[Document, 1777 March 19]
- Title
- [Document, 1777 March 19]
- Library Location
- Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
- Name
- Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833 (Author)
- Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Format
- correspondence
- Digital Project
- Papers of John Jay
- Date
- March 19, 1777
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 2 pages
- Subjects
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
- Summary
- Has written to convention that persons going to New York should be prohibited from taking all their belongings. Is it right that Mr. Robinson and others are going off? Have we nothing to fear from such examples? This letter being delivered by Robinson's servant who "calls on you for an answer to his letter." A copy of the letter has been sent to the Committee of Sequestration.
- Identifier
- columbia.jay.05488