So after reading recently that King George III was quoted as saying that, if Washington turned down kingship he would be "the best man in the world" or something along those lines, it got me to thinking: after America won its independence, what was the earliest interaction (be it letters or meeting in person) between a Monarch of the U.K. and a President of The United States?
Depending on how early it was, was there any controversy or excitement over America dealing with a Monarchy it had only recently escaped? Did any King or Queen hold one of our presidents in contempt or respect? Were there even any attempts (foolish though they may be) to convince America to join a Commonwealth of sorts?
Well I do not know about your specific question, I do know of the parties in the early Post-Articles of Confederation and how they viewed Britain.
Basically for the first few decades you have the founding fathers running a lot of the politics. You have the Federalists who were very pro-Britain and doing trade with them. They were very much pro-big government. Think of them today as the Democratic Party.
Then you have the Democratic-Republicans (Basically today's Republicans) They were very much against cooperating with Britain and significantly opposed the Jay Treaty which was to avert war between the two nations, meanwhile Britain was warring with France at the time.
The reason being is because the French were very much the reason why the U.S. even won the Revolutionary War and were basically the greatest ally any struggling nation could have. A superpower basically backs you to the point that they went bankrupt! Which in turn was a major reason for the French Revolutionary Wars in the coming decades.
*A little footnote. I just want to say I do realize that the Democratic-Republican Party is now today's Democrat party. What you need to know is that sometime in the late 20th century, there was a massive switch between Democrat and Republican ideologies.
If you think about it, what is a Republic? Large central government ruled by the Elected Senators(Rome). What is a Democracy? Small government ruled by the citizens in their immediate community(Athens).