January 2015 Auction Ends Thursday, January 29th, 5pm Pacific

Lot #721:

1794 ''Columbian Centinel'' Newspaper -- John Jay Is Nominated as U.K. Envoy Just Prior to the Jay Treaty

''Columbian Centinel'' newspaper, datelined Boston, 30 April 1794. Headline from page three states: ''The Senate of the United States have concurred in the President's nomination of John Jay, as Envoy-Extraordinary to the Court of Great-Britain''. The famous Jay Treaty would be concluded in November. Paper is untrimmed, in very good condition.