Thanks for the intelligence in Vaughan's letter. Congratulations on the peace. A treaty of commerce has been concluded with Sweden and other nations will probably follow. Mr. Dickenson should have a good administration. "Parties must be expected in republics, and provided the people are well informed, their errors are seldom of very long duration. Newspapers will sometimes be licentious, but they h ad better be so than in the contrary extreme."
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United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829