Document, 1794 July 23

Title
Document, 1794 July 23
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Name
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
Anstey, John (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
1794 July 23
Physical Description
1
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
Regrets that he did not know Anstey was at Bath when he passed through City. "Many great and unexpected Events have taken place since we parted. We live in Times that teem with them. A great and wonderful Drama is exhibiting on the Stage of Europe, perhaps of the World-We are Spectators of the first Act-What may succeed or what the Catastrophe will be, human Prevision cannot discern-Peace and Domestic Comforts rise in Value, as they become precarious, and Individual Misery, by abounding, produces national Distress; and yet, even in this Age of Reason and Philosophy, the Passions do not cease to fan the flames of War, and cause them to rage, to spread, and to desolate."
Identifier
columbia.jay.08892