5560. MORRIS (Gouverneur), Services in England.—
President Washington's letter
of January 22d [1790], authorized Mr. Morris
to enter into conference with the British ministers
in order to discover their sentiments on
[certain] subjects. * * * The Secretary of
State is of opinion that Mr. Morris's letters [to
the President] remove any doubts which might
have been entertained as to the intentions and
dispositions of the British cabinet; * * *
that Mr. Morris should be informed that he has
fulfilled the object of his agency to the satisfaction
of the President.—
Official Report. Washington ed. vii, 517.
Ford ed., v, 261.
(Dec. 1790)
