Knox, Henry (1750-1806) [Minutes of a conversation]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.05601 Author/Creator: Knox, Henry (1750-1806) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph document signed Date: 6 September 1792 Pagination: 4 p. ; 32.8 x 20.5 cm. Order a Copy
Minutes of a conversation between Knox and two "Commissionaires of his Catholic Majesty" from Spain, José Ignacio de Viar and José de Jáudenes y Nebot. Discusses relations between Spain and the United States as well as those with the Indians. Mentions a gentleman named Bowles being jailed in Cadiz and what the likelihood of him being sentenced to death is. Also mentions a new Spanish character (who is a Frenchman by birth), and the Spanish's take on the recent Creek treaty signed at New York. Discusses a letter that [Thomas Jefferson] had written to the gentlemen. Notes some of the issues the Spanish government had with a treaty made with Choctaws in 1776.
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