Document, 1798 March 28

Name
Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author)
Elias, Augustus (Addressee)
Woodward, Augustus B. (Augustus Brevoort), -1827 (Addressee)
Title
Document, 1798 March 28
Abstract
Jefferson is suspected of designs which threaten the happiness and independence of the United States by subjecting it to the will of a foreign nation which "sacrifices everything to its insatiable appetite for aggrandizement and universal domination." However, the period is approaching in which Jefferson's integrity or depravity must be proved. If the Democratic Party succeeds in opposing the government and dividing the people, this country might be broken up into individual states which an interested Europe would then keep from reuniting. If on the other hand we become united in defense, we shall lose foreign leanings and "acquire a national character and a national pride."
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Format
correspondence
Genre
correspondence
Date
1798 March 28
Physical Description
4
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