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The British courtiers are ridiculing our situation very much and tell Mr. [John] Adams [then Secretary of State], in a sneering manner, when America shall assume some kind of government then England will speak to her.

Because the early nation's government was still in a state of becoming, foreign powers were hesitant to do business and conclude treaties with the newly-formed United States of America:

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Cyrus Griffin

Born: July 16, 1748
Died: December 14, 1810
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Cyrus Griffin was the final President of the Congress of the Confederation and a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Virginia.

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