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134 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
at Minorca. Another expedition is preparing at
Cadiz ; its destination is uncertain.
I have the honour to be, with great respect and
consideration,
Your Excellency's most obedient and
very humble servant,
John Jay.
His Ex'y, Thos. McKean, Esq.,
President of Congress.
KITTY LIVINGSTON TO MRS. JAY,
Philadelphia, Oct. 18, 1781.
I purpose sending this letter to my dear sister by Mr.
Ridley, a gentleman who leaves town to-morrow morning
for the Chesepeek, to take passage in the Frigate that will
sail with the important intelligence of the capture of Corn-
wallis's army—an event that in all human probability must
soon crown with success the allied arms.
This gentleman is a particular friend of Mr. and Mrs.
Morris's, (indeed it is only to know Mr. Ridley to esteem
him). Mr. and Mrs. Morris esteem themselves very fortunate in having so valuable an acquaintance to commit the
care of their two eldest sons to, who are going to Europe
for their education, to be placed at a school Dr. Franklin
and Mr. Morris's other friends shall think most expedient
for them. They are very promising boys; their present
dispositions and future advantages flatter their friends that
they will return solidly prepared for their country's utility,
and their own future happiness.
Before this can reach my dear friends they will have felt
the emotions arising from the late joyful accounts of our
success to the Southward. Gen. Greene is gaining immortal
honour, for true Glory consists in overcoming difficulties, and
history perhaps does not furnish an instance of more or as
| 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 | 00000155 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 134 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. at Minorca. Another expedition is preparing at Cadiz ; its destination is uncertain. I have the honour to be, with great respect and consideration, Your Excellency's most obedient and very humble servant, John Jay. His Ex'y, Thos. McKean, Esq., President of Congress. KITTY LIVINGSTON TO MRS. JAY, Philadelphia, Oct. 18, 1781. I purpose sending this letter to my dear sister by Mr. Ridley, a gentleman who leaves town to-morrow morning for the Chesepeek, to take passage in the Frigate that will sail with the important intelligence of the capture of Corn- wallis's army—an event that in all human probability must soon crown with success the allied arms. This gentleman is a particular friend of Mr. and Mrs. Morris's, (indeed it is only to know Mr. Ridley to esteem him). Mr. and Mrs. Morris esteem themselves very fortunate in having so valuable an acquaintance to commit the care of their two eldest sons to, who are going to Europe for their education, to be placed at a school Dr. Franklin and Mr. Morris's other friends shall think most expedient for them. They are very promising boys; their present dispositions and future advantages flatter their friends that they will return solidly prepared for their country's utility, and their own future happiness. Before this can reach my dear friends they will have felt the emotions arising from the late joyful accounts of our success to the Southward. Gen. Greene is gaining immortal honour, for true Glory consists in overcoming difficulties, and history perhaps does not furnish an instance of more or as |
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