[Jay Treaty / 'Gs— / v Important!] War department October 7. 1794 Sir, I have the honor to transmit your Excellency the extract of a letter from M^r Jay dated London 12 of July 1794 with a request in behalf of the President of the United States that the Agreement which it specifies should be duly observed as it respects the frontiers of New Hampshire— The Statu quo, as it existed immediately after the peace of 1783 is to be inviolably observed— All encroachments since that period are to be abandoned— I have the honor to be with great Respect Your Excellencys obedient Servant H Knox Sec^y of War His Excellency Josiah Bartlett Governor of New Hampshire [Docket on verso: Extract from a letter from M^r Jay]