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From John Quincy Adams, 8 July 1795
acknowledges receipt of letters and papers; seizure of American property by French from Russian ship; does not need draft provided by the State Department for purchase of supplies; ask JM to forward letter from the Swedish minister at the Hague
From John Quincy Adams, 24 October 1795
understands that the State Department sent JM a bill to be used in payment of loans due to Holland; asks that JM secure the payment as soon as possible; will be leaving Holland soon for new mission
From John Quincy Adams, 30 September 1812
forwards copies of Russian treaty with Turkey; met with Count Romanzoff at Czar Alexander's request to discuss hostilities between United States and Great Britain; Russia offers to act as mediator to settle war between United States and Great Britain
From John Quincy Adams, 9 August 1813
arrival of Albert Gallatin and James Bayard; acknowledges receipt of dispatches and instructions; thanks for appointment to peace commission; doubts that Great Britain will agree to negotiations under Russian mediation; will remain at St Petersburg…
From John Quincy Adams, 22 November 1813
British have refused Russian offer to mediate negotiations with the United States; has heard unofficially that Great Britain wants to open direct negotiations with the United States; American ministers will need new instructions before entering into…
from John Quincy Adams, 15 April 1814
supposed response of American peace commissioners to British proposal for direct negotiations presented to Russians by British minister Lord Cathcart was never given; commissioners never saw Cathcart's proposal; British are trying to mask their…
from John Quincy Adams, James Bayard, Henry Clay, Albert Gallatin, and Jonathan Russell, 12 August 1814
British commissioners have arrived in Ghent; have begun negotiations
from John Quincy Adams, James Bayard, Henry Clay, Albert Gallatin, and Jonathan Russell, 19 August 1814
discussion with British commissioners regarding Indian buffer zone, naval armament on the Great Lakes, and boundary between Maine and Canada and American cession of territory in Maine to Great Britain
from John Quincy Adams, 5 September 1814
peace negotiations with Great Britain breaking down; British settlement terms are based upon fear that United States might attempt to invade Canada; conversation with Henry Goulbourn regarding Alexander Cochrane's proclamation encouraging slaves to…
from John Quincy Adams, 10 October 1814
recapitulation of negotiations with British
from John Quincy Adams, James Bayard, Henry Clay, Albert Gallatin, and Jonathan Russell, 25 October 1814
send correspondence with British peace commissioners; disappointed that the British repeatedly delay the negotiations; negotiations at the Congress of Vienna are moving at a very slow pace
from John Quincy Adams, 24 December 1814
peace treaty has been signed; preparing to begin negotiations on commercial treaty with Great Britain; asked to be recalled as minister to Russia; willing to serve as minister to Great Britain; going to Paris; peace treaty is best that could be…
from John Quincy Adams, James Bayard, Henry Clay, Albert Gallatin, and Jonathan Russell, 25 December 1814
forward copy of peace treaty with Great Britain; account of final negotiations; peace will be concluded when both sides ratify the treaty without alteration; Anthony SJ Baker will deliver British ratification to the United States
from John Quincy Adams, 9 May 1815
has not yet received his commission as minister to Great Britain; thanks for appointment; hopes that Henry Clay and Albert Gallatin can assist him in the negotiation of a commercial treaty with Great Britain; Clay, Gallatin, James Bayard and William…
from John Quincy Adams, Henry Clay, and Albert Gallatin, 3 July 1815
forward commercial treaty negotiated with the British; details of the negotiations; terms of the treaty