Main Series | Volume 17 (6 July–3 November 1790) | Documents | The War Crisis of 1790
The War Crisis of 1790 [Editorial Note]I. Secretary of State to the President, enclosing Opinion, 12 July 1790Enclosure: Jefferson’s Outline of Policy Contingent on War between England and Spain, 12 July 1790II. Secretary of State to William Carmichael, enclosing Outline of Policy, 2 August 1790Enclosure Jefferson’s Outline of Policy on the Mississippi Question, 2 August 1790III. Thomas Jefferson to Luis Pinto de Souza, 7 August 1790IV. Secretary of State to Joshua Johnson, 7 August 1790V. Secretary of State to the President, 8 August 1790VI. Secretary of State to William Short, 10 August 1790VII. Secretary of State to David Humphreys, 11 August 1790VIII. Secretary of State to Gouverneur Morris, 12 August 1790IX. Queries from the President to Members of the Cabinet, 27 August 1790X. First Opinion of the Secretary of State, 28 August 1790XI. Second Opinion of the Secretary of State, 29 August 1790XII. Opinion of the Chief Justice, 28 August 1790XIII. Opinion of the Vice-President, 29 August 1790XIV. Opinion of the Secretary of War, 29 August 1790XV. Opinion of the Secretary of the Treasury, 15 September 1790 