...has no doubt, would be the effect of the extension of its principles to the commercial intercourse between the United States and the British colonies in the West Indies and on this continent ; and you are authorised again to repeat the offer of treating for a fair and equitable arrangement...

...that this government declined entering upon any negotiation relative to the commercial intercourse between the United States and the British colonies in the West Indies. That they were averse to any discussion relative to blockades and the other conflicting pretensions...

...omission of the twelfth article by a bare two-thirds vote. The omitted article permitted direct trade between the United States and the British colonies in the West Indies in vessels not exceeding seventy tons, but ex11 Grenville to Jay, Aug. 1, 1794; American State Papers,...

...omission of the twelfth article by a bare two-thirds vote. The omitted article permitted direct trade between the United States and the British colonies in the West Indies in vessels not exceeding seventy tons, but ex11 Grenville to Jay, Aug. 1, 1794; American State Papers,...

...States government in the attempt to regain for American merchants the right to participate in the trade between the United States and the British colonies in the West Indies." From this trade American ships were excluded following the Revolution. Rev. in: Am. hist. rev., XXIX...

...Shelburne by enacting the proposed American Intercourse Bill of 1 783 which would have permitted trade between the United States and the British colonies in the West Indies was largely to be defeated by a spirited campaign led by Lord Sheffield and William Eden. In his pamphlet,...

...will, it is hoped, prevent all such fraudulent and pernicious practices, and place the relations of the two countries on a very amicable and permanent basis....satisfactory to recollect, that the restraints resorted toby the United States were defensive only, intended to prevent a monopoly, under British regulations,...

...will, it is hoped, prevent all such fraudulent and pernicious practices, and place the relations of the two countries on a very amicable and permanent basis....commerce under the restriction heretofore imposed upon it, on each side. It is satisfactory to recollect, that the restraints resorted to by the United...

...to the ratification. Since your last session, the prohibition which had been imposed on the commerce between the United States and the British colonies, in the West Indies, and on this continent, has likewise been removed. Satisfactory evidence having been adduced, that the ports of those colonies...

...to the ratification. Since your last session, the prohibition which had been imposed on the commerce between the United States and the British colonies, in the West Indies and on this continent, has likewise been removed. Satisfactory evidence having been adduced that the ports of those colonies...