On considering Mr. Duane's letter of March 16th, the material to which he
refers as journals cannot be exact copies of Jay's and Adams' letters to the Secretary
for Foreign Affairs as they are mentioned as being "very short indeed," whereas the
letters themselves were far from short. Concludes the journals are extracts or
abridgements of letters and t hinks it advisable that they see them to judge "how far
they correspond with the Tenor and Purport of our Letters." Though Adams no longer
enjoys a steady hand his general health is better than John Jay's. Concurs that the
parties to the Holy Alliance have no right to dictate to other nations. It is honorable
to Massachusetts that its political parties have been moderate and decorous; wishes the
same were true of those in New York. Encloses another copy of Duane's letter, 16 March
1821.
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Format
correspondence
Genre
correspondence
Date
1821 May 07
Physical Description
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Note
The entire content of the original has been digitized.
