as [undecipherable] immediately after the peace is to be inviolably observed. New encroach- ments being violations of it are of cour[se] not protected by the agreement. Indee[d] the agreement requires that they should be abandoned— With great consideration & esteem I have the honor to be Sir your Ob^t Serv^t [L.S.] A. Hamilton Major Gen^l Wayne Extract of a letter from John Jay Esq^r Envoy of the U.S. dated London 12^th July 1794 We had an informal conversation relative to Simcoe's hostile Measure. We concurred in opinion that during the presen^t Negotiation & until the conclusion of it, all things ought to remain and be preserved in Statu quo— that therefore both parties should continue to hold their possessions and that all encroachments on their side should be done away— that all hostile measures (if any such should have taken place) shall cease, and that in case it should unfortunately have happened that prisoners or property should have been taken the Prisoners shall be released and the property restored. And we have agreed that both Governments shall immediately give orders and instructions accordingly. Department of State 19^th Sep^t 1794 I hereby certify that the above is a true extract from the original letter from M^r Jay to the Secretary of State— [L.S.] Geo. Taylor Jun^r Chief Clerk A true Copy [L.S.] J. M^c Stagg Jun^r Chief Clerk