Document, 1794 July 23

Name
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
Anstey, John (Addressee)
Title
Document, 1794 July 23
Abstract
Regrets that he did not know Anstey was at Bath when he passed through City. "Many great and unexpected Events have taken place since we parted. We live in Times that teem with them. A great and wonderful Drama is exhibiting on the Stage of Europe, perhaps of the World-We are Spectators of the first Act-What may succeed or what the Catastrophe will be , human Prevision cannot discern-Peace and Domestic Comforts rise in Value, as they become precarious, and Individual Misery, by abounding, produces national Distress; and yet, even in this Age of Reason and Philosophy, the Passions do not cease to fan the flames of War, and cause them to rage, to spread, and to desolate."
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Format
correspondence
Genre
correspondence
Date
1794 July 23
Physical Description
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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