Title
[Document, 1798 August 10]
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Name
Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author)
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
August 10, 1798
Language
English
Physical Description
4 pages
Subjects
United States--History--Constitutional period, 1789-1809; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
Is sorry for anxiety caused over the "Affair on the Battery." A meeting of the officers of the brigade was held on the proposed nomination of persons to captains' commissions who are now in the ranks. The measure to appoint a committee to remonstrate to the Council of Appointment was opposed as being an interference with the authority of the governor. A company of Democrats is forming in the sixth Ward and now numbers about 40. The old Regiment has less than 1/3 its complement because it is commanded by Jacobinical officers. Peter was yesterday admitted as an attorney of the Supreme Court; the examination for the Mayor's Court might interfere with his plans to go to Albany.
Identifier
columbia.jay.06072