Title
[Document, 1790 January 25]
Library Location
Name
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
January 25, 1790
Language
English
Physical Description
2 pages
Subjects
United States--History--Constitutional period, 1789-1809; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
Jay lists various discrepancies in the sailor's story that make it highly improbable that John Livingston is at Algiers. The men he is said to have served with on the captured ship, do not appear on the list of the ship in which he sailed. Nevertheless, Jay will transmit copies of the letter to the French and British
Identifier
columbia.jay.04747