Hold Hostilities in Abeyance Pending Negotiations
Document 1794Jay tells Hamilton that all hostilities between the U.S. and Britain should be held in abeyance until the present negotiations between the two countries are concluded. Current positions on the frontier should be held, prisoners should be released, and captured property restored.
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Extract of Letter
Description
Jay tells Hamilton that all hostilities between the U.S. and Britain should be held in abeyance until the present negotiations between the two countries are concluded. Current positions on the frontier should be held, prisoners should be released, and captured property restored.
Date
07/12/1794
Author
Recipient
Sent from
London
Repository
Collection
Document number
1794071293255
Page start
11
Note
Cited in Wayne to Knox,11/12/1794.
Spans Images 11-12 of this collection.
Notable persons
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
Simcoe
prisoners
Notable locations
London
Notable items
informal conversation relative to Simcoe's hostile measure
present negotiation
conclusion of it
status quo
all encroachments on their side
all hostile measures
prisoners or property
both Governments
orders and instructions