Document, 1808 January 18
- Title:
- Document, 1808 January 18
- Library Location:
- Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Name:
- Jay, John, 1745-1829; Jay, Sarah Louisa
- Format:
- correspondence
- Digital Project:
- Papers of John Jay
- Date:
- 1808 January 18
- Note:
- The entire content of the original has been digitized.
- Physical Description:
- 1
- Subjects:
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
- Summary:
- Family news. Hopes his children will be well-versed in the science of "living agreeably and comfortably here, and happily hereafter." The first includes the maxim, "Never to buy any thing at too great a Price." To look at objects through our passions is like seeing through colored glass, which paints what is viewed in its own, and not in the true color.
- Identifier:
- columbia.jay.06363