Title
[Document, 1776 June 29]
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Name
Rutledge, Edward, 1749-1800 (Author)
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
June 29, 1776
Language
English
Physical Description
3 pages
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
Wants Jay to come to Congress for the debates on independence, a confederation and a treaty plan. Hopes the first will be opposed and wisdom infused into the other two. Occupied with Dickinson's plan of union although thinks it is too centralized in structure to succeed. It would be the ruin of the southern colonies and subject the continent to the dominance of the eastern provinces. Dreads their low cunning and leveling principles which are the ideas of men without character and fortune. They captivate the lower classes and will induce a great fluctuation in property. Congress should have no more power than is absolutely necessary.
Identifier
columbia.jay.07085