[Document, 1824 November 05]
- Title
- [Document, 1824 November 05]
- Library Location
- Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
- Name
- Mumford, Gordon S. (Author)
- Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Format
- correspondence
- Digital Project
- Papers of John Jay
- Date
- November 05, 1824
- Language
- English
- Physical Description
- 7 pages
- Subjects
- United States--History--1783-1865; Jay, John, 1745-1829
- Summary
- Anecdote of Napoleon and Michaux concluding with Michaux's remark that America has a form of government "which every body sees, and no body feels. "Congratulates John Jay on the "redeeming spirit" to be seen in N.Y. politics. Has written to John Jay from sense of gratitude he feels toward his (Mumford's) benefactor, Benjamin Franklin.
- Identifier
- columbia.jay.13023