Document, 1790 December 04

Title
Document, 1790 December 04
Library Location
John Jay Homestead State Historic Site, NYS Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Name
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
1790 December 04
Physical Description
2
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
Received letter of 24 November; thanks him for his attention but observes the letter was written in too great haste. Hence the writing was poor, and he omitted answering a question. To avoid such an error in the future, mark the questions in another person's letter before sitting down to reply. Advice that what a man writes affords the strongest evidence against him therefore caution is dictated. Family news.
Identifier
columbia.jay.10000