doi:10.7916/dmgh-wf43Document, 1824 September 23correspondencetextUnited States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783Jay, John, 1745-1829ALS. A long letter on politics, foreign relations, Pickering's relationship with John Adams and others, and attacks on him in print. Extensively discusses the politics surrounding his "Review of the Adams & Cunningham Correspondence." Comments on the relationship of his review to the writing of his memoirs. Also goes into detail about the personal attacks made against him in the newspapers. Discusses the political ambitions of Edward Everett, then a professor at Harvard. Among the prominent figures discussed are Jefferson and Adams, John Quincy Adams, Alexander Everett, and Edward Everett. A post script asks what the Marquis de Lafayette and Nathanael Greene would think of the idolatry of the national celebrations.