[United States - Great Britain Trade]:

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A BILL TO PERMIT THE TRADE BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, TO BE CARRIED ON IN SHIPS OR VESSELS BELONGING TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE SAID STATES [caption ... Rare printing of a British Parliamentary "slip bill" seeking to reestablish trade between Great Britain and the United States a few years before the outbreak of the War of 1812 and in the midst of great tension between the two nations. This bill was considered by Parliament in the spring of 1809, in the wake of President Jefferson's rescinding the Embargo Act and following the negotiations between U.S. Secretary of State Robert Smith and British envoy David Erskine, which created a glimmer of hope that Anglo-American relations might be repaired after a period of great stress and turmoil. In March 1809, Jefferson signed the Non-Intercourse Act, which rescinded the Embargo of 1807, and held out the promise of resuming trade with England and France if either of those nations ended its commercial restrictions toward the United States. The Erskine-Smith negotiations of April held out the promise of improved relations, and in May the Parliament considered the present bill, which permitted trade between Great Britain and the United States to be carried on in American ships. Unfortunately, Prime Minister Canning disavowed the Erskine-Smith Agreement in late May, and Anglo-American relations continued to deteriorate, culminating in outright warfare in 1812.Slip bills are printed during the legislative proce

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