Title
[Document, 1796 October 26]
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Name
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 (Author)
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
October 26, 1796
Language
English
Physical Description
1 page
Subjects
United States--History--Constitutional period, 1789-1809; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
The men he mentions in his letter of 20 October, have been found to be impostors, who claimed American citizenship to avoid imprisonment by the French. Actually they are British, and have caused great trouble for all concerned with them.
Identifier
columbia.jay.09493