Right of Neutral Navigation
Document 1794Randolph notifes Hamilton, Knox, and Bradford that Denmark and Sweden have acknowledged the right of neutral navigation. He wonders if it would be advantageous for the President to send a commission to Europe to ascertain whether Mr. Jay should form a concert with those two nations in the pursuit of that principal with Britain and others.
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Randolph notifes Hamilton, Knox, and Bradford that Denmark and Sweden have acknowledged the right of neutral navigation. He wonders if it would be advantageous for the President to send a commission to Europe to ascertain whether Mr. Jay should form a concert with those two nations in the pursuit of that principal with Britain and others.
Date
06/30/1794
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1794063040301
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1
Notable persons
Edmund Randolph, Secretary of State
Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Knox, Secretary of War
William Bradford, Attorney General
[John] Jay
ministers of those nations at the Court of London
the President [Washington]
Notable locations
Denmark
Sweden
Great Britain
Europe
London
Notable items
right of neutral navigation
diplomatic character