[endorsement: Copy — [undecipherable] — [undecipherable] Maumple] [Copy] [Genl Maumple] M^r Pitt has authorised me to acquaint the Minister of the United States of America, that Great Britain is anxious to establish and preserve the strictest amity, and friendship with the United States, and that a person properly authorised will shortly be sent out, for the discussion of matters that may require it, in order to make the necessary arrangements for the above purpose. M^r Pitt has likewise authorised Gen M. to procure for, and to transmit to him, what were the wishes and demands of America. As the President has, in his Message to the Senate, and [undecipherable] of the 14^th February 1791, [undecipherable: mentioned] that soon after he was called to the administration [undecipherable] it important to come to an understanding with the Court of London, respecting its disposition to enter into commercial arrangements with the United States, on the principles of reciprocal advantages, as mentioned in that [message], for which purpose he authorised informal conferences with the British Minister, from which he does not infer any dispositions on their part to enter into any arrangements merely commercial. General M. tho' not diplomatically employed, [undecipherable] the United States [undecipherable] from the Message he brings, be [undecipherable: satisfied] of the friendly dispositions of the Court of London, and that the information [will] satisfy the Government of the United States, that the disposition of Great Britain is favorable to [a] friendly [intercourse] with the United States foregoing is a copy of an unsigned paper delivered by Major Gen Maumple in his [Britannic Majesty's service] to [Knox] this 20^th day of Oct^o 1791 — [undecipherable: Knox] [Other Copies] [Copy] [Genl Maumple] M^r Pitt has authorised me to acquaint the minister of the United States of America, that Great Britain is anxious to establish and preserve the strictest amity and friendship with the United States, and that a person, properly authorised, will shortly be sent out, for the discussion of matters that may require it, in order to make the necessary arrangements for the above purpose. — M^r Pitt has likewise authorised Gen M. to procure for, and transmit to him, what were the wishes and demands of America. As the President has, in his message to the Senate and Assembly of 14^th Feb. 1791, mentioned that soon after he was called to the administration, he found it important to come to an understanding with the Court of London, respecting its disposition to enter into commercial arrangements with the United States on the principles of reciprocal advantages &c as mentioned in that message, for which purpose he authorized informal conferences with the British minister, from which he does not infer any dispositions on their part to enter into any arrangements merely commercial. Gen. M., tho' not diplomatically employed, hopes that the United States will, from the message he brings, be satisfied of the friendly disposition of the Court of London, and that this information will satisfy the government of the United States, that the disposition of Great Britain is favorable to a friendly intercourse with the United States. The foregoing is a copy of an unsigned paper delivered Major Gen Maumple in his britannica [Majesty's service] to Knox this 20^th day of Oct. 1791 — Knox