New Light On Jay’s Treaty

Abstract

Henry Adams said in his Life of Gallatin that of all the portions of our national history, “none is more often or more carefully discussed than Jay’s Treaty.” All general histories and biographies of the period contain ample references to the treaty and the controversies over it. The same is true of many contemporary letters and memoirs. Several monographs of merit have been published concerning the treaty, the most complete dealing with the treaty negotiations, by Dr. Samuel Flagg Bemis. Judge John Bassett Moore has recently brought out seven valuable volumes dealing with the arbitrations which resulted from the treaty.