doi:10.7916/vzhj-gb15Document, 1780 July 06correspondencetextUnited States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783Jay, John, 1745-1829Livingston has just received John Jay's letter from Cadiz. He hopes that Jay will have already received a number of letters from him. Jay will undoubtedly have heard of "poor Morris misfortune in the loss of his leg. . . . I feel for him and yet am led to hope that it may turn out to his advantage, and tend to fix his desultory genius to a point in which case it can not fail to go far." Jay's mother-in-law, Mrs. William Livingston, has received two visits from British troops, but they were prevented from burning her house. The militia has been successful in confining the enemy to New York. Livingston hopes that a French fleet will arrive, and that Jay will be able to obtain financial assistance from the court of Spain. Other news concerns Livingston's happiness upon the birth of a daughter, Jay's son, who is "a fine healthy boy and the Idol of his grandmother," and the fact that Livingston has read Mrs. Jay's journal.