Title
[Document, 1787 December 18]
Library Location
Name
Berckel, Pieter Johan van, 1725-1800 (Author)
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
December 18, 1787
Language
English
Physical Description
4 pages
Subjects
United States--History--1783-1865; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
In French, with English translation by John Pintard. He protests an attempt to seize and imprison a domestic servant resident in his household. This is against the law of nations and abusive of the dignity he occupies as a minister of a friendly power.
Identifier
columbia.jay.00772