Title
[Document, 1798 March 10]
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Name
Woodward, Augustus B. (Augustus Brevoort), 1774-1827 (Author)
Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
March 10, 1798
Language
English
Physical Description
4 pages
Subjects
United States--History--Constitutional period, 1789-1809; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
Has seen Jefferson at Philadelphia, who has fallen in the esteem of many in northern and eastern states resulting in a want of harmony in public councils. Feels that parties are neither "necessary or salutary in our government." He also visited Washington at Mount Vernon, who was fortunate in the "veneration and confidence" attached to his administration. Lastly he saw James Madison, "who once sustained so conspicuous a character on the theatre of American politics."
Identifier
columbia.jay.10039