Question: What was the position of the man who, as minister to the country where Bell first tried to get a patent, negotiated a treaty in 1795?

however, the americans realized that they could get a better deal directly from london. john jay promptly told the british that he was willing to negotiate directly with them, cutting off france and spain. the british prime minister lord shelburne agreed. he was in charge of the british negotiations (some of which took place in his study at lansdowne house, now a bar in the lansdowne club) and he now saw a chance to split the united states away from france and make the new country a valuable economic partner. the western terms were that the united states would gain all of the area east of the mississippi river, north of florida, and south of canada. the northern boundary would be almost the same as today. the united states would gain fishing rights off canadian coasts, and agreed to allow british merchants and loyalists to try to recover their property. it was a highly favorable treaty for the united states, and deliberately so from the british point of view. prime minister shelburne foresaw highly profitable two - way trade between britain and the rapidly growing united states, as indeed came to pass. <SEP> John Jay (December 23, 1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, patriot, diplomat, Founding Father of the United States, negotiator and signatory of the Treaty of Paris of 1783, second Governor of New York, and the first Chief Justice of the United States (1789–1795). He directed U.S. foreign policy for much of the 1780s and was an important leader of the Federalist Party after the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788. <SEP> in non-commonwealth countries the prime minister may be entitled to the style of excellency like a president. in some commonwealth countries prime ministers and former prime ministers are styled right honourable due to their position, for example in the prime minister of canada. in the united kingdom the prime minister and former prime ministers may appear to also be styled right honourable, however this is not due to their position as head of government but as a privilege of being current members of her majesty's most honourable privy council. <SEP> Since he had agreed to share U.S. profits with his investors Gardiner Hubbard and Thomas Sanders, Bell requested that an associate in Ontario, George Brown, attempt to patent it in Britain, instructing his lawyers to apply for a patent in the U.S. only after they received word from Britain (Britain would issue patents only for discoveries not previously patented elsewhere). In 1875, Bell developed an acoustic telegraph and drew up a patent application for it. <SEP> Jay Treaty Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, Between His Britannic Majesty and The United States of America First page of the Jay Treaty Context To relieve post-war tension between Britain and the United States Signed November 19, 1794 (1794 - 11 - 19) Location London Effective February 29, 1796 (1796 - 02 - 29) Negotiators William Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville John Jay Signatories Kingdom of Great Britain United States Jay's Treaty at Wikisource