[Document, 1786 August 15]

Name: Washington, George, 1732-1799 (Author); Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Title: [Document, 1786 August 15]
Abstract: Our affairs draw to a crisis; we have had too high an opinion of human nature. "We must take human nature as we find it." Fearful of the better people going to an opposite extreme of form of government. Hopes wise measures will be taken in time to show the world that America is capable of governing itself.
Subjects: United States--History--1783-1865; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Format: correspondence
Genre: correspondence