The writings of George Washington; being his correspondence, addresses, messages, and other papers, official and private, selected and published from the original manuscripts; with a life of the author, notes and illustrations. By Jared Sparks.

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treaty between Great Britain and the United States
of America; and I informed you, that such part as
rested upon my decision, and which regarded the release of prisoners, had been determined, and was then
ordered to be carried into execution. Upon the other
two points, as they respected the receiving possession
of the posts in occupation of the British troops, and
the carrying away any negroes or other property of the
American inhabitants, and both being within your control, I had the honor to propose a personal interview
with your Excellency, that the subject might be freely
discussed, and that measures might be agreed upon,
for carrying into execution those points of the seventh
article of the treaty, agreeably to their true intent and
spirit.
Having been favored this day with a personal conference, I have now, to prevent misapprehension or
misconstruction, and that I may be enabled to fulfil my
instructions with fidelity and with candor, the honor to
propose, agreeably to our conversation, that your Excellency will be pleased to give me in writing information as to what measures are adopting, on your part,
for carrying into execution that point of the treaty,
which regards the evacuation of the posts now in possession of the British troops and under your Excellency's command; and also at what time it is probable those posts, or any of them, may be relinquished,
and the fleets and armies of his Britannic Majesty
withdrawn.
Respecting the other point of discussion, in addition
to what I mentioned in my communication of the 21st'ultimo, I took occasion in our conference to inform
your Excellency, that, in consequence of your letter
of the 14th of April to Robert R. Livingston, Esquire,
Congress had been pleased to make a further reference