Deane left New York and after a very cold trip to Elizabethtown met Jay there and journeyed with him to Philadelphia. Deane says he is not a trimmer or an intriguer and wonders how he ever became popular at all. But too philosophical to worry about losing it. Public affairs are fatiguing and disagreeable. Do not be uneasy at my being superseded. Those who have done it will be ashamed and disgraced. Hopes they will realize the sordidness of their motives. Conscious of the rectitude of his own intentions.
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United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829