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io CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
Wednesday; but it is very uncertain. Where Mr. Morris
is not against me, I am sure he will be with me.;■ and you
may call on him for that purpose with as much freedom
as if I had a perfect right to command his service. I
know the goodness of his heart; and his friendship for
me will make him embrace every opportunity to serve me
with pleasure.
I am, your humble Servant,
Benj. Kissam.
New York, 6th Nov., 1769.
jay to doctor kissam.1
Dear Kissam :
The manner in which you tell your brother that
you expected a letter from me contains a reproof
which gives me pain. I confess appearances have
been against me, and my conduct even to you, my
friend, must have appeared exceptionable. My last
letter I hope will apologize for seeming omissions ;
you have doubtless received it before this. Neglect
of friends is a species of littleness to which I think I
am a stranger.—No, my dear Sam, your former
attachment to my happiness has made too deep an
impression ever to be erased by absence—an absence
which when I suffer my feelings to be influenced
by regard to my own pleasure I most sincerely
regret. I assure you few incidents can happen so
1 Dr. Samuel Kissam, then at Paramaribo, South America, where, as he
wrote to Jay in 1771, he found business prospects flattering.
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 1 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000041 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | io CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. Wednesday; but it is very uncertain. Where Mr. Morris is not against me, I am sure he will be with me.;■ and you may call on him for that purpose with as much freedom as if I had a perfect right to command his service. I know the goodness of his heart; and his friendship for me will make him embrace every opportunity to serve me with pleasure. I am, your humble Servant, Benj. Kissam. New York, 6th Nov., 1769. jay to doctor kissam.1 Dear Kissam : The manner in which you tell your brother that you expected a letter from me contains a reproof which gives me pain. I confess appearances have been against me, and my conduct even to you, my friend, must have appeared exceptionable. My last letter I hope will apologize for seeming omissions ; you have doubtless received it before this. Neglect of friends is a species of littleness to which I think I am a stranger.—No, my dear Sam, your former attachment to my happiness has made too deep an impression ever to be erased by absence—an absence which when I suffer my feelings to be influenced by regard to my own pleasure I most sincerely regret. I assure you few incidents can happen so 1 Dr. Samuel Kissam, then at Paramaribo, South America, where, as he wrote to Jay in 1771, he found business prospects flattering. |
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