Document, 1766 August 25

 

Name
Kissam, Benjamin (Author)
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Title
Document, 1766 August 25
Abstract
Was pleased to receive Jay's friendly and unceremonious letter. His pen was directed "by the rapid whirl of Imagination." Yet caution must be exercised lest imagination rule reason. When he asked about affairs at the office, he did not wish a report on the way the business progressed, for he knew Jay was to be depended upon. Rather he wished to know w hether the office had suffered a decrease in business because of his absence. The trial of persons at Albany for an attack on the sheriff will keep him for quite a while.
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Format
correspondence
Genre
correspondence
Origin Information
17660825
Date
1766 August 25
Physical Description
2
Note
The entire content of the original has been digitized.
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
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Also In
The papers of John Jay