Title
[Document, 1821 March 31]
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Name
Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Author)
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
March 31, 1821
Language
English
Physical Description
2 pages
Subjects
United States--History--1783-1865; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
John Jay's letter to William Duane of the 20th should remove all difficulties. Congratulates him on his firmness of nerves, demonstrated by his handwriting. Does he think the holy league of Imperial and Royal Confederates will be a second edition of that between the Pope, Philip II of Spain, Catherine de Medici, and the House of guise some hundred years ago? What right have these rulers to dictate to other nations? Wishes all nations could make constitutions as Cooley and temperately as does Massachusetts, which is rather more moderate than New York.
Identifier
columbia.jay.05441