The Peacemaker

John Jay

He won the peace that made a nation, then was burned in effigy for keeping it.

He won the peace that made a nation, then was burned in effigy for keeping it. John Jay negotiated the treaty that ended the war and the one that kept it from reigniting—and a grateful republic hated him for it.

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