The American negotiators were John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay, and Henry Laurens ... but the actual treaty was not signed until September 3, 1983. Then the treaty was shipped to America ...

Americans Benjamin Franklin, John Jay and John Adams had negotiated and signed the treaty on Sept. 3, 1783, as well as British representative David Hartley, according to the National Archives.

Challenges John Adams was in the shadow of George Washington, and he knew it. He served one term as president. The true test of his presidency came in the aftermath of the Jay Treaty, which Washington ...