Title
[Document, 1786 August 18]
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Name
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
August 18, 1786
Language
English
Physical Description
3 pages
Subjects
United States--History--1783-1865; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
Autograph draft. Delays in Congress because of lack of adequate representation. Hopes to be able to send Jefferson information on the consular treaty soon. The federal government should be changed so that the three departments of government would be forever separate. But it takes time to make sovereigns of subjects.
Identifier
columbia.jay.05860