Title
[Document, 1786 June 27]
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Name
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
Washington, George, 1732-1799 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
June 27, 1786
Language
English
Physical Description
4 pages
Subjects
United States--History--1783-1865; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
He is in Philadelphia to attend a General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Encloses papers recently released from secrecy by Congress. They show how the various States have been engaged in violations of the treaty of peace. Affairs lead to a crisis, and private interests defeat public concerns. "The mass of men are neither wise nor good...virtue/can only be maintained/ by strong circumstances... or a strong government." Those who lose by the unstable nature of the economy will doubtless begin to insist on reforms.
Identifier
columbia.jay.08422