THE PAINTING IS NOT NAMED AFTER ITS SUBJECT OR ... It was a present for the Marquess, in thanks for his support of the Jay Treaty and normalizing relations between the two countries.

When the text of the treaty became public, a howling, stone-throwing mob marched on the Philadelphia home of pro-Federalist Sen. William Bingham of Pennsylvania to condemn Washington, Jay and the ...

On this day in 1795, President George Washington, eager to avert another war with Great Britain, signed the Jay Treaty with America’s former colonial master. (Its formal name was “The Treaty ...

Signed in 1794 between Great Britain and the United States, the Jay Treaty allows "American Indians" born in Canada to freely enter the U.S. for travel, studies, employment, retirement and ...