Glad she continues to stay with Robert Morris family, because of the
amiability of that household and the danger in which her family home at Elizabethtown is
constantly subjected to. Forget about the portrait, as insisting upon obtaining it will
only give the artist an inflated idea of his own importance. Let Mr. Morris judge how
good the portrait is, and if it is worth obtaining, pay the artist a reasonable sum for
it. A deleted portion of this draft mentions Sir James Jay.
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Format
correspondence
Genre
correspondence
Date
1781 September 28
Physical Description
4
Note
The entire content of the original has been digitized.
