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" Spain has taken four years to consider whether she should treat with us or not. Give her forty, and let us in the meantime mind our own business. "
The Story of the Revolution - Page 207
by Henry Cabot Lodge - 1898
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The Life of John Jay: Miscellaneous and official correspondence

William Jay - 1833 - 518 pages
...resolve upon the journey, and render yourself here as soon as possible. You would be of infinite service. Spain has taken four years to consider whether she should treat with us or hot. Give her forty, and let us in the mean time mind our own business. I have much to communicate...
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The works of Benjamin Franklin: with notes and a life of the ..., Volume 9

Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 592 pages
...resolve upon the journey, and render yourself here as soon as possible. You would be of infinite service. Spain has taken four years to consider whether she...with us or not. Give her forty, and let us in the mean time mind our own business. I have much to communicate to you, but choose rather to do it vivd...
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Sketches of the Lives and Judicial Services of the Chief-justices of the ...

George Van Santvoord - 1854 - 550 pages
...possible. You would be of infinite service. Spain has taken four years to consider whether she would treat with us or not. Give her forty, and let us in the mean time mind our own business. I have much to communicate to you, but choose rather to do it viva...
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The lives and times of the chief justices of the supreme court of ..., Volume 40

Henry Flanders - 1855 - 682 pages
...possible. You would be of infinite service. Spain has taken four ye,ire to consider whether she would treat with us or not. Give her forty, and let us, in the meantime, mind our own business.' 2 We cannot more appropriately close this chapter than with a single extract from an official letter...
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North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal

1875 - 514 pages
...to the whole situation is found in Franklin's letter to Jay of April 22, summoning Jay to Paris : " Spain has taken four years to consider whether she...with us or not. Give her forty, and let us in the mean time mind our own business." From the first, therefore, Franklin pursued the policy of avoiding...
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The North American Review, Volume 120

1875 - 508 pages
...key to the whole situation is found in Franklin's letter to Jay of April 22, summoning Jay to Paris: "Spain has taken four years to consider whether she...with us or not. Give her forty, and let us in the mean time mind our own business" From the first, therefore, Franklin pursued the policy of avoiding...
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The Life of Benjamin Franklin, Volume 3

Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 796 pages
...resolve upon the journey, and render yourself here as soon as possible. You would be of infinite service. Spain has taken four years to consider whether she...with us or not. Give her forty, and let us in the mean time mind our own business. I have much to communicate to you, but choose rather to do it viva...
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The North American Review, Volume 120

1875 - 556 pages
...the whole situation is found in Franklin's letter to Jay of April 22,lRummoning Jay to Paris: "Spnin has taken four years to consider whether she should treat with us or not. Give her forty, and let ns in the mean time mind our oion batineu." From the first, therefore, Franklin pursued the policy...
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Life of Benjamin Franklin, Written by Himself, Volume 3

Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - 556 pages
...resolve upon the journey, and render yourself here as soon as possible. You would be of infinite service. Spain has taken four years to consider whether she should treat with us-or not. Give her forty, and let us in the mean time mind our own business. I have much to communicate...
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History of the United States of America from the Discovery of the ..., Volume 6

George Bancroft - 1876 - 676 pages
...excluded Spain altogether from the American negotiation. Entreating Jay to come to Paris, he wrote : " Spain has taken four years to consider whether she...with us or not. Give her forty, and let us in the mean time mind our own business." On the twenty-third, shortly after the return of 1732. Oswald to...
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