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… The French government, however, did not approve of Adams' appointment and subsequently, on the insistence of the French foreign minister, the Comte de Vergennes, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, John Jay and Henry Laurens were appointed to cooperate with Adams, although Jefferson did no...
John Jay (December 12, 1745 May 17, 1829) was an American politician, statesman, revolutionary, diplomat, a Founding Father of the United States, and the ...
1805
Died:1888
English civil engineering contractor
Architect
Jay's varied body of works included building the Victorian clock tower and city clock of the Westminster Palace after the Westminster Palace had been damaged by a fire in 1833 fire....