[Document, 1794 March 01]
- Title
- [Document, 1794 March 01]
- Library Location
- Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
- Name
- Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
- Drayton, John, 1766-1822 (Addressee)
- Format
- correspondence
- Digital Project
- Papers of John Jay
- Date
- March 01, 1794
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 2 pages
- Subjects
- United States--History--Constitutional period, 1789-1809; Jay, John, 1745-1829
- Summary
- Jay will try to raise cotton from the seeds Drayton sent, but he doesn't expect it will survive the vigor of the northern climate. Prosecution he mentions is a tax one must pay for the management of public affairs. Factions and demagogues will always inhere in free governments; the few individuals are motivated by patriotism, and they all too infrequently receive a crown of thorns rather than laurels. On the merits of the prosecution he forbears to make any comments because of his situation.
- Identifier
- columbia.jay.09825