[Document, 1794 November 23]
- Title
- [Document, 1794 November 23]
- Library Location
- Name
- Eustis, William, 1753-1825 (Author)
- Cobb, David, 1748-1830 (Addressee)
- Format
- correspondence
- Digital Project
- Papers of John Jay
- Date
- November 23, 1794
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 2 pages
- Subjects
- United States--History--Constitutional period, 1789-1809; Jay, John, 1745-1829
- Summary
- Reply to Cobb's letter of 15 November. Pleasure at hearing of success of John Jay's negotiations. Finds reports almost too good to be true--"I am content to find it true with a drawback equal to ten percent." Has always believed British Government has been misled by its agents in U.S. concerning American sentiment toward Britain. Fortunes of "federals" and "Democrats" in Massachusetts.-the Democrats "must certainly be going to the Devil." Sees John Jay's negotiations' success as weapon of Federalists against their political foes;
- Identifier
- columbia.jay.04889