Town Meetings Against Treaty with Great Britain
Document 1795Write on "present state of political affairs" in reference to the treaty negotiated with Great Britain by Mr. Jay. Jacobins oppose treaty and side with France. Pickering believed main goal of British was to have U.S. surrender posts on frontier. Fear of rising number of town meetings across country to discuss the treaty.
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Write on "present state of political affairs" in reference to the treaty negotiated with Great Britain by Mr. Jay. Jacobins oppose treaty and side with France. Pickering believed main goal of British was to have U.S. surrender posts on frontier. Fear of rising number of town meetings across country to discuss the treaty.
Date
08/01/1795
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Recipient
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War Office
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Document number
1795080113000
Note
Available online via the University of Pittsburgh Press at http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/text-idx?idno=31735057896171;view=toc;c=pittpress
Notable persons
Anthony Wayne
Timothy Pickering
Mason
Thomas McKean
John Rutledge
British
mobs
minister
Jacobins
Senate
Notable locations
War Office
France
Great Britain
towns
Portsmouth
New Hampshire
Charleston
South Carolina
Philadelphia