[Document, 1782 June 13]
- Title
- [Document, 1782 June 13]
- Library Location
- Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
- Name
- Mathews, John, 1744-1802 (Author)
- Jay, Sarah Livingston (Addressee)
- Format
- correspondence
- Digital Project
- Papers of John Jay
- Date
- June 13, 1782
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 7 pages
- Subjects
- United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
- Summary
- Tells of the conditions in South Carolina. Surrounded by confusion, men, and war, he desires the company of women. He has enjoyed her letters, particularly her description of the waterworks at St. Ildefonso, "which convey so cooling an idea to an inhabitant of this sultry climate." Desires to become a part of Mrs. Jay's social circle in America, yet nothing would bring him greater unhappiness, "as one or the other of two things must be the concomitant; either the loss of Mr. Jay's abilities and services in his present station; or the separation of two hearts linked together by the tenderest ties of undissembled love and friendship."
- Identifier
- columbia.jay.06942