Convention between Denmark and Sweden

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Type

Printed Document

Description

Secretary of State Randolph discusses with the rest of Washington's Cabinet a convention between Denmark and Sweden for the maintenance of the rights of neutral navigation. Mentions John Jay's mission to London, preceding the notorious Jay Treaty, which will be signed in November that year.

Date

06/30/1794

Sent from

Philadelphia

Document number

1794063040000

Note

LC, RG 59, Domestic Letters of the Department of State, Vol. 7, June27-November 30,1794, National Archives; copy Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; copy, George Washington Papers, Library of Congress.

Notable persons

Henry Knox
Alexander Hamilton
William Bradford
Edmund Randolph
John Jay

Notable locations

Philadelphia
London
Denmark
Sweden
Britain

Notable items

Jay Treaty
navigation
Court of London
commission