ALS, one page, 8 x 9.75, December 2, 1800. Letter to his son, "Peter Augustus Jay, Esqr," in part: "As Mr. Ph. P. Livingston consents to the proposed Answer of the Great Swamp, I hope you will be able to have that Business finished without much Difficulty or Delay. The State of that Gentleman's Health affords a strong Reason for expediting the Division…Your account of the Furnace is an agreeable one. On the Return of the Adj't Gen'l I shall mention to him your Remark respecting your Commission, and shall remember to attend to it when the Council meet in next month. To me it appears probable that the attention of some gentlemen has been turned to the chancellor. I doubt the wisdom of calling upon men to unsay what they have said, and by then subsequent to contradict their former avowed opinions, especially while they are not believed to have been erroneous. Leaders who propose such measures to their Party will be in Danger of losing their confidence; nor is it easy to reconcile it to the Dictates of Honor and self Respect." In fine condition. Accompanied by an unsigned engraving.
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