2087. DEBTS DUE BRITISH, British government and.—[continued].
I wish it were in my
power to inform you that arrangements were
at length taken between the two nations for
carrying into complete execution the late treaty
of peace, and for settling those conditions which
are essential to the continuance of a commerce
between them. I suppose all arrangement is
thought unnecessary here [London], as the subject
has not been deemed worthy of a conference
[with Mr. Adams and myself]. Both nations
are left to pursue their own measures, and
it is not easy to foresee what these will be.—
To Alexander McCaul.
Ford ed., iv, 202.
(L.
April. 1786)
