doi:10.7916/4wy3-gf44[Document, 1820 December 07]Cardell, William S. (William Samuel), 1780-1828correspondencetextUnited States--History--1783-1865Jay, John, 1745-1829Encloses the outline of an institution for improving the state of literature in the United States. Officers include John Quincy Adams, Washington Irving, Daniel Webster, and Joseph Hopkinson. John Jay has been made an honorary member along with John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and others. Would like to receive John Jay's opinion of the general plan of this organization.