Name
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 (Addressee)
Title
[Document, 1819 January 25]
Abstract
Speaks of his health and of the death of his daughter last spring. Suggests the publication of selected cases from Peters' court prepared by him rather than others. Has read parts of the book he sent. Agricultural societies multiply in New York, and Jay is the nominal president of one of them. It can hardly be expected that Britain should look at our former and present condition without mortificati on or apprehensions of rivalry. Superiors seldom watch with complacency while inferiors rise toward and threaten to surpass them. Has not seen the Life of Franklin; he may have acquitted Vergennes since they had agreed to peace with Britain without the previous admission of American independence. Feels that Madison voted consistently in his stand on the proposed resolution of Congress which Peters mentions. Jay's sentiments on the policy adopted by France on that occasion are unaltered despite the many years which have elapsed. Mrs. Hamilton paid him a visit last October and mentioned having seen Washington's letter to her husband on the Farewell Address, asking Hamilton to make any alterations he thought proper; this is very different from asking him to compose one. This offers additional evidence to Jay's statement about the address. Wishes his son had seen Mrs. Gouverneur Morris when in Philadelphia as he has heard from her seldom since the death of her husband.
Subjects
United States--History--1783-1865; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Format
correspondence
Genre
correspondence
Date
January 25, 1819
Physical Description
4 pages
Note (Acknowledgement)
Courtesy of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Language
English
Library Location
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Also In
The papers of John Jay
Copyright Status
No Copyright - United States
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/2w7g-3z18