Title
[Document, 1800 September 08]
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Name
Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author)
Jay, Maria (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
September 08, 1800
Language
English
Physical Description
4 pages
Subjects
United States--History--Constitutional period, 1789-1809; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
Has heard that his ceremonious sister won't write him unless he writes her first. Has very little to report from New York; for the past months has been doing nothing but reading law books, copying declarations and pleas and attending court. Her life, in jaunts from Albany, Lebanon and Schenectady, has been much more exciting but she has refused to write him about it. Has "someone" interested her so much she has neglected corresponding with her brother? Describes what he has heard about the balls and parties at Lebanon. New York is now desolate; "even the Battery has become a solitary walk" and he wishes the yellow fever would have carried him off as well. John Jay is in Rye and will do alterations to the house at Bedford. The minister is a tallow chandler from New York and much admired by the congregation.
Identifier
columbia.jay.11455