Title
[Document, 1820 December 07]
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Name
Cardell, William S. (William Samuel), 1780-1828 (Author)
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
December 07, 1820
Language
English
Physical Description
2 pages
Subjects
United States--History--1783-1865; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
Encloses the outline of an institution for improving the state of literature in the United States. Officers include John Quincy Adams, Washington Irving, Daniel Webster, and Joseph Hopkinson. John Jay has been made an honorary member along with John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and others. Would like to receive John Jay's opinion of the general plan of this organization.
Identifier
columbia.jay.09105