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36 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
circumstances combined to make me silent, although not
inattentive or forgetful of my friends abroad.
I have three letters from you, dated the 28th May, 16th
September, and 19th November last, and feel myself exceedingly indebted to that partiality which prompted you to
say many civil things; these are stamped with an unusual
value, not because I suffer myself to think they are merited,
but because you thought so. We have heard more of you
and Mrs. Jay than these letters tell me, and upon the whole
have not found much cause to be pleased with your situation. Hers must too often have been very disagreeable;
the loss of the little one was truly distressing, and your
almost constant absence extremely hard. But you must
comfort yourself with the reflection that still more cruel
things might have happened, had you remained in your own
country. Suppose you had been with your father, when
some of the enemy's ruffians broke into the house, and after
satiating themselves with plunder, they had carried you,
my dear friend, a prisoner to New York. Think of the
triumph of your enemies, the distress of your friends, and
what you must, under such circumstances, have suffered:
happy that you have escaped such an event, I will not
prolong the idea of it.
Our friend Gouverneur has acquainted you with my appointment to the superintendant of finance ; the motives of
my acceptance are purely patriotic, and I would this moment give much of my property to be excused ; but pressed
by my friends, acquaintances, fellow-citizens, and almost
by all America, I could not resist. I will therefore most
assiduously try to be useful, and if in this I do but succeed, my recompense will be ample. Gouverneur and
others have promised me the assistance of their abilities.
Congress promise support; if the Legislatures and individuals will do the same, we will soon change the face
of our affairs, and show our enemies that their hopes of our
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 2 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000057 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 36 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. circumstances combined to make me silent, although not inattentive or forgetful of my friends abroad. I have three letters from you, dated the 28th May, 16th September, and 19th November last, and feel myself exceedingly indebted to that partiality which prompted you to say many civil things; these are stamped with an unusual value, not because I suffer myself to think they are merited, but because you thought so. We have heard more of you and Mrs. Jay than these letters tell me, and upon the whole have not found much cause to be pleased with your situation. Hers must too often have been very disagreeable; the loss of the little one was truly distressing, and your almost constant absence extremely hard. But you must comfort yourself with the reflection that still more cruel things might have happened, had you remained in your own country. Suppose you had been with your father, when some of the enemy's ruffians broke into the house, and after satiating themselves with plunder, they had carried you, my dear friend, a prisoner to New York. Think of the triumph of your enemies, the distress of your friends, and what you must, under such circumstances, have suffered: happy that you have escaped such an event, I will not prolong the idea of it. Our friend Gouverneur has acquainted you with my appointment to the superintendant of finance ; the motives of my acceptance are purely patriotic, and I would this moment give much of my property to be excused ; but pressed by my friends, acquaintances, fellow-citizens, and almost by all America, I could not resist. I will therefore most assiduously try to be useful, and if in this I do but succeed, my recompense will be ample. Gouverneur and others have promised me the assistance of their abilities. Congress promise support; if the Legislatures and individuals will do the same, we will soon change the face of our affairs, and show our enemies that their hopes of our |
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