The Rayneval Memoranda of 1782 on Western Boundaries and Some Comments on the French.

The article presents information related to the settlement of the western boundary of the United States at the close of the American Revolutionary War. It examines documents relating to the activities of French statesmen Joseph Matthias Gérard de Rayneval whom American diplomat John Jay suspected of conspiring with the British about where the western boundary of the U.S. would lie. The article examines a memorandum sent by Rayneval to Jay and discusses the fears that Jay harbored regarding the loyalty of the French.