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Peace Negotiations, Anglo-American

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Great Britain 96

Issues for 38

subentries

JA's views on39

prospects for33

progress of and prospects for26

British proposals for20

possibility of and prospects for19

British attitude toward17

possible separate16

JA on prospects of negotiations for14

U.S. admission to Armed Neutrality and14

and JA's “Letters from a Distinguished American”11

British see Anglo-Amer. reconciliation possible short of independence11

JA sees Fox's policies as more amenable to11

British readiness for10

PJA07
42
PJA08
74
75
83-84
268-269
280
336
339
364
376

congress debates ultimata for treaty of10

PJA07
xxii
PJA08
57-58
86
87
89
93-94
148
149
164
274

effect of Dutch recognition of U.S. on10

JA on Brit. attitudes toward10

Jay provides JA with information on10

Laurens' participation in10

possible separate peace10

parliamentary debates on9

proposal for, under Austro-Russian mediation9

compatibility with French treaties and no separate8

Digges meets with JA concerning8

Amer. attitude toward7

PJA09
351-352
355-356
PJA10
43
88
92
113
220

comments on proposals for7

PJA07
67
PJA08
8-10
11
29
45-46
54-55
193

JA prepares to go to Paris for7

Laurens' meetings with JA concerning7

PJA13
15
53
67-68
82
83
433
436

JA on Shelburne's policy6

JA's position on a separate6

PJA09
81-82
305-306
534-536
557
560
PJA10
77

possible general peace conference6

PJA13
140
169
232
254
255
403

Carleton and Digby plan for5

PJA13
71
194
220
222
407

Digges' meeting with JA concerning5

Franco-Amer. alliance and5

PJA13
71
394
395
397
398

French role in planning and negotiating5

PJA07
250-251
xv
PJA08
89
275
346

George III's opposition to5

PJA10
257
258
269
441
466

independence as prerequisite for5

PJA06
27
72
116
228
386

JA needs information on progress of5

PJA13
57
177
180
433
xx-xxi

obstacles to5

Vergennes' views on5

PJA09
299
339-340
516
517-518
PJA10
32-42

British defeat needed for4

PJA11
418
419
420
467

British recognition of Amer. independence required before negotiations4

PJA10
39
43
217
244

British unreadiness for4

PJA11
186
227
385
467

consequences of4

PJA12
337
396
432
455-457

effect of Yorktown on4

PJA12
85
92-93
110
xvii

H. Laurens meets with JA about4

JA on effect of British successes on willingness to make4

PJA08
345
349
355
356

JA's powers to negotiate4

PJA09
99
102-103
104
PJA10
278-279

joint commission and instructions for4

loyalists and4

PJA09
84
110
434
565

preliminary negotiations4

PJA13
15
164
403
404

rumors of4

PJA09
87
101
102
128

acquiring British possessions in North America for lasting3

PJA06
112
321
326

commerce as incentive for3

PJA12
40-42
432
455-457

JA seeks negotiations3

PJA09
152-153
xv
PJA10
1-3

JA's efforts to promote3

PJA09
157-164
531-538
x

JA sends copies of commissions to Livingston3

PJA13
474
475
485

possible cession of Canada and Nova Scotia3

PJA12
411
432
439

proposals for3

recognition of Amer. independence as sine qua non for3

PJA12
400
419
420

Rockingham ministry's position on3

PJA12
372
377-378
398

rumors regarding3

PJA12
332
354
399

truce as alternative to peace treaty3

PJA12
351
412
414

and Clinton peace commission2

PJA11
298
299

and Howe peace commission2

PJA11
120
121

Bedford party moves to establish2

PJA12
88
93

British refuse to negotiate with U.S. on2

PJA12
8
16-17

calls for in England2

PJA12
179
183

Carleton-Digby peace commission2

PJA12
414-415
458

Congress' commitment to2

PJA10
217
245

Dana on2

PJA13
470-471
533

effort to promote (1778-1779)2

PJA10
417
418

European view of2

PJA09
151
259

Franklin-Oswald meetings on2

PJA12
433
439

George III on2

PJA12
305
325

JA's commission and instructions for negotiating treaty of2

PJA08
185 (cal.)
203 (cal.)

JA's instructions of 17792

PJA11
368
369

JA will communicate Brit. proposals to Franklin and Vergennes2

PJA13
67
433

joint commissioners in Europe for2

PJA12
305
362

Laurens on origins of plan attributed to Shelburne2

PJA13
230
231

possible, based on uti posseditis 2

PJA11
369
434

possible dispatch of British commissioners to U.S.2

PJA12
303
362

proposed partition of U.S. in Anglo-Amer. negotiations2

PJA11
60-61
70

publication of “Letters from a Distinguished American” and2

PJA13
409
xxii

Rayneval's mission to England and2

PJA13
479
481

Ridley's journal accounts of conversations with JA about2

PJA13
66-68
83

and opposition party in Penn.1

PJA10
246

armies as best negotiators1

PJA13
215

arrival of, too soon held dangerous1

PJA05
268

as Britain's only option1

PJA12
390

British inquiries about as means to raise stocks1

PJA12
412

British motives for1

PJA12
290

British seek to avoid dealing with joint peace commission1

PJA12
413

Congress debates terms for1

PJA10
412-414

Conway on presence of Amer. negotiators for1

PJA12
288-289

correspondence between Franklin and D. Hartley on1

PJA12
407

D. Hartley inquires about1

PJA12
246

effect of North ministry's fall on1

PJA12
370

Franklin on progress of1

PJA13
93-94

French inability to control joint peace commission1

PJA11
369-370

intercepted Barbé-Marbois letter and1

PJA13
481

JA criticizes Vergennes' policy toward1

PJA13
232

JA on arrival of Oswald's 2d commission1

PJA13
520

JA on British knowledge of joint commission1

PJA12
412

JA on British policy toward1

PJA11
416

JA on effect of illicit Anglo-Amer. trade on1

PJA13
437-438

JA on effect of relief of Gibraltar on1

PJA13
472

JA on negotiating with Englishmen1

PJA13
238

JA refers to pending1

PJA13
74

JA's desire for1

PJA06
349

JA seeks unfortified borders in1

PJA12
411

JA will meet only with British plenipotentiaries for1

PJA12
412

JA wishes to return to Massachusetts when completed1

PJA13
128

Jay wishes to discuss with JA1

PJA13
215

Livingston lacks information on1

PJA13
466

Livingston seeks intelligence on1

PJA12
163-164

long war favors U.S.1

PJA12
324

Mississippi River as western boundary in1

PJA08
151

negotiations among Fitzherbert, Franklin, and Jay1

PJA13
242

negotiations with U.S. allies as substitute for direct1

PJA13
213

possibility of long truce rather than treaty1

PJA07
250-251

proposal that states of U.S. participate in conference for1

PJA11
431-434

secrecy of1

PJA13
2

support for equitable peace settlement in Britain1

PJA12
411

treaty as recognition of U.S.1

PJA13
395

truce a dangerous substitute for1

PJA06
121
See also: Austro-Russian Mediation

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