
submits Prussian-Amer. treaty to Congress1