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Gazette Of The United States
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Letter from an American in Havre reports that the Jay Treaty with Britain has not been ratified by the US President and Senate, contrary to announcements. Public opposition includes burning effigies of envoy John Jay in Boston, New York, and Charleston, and Boston residents burning English vessels in protest of property seizures.
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A letter from an American, inserted in the bulletin at Havre informs us that it is not true as has been announced that the late treaty between Great Britain and the United States has been ratified by the President and Senate. On the contrary the effigy of Mr. Jay the late envoy extraordinary to the court of St. James, has been burnt at Boston, New York, and Charleston, and all the inhabitants have declared against the treaty. The same letter announces that the inhabitants of Boston have been so discontented with repeated borrowings of their property in the channel by the English, that they have burned several English vessels in the port of Boston.
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United States
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Sept. 4.
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treaty not ratified; effigies burnt in boston, new york, charleston; several english vessels burned in boston port.
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A letter from an American inserted in the bulletin at Havre states that the treaty between Great Britain and the United States has not been ratified by the President and Senate. Effigies of Mr. Jay, envoy to the court of St. James, were burnt in Boston, New York, and Charleston, with inhabitants declaring against the treaty. Boston inhabitants, discontented with English seizures of property, burned several English vessels in the port.