John Jay's satisfaction with Pickering's public labors gives him
gratification and happiness, as does the esteem of all great men. But do not refined
talents often fail with the "great mass" of a community? Quotes St. Paul: "I had rather
speak five words with the understanding, than ten thousand in an unknown tongue." Such
considerations led him to ad dress certain facts and conjectures to Gov. Sullivan and
also to contemplate the previously mentioned public statement, still
incomplete.
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Format
correspondence
Genre
correspondence
Date
1809 April 25
Physical Description
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