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142 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
I expect the like order will be given for other counties,
so that should you not hear from me so frequently,
ascribe it to my absence from here. The family at
Fishkill continue as usual, my father weak and his
spirits much depressed.
The Tories desert in great numbers to take the
benefit of our act of grace. Mr., or rather the Rev., Parson Beardsley and others of some note have come in.
Adieu, my dear Sally. Remember me to all the family.
I am, with the most sincere affection, Yours,
John Jay.
JAY TO GENERAL SCHUYLER.
Esopus, 20th June, 1777.
Dear Sir :
It would have given me pleasure to have acknowledged the receipt of your letters of the ioth and
14th inst. I returned on Tuesday last from Fishkill,
and postponed writing till I could collect a little
information.
The elections in the middle district have taken
such a turn as that, if a tolerable degree of unanimity
should prevail in the upper counties, there will be
little doubt of having, erelong, the honour of addressing a letter to your Excellency.1
Clinton by being pushed for both offices may have
neither; he has many votes for the first and not a
1 Although Jay had declined to stand as a candidate in this first gubernatorial
election in New York, he received a considerable number of votes, as appears
from the following note on p. 164 " Civil List, State of New York, 1886 " : " A
fragment of the canvass of 1777 shows the returns from Albany, Cumberland,
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 1 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000173 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 142 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. I expect the like order will be given for other counties, so that should you not hear from me so frequently, ascribe it to my absence from here. The family at Fishkill continue as usual, my father weak and his spirits much depressed. The Tories desert in great numbers to take the benefit of our act of grace. Mr., or rather the Rev., Parson Beardsley and others of some note have come in. Adieu, my dear Sally. Remember me to all the family. I am, with the most sincere affection, Yours, John Jay. JAY TO GENERAL SCHUYLER. Esopus, 20th June, 1777. Dear Sir : It would have given me pleasure to have acknowledged the receipt of your letters of the ioth and 14th inst. I returned on Tuesday last from Fishkill, and postponed writing till I could collect a little information. The elections in the middle district have taken such a turn as that, if a tolerable degree of unanimity should prevail in the upper counties, there will be little doubt of having, erelong, the honour of addressing a letter to your Excellency.1 Clinton by being pushed for both offices may have neither; he has many votes for the first and not a 1 Although Jay had declined to stand as a candidate in this first gubernatorial election in New York, he received a considerable number of votes, as appears from the following note on p. 164 " Civil List, State of New York, 1886 " : " A fragment of the canvass of 1777 shows the returns from Albany, Cumberland, |
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