Title
[Document, 1786 August 15]
Library Location
Name
Washington, George, 1732-1799 (Author)
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
August 15, 1786
Language
English
Physical Description
4 pages
Subjects
United States--History--1783-1865; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
Our affairs draw to a crisis; we have had too high an opinion of human nature. "We must take human nature as we find it." Fearful of the better people going to an opposite extreme of form of government. Hopes wise measures will be taken in time to show the world that America is capable of governing itself.
Identifier
columbia.jay.00054