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JAY TO GENERAL LINCOLN. 195
Should this be your resolution, would not the main
army be your proper object ? there you may be best
known, and there best acquire military influence.
Consider: this campaign will in all human probability
be decisive, and the last.^ Can you, therefore, employ
six or eight months better ?
I will not apologize for the freedom with which I
write, being persuaded that although our opinions
may vary, you will consider this letter as some evidence of the sincerity with which I am
Your friend and servant,
John Jay.
JAY TO GENERAL LINCOLN.
Philadelphia, 2d April, 1779.
Sir:
Although I have not the honour of a personal
acquaintance with you, yet I am so well informed
of your character as to believe you will always be
happy in leading a young soldier to glory, and to
afford him that countenance and protection which a
brave and generous youth seldom fails to invite.
Permit me, therefore, to recommend to you Major
Matthew Clarkson, who is now going to place himself under your command; and be assured that you
will confer an obligation on me by becoming his friend
as well as his general.
I am, with great respect and esteem,
Your most obedient and humble servant,
John Jay.
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 1 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000226 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | JAY TO GENERAL LINCOLN. 195 Should this be your resolution, would not the main army be your proper object ? there you may be best known, and there best acquire military influence. Consider: this campaign will in all human probability be decisive, and the last.^ Can you, therefore, employ six or eight months better ? I will not apologize for the freedom with which I write, being persuaded that although our opinions may vary, you will consider this letter as some evidence of the sincerity with which I am Your friend and servant, John Jay. JAY TO GENERAL LINCOLN. Philadelphia, 2d April, 1779. Sir: Although I have not the honour of a personal acquaintance with you, yet I am so well informed of your character as to believe you will always be happy in leading a young soldier to glory, and to afford him that countenance and protection which a brave and generous youth seldom fails to invite. Permit me, therefore, to recommend to you Major Matthew Clarkson, who is now going to place himself under your command; and be assured that you will confer an obligation on me by becoming his friend as well as his general. I am, with great respect and esteem, Your most obedient and humble servant, John Jay. |
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