Document, 1808 January 18

Title:: Document, 1808 January 18
Library Location:: Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
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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