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A Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates, 1774-1875
Journals of the Continental Congress --TREATY WITH SPAIN
Affire.
Guardoqui. 29th. May 86. Spain will on no acct. permit the Navign.
Good Disposn. of Spain--Act of Friendship.
Spain wants & Consums. our Products--Pays in Cash. Will Garantg our Domins. Secure our Trade & Marine.
Jay Comml. Treaty wh. Spn. most benefl.--France will give prefe. to Sp.--Moving with Portugl. &c. Britain will injr. us with Sp. wh her Rivals &c. &c.
Sp. has infl. in Moroc: & Barby.: will exercise.
Do. in Italy--In Ama. very Good or Ill--Trad. very benl. but to be secur'd only by Treaty.
Treaty propd. Benefl.--as Natives--all Manufs. & Prods. Tobac. exceptd.--Will take Nav. Stores Masts & Timbr. for Navy at eql. Price--In Cash.
Prohibitn. of Tobac. none exists--Philips.--Missisipi. & Territy.--Will never yield Missi. Ama. will have it. Ansr. Period distant &c.
Foxbn. 20 or 25 yrs. Now shut. Will be so--Not impt. for that Perd. Nate. of W. Land. Will be so--Sepn. admn. Rigt. of Sessr.--Try--no Injy. much Good--Terry. few acres--Sp. has a New Comsl. Treat. with Sp.--May hereaftr. be indispd. towards--or unable.--Picture of our Circums.
Ill--Conte. so till Vigs. Natl. Govermt.
Instn. of Feby. 15th 1781. to desist from claim of Navn. of Missipi. below 31st Dege.--30th Ap. 1782. Approbn. of Do.--Repeal Augt. 6th 1782--Augt. 13th 1779. Resolutns. of Instrs. for Treaty of Peace wh. G. B.--8th June 1781.
Proposition of Virga. as to Northn. Boundy.--14th, 17th, Octr. 1780.
Letter containg. Reasons. on the Right of U. S. to Missipi. & Bounds. claim'd. Long & able.
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King. Minds settled. Reciprocity, implies all--Commisss. to regulate. Most favd. Nation. Do's not extend to speciffick Rights purchas'd--Kinds. Navign. of Missipi.
Dutch Bottoms--Summy. of the Benfs. from Secret of F. A. Rept. S. F. Affairs on Sp. claims & Fran. Views in respt. to Missisipi. St. Joseph taken by Sp.--Marq. Fayet: to C. Flor. Blan. Renvalls Paper.
King. The Fact is you cannot use the River for 20 Ys. all folls. from this.
Negate.
Grayn. Pendn. Ben. [sic]
Lee--Not attainable. Engd. Unnecessy. & Misipi.
Pinky. must prose. Jay has foundn.--Little Diffe. betwn. Tempy. & perpetl. Cession--Submits. Paps. in Ansr.
France fave. to Spn. but will not risqe. a Contt. with Engd. & U. S. for her. Engd. Turns her attn. to S. A. & wd. interfe. for us. Treat. wh. Portgl.
Sp. no use to us in Barby.--Nor in Italy tho the K of Naps. a Son of Sp.--Sp. fears us & our Interfe. in S. Ama.--It is the Intt. of Sp to Treat
2ly. The offers. are recip. Masts--lans.--Philips. Cannot so recipe. our Trade Free--theirs enslavd.--
Duts. high 10 25 pr. Ct.--Wants our Prods. & will not shut her Ports--Masts no Conseqe. She will want them. & you will want no sale--Their Ints. will open their Ports--Manilla Ministl. Finess But if real no advante.--N E. States benefd.
Trade wh. Sp. Treats. wh. Spain--Famy. Correse.
N York & Pena. may expt. wheat. Jer. out.
Virga. not Tobac. & most Injd. Caros. & Geor. Rice wants no Treaty or if did not at such expe.--No equivt.--The Right. admitted
4. Ill Policy--Price of W. Lands Depends upn. Missi. if stop. check emign. & ruin Sale. While uncertn. not relinqh. bcaue. cant maintn. right. Case of the Posts compared--Similar--W. Territy. to be secured to us & commd. with only by that Navign.--No benefts. to be acqd. to one part of the Union at Expe. of the other--and this Mease.
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will prevt. the acqn. of Bowers to Congs. S. States Injd.--Peace no right to Cede--
No Treats. sho'd be made at this time for want of Power--Wait till that Power obtd.--No presupn.--Not press'd--Involve. us in contest. prevent acqn. of Power &c &c &c.
Monroe. The afforsd. Treaty. affects. 1. Masts. 2. Tonnage or Shiping. 3. Products.--Not benefl.--Tariff to be mutually agreed. Interfers wh. the Rights of Inds. States to Prohibit. & with formr. Treats. They may also come in undr. the clause of Most fav. Nation giving same equivalents. Will prevent obtaing. necessy. Powers of Congress.
Augt. 17th. Grayson. Decids. the Existe. of the Confedn. Rept. of S. F. A. preps. for new Wars. [sic] Mony. of Sp. Famy. Compt not extend to this case. Fre. willg. to gain by seclusn. of Missipi. Her lntt. to have it open. of armd. Neuty.--B. & it, will join us agt. Sp.--But last can by Prome. upon their Fish.
Defr. the obty. of Comml. Powers for Congs. Repn. Impt. [sic]
The Treaty not beneficl.
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