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JAY TO EGBERT BENSON. 157
heart. Harry Livingston, Jr., has been so kind as to
write a letter to Mrs. Jay, and for which we are much
obliged to him. I wish, however, he had been as
particular about my father as about my son. You
tell me he is the solace of my father. This circumstance makes me regret their parting. So few rays of
comfort beam on that good and affectionate parent of
mine that it is a pity he should be deprived of those
which it seems he derives from the company and
prattle of his little grandson. It must not be. You,
my good friend, must manage this matter for me.
Harry Livingston, I imagine, lives in the neighbourhood. His wife is an excellent woman, and in my
opinion a rara avis in terra. I believe they both
wish me well, and would not refuse to oblige me by
taking my son to live with them and treating him as
they do their own. In that family he would neither see
nor be indulged in immoralities, and he might every
day or two spend some hours with his grandfather,
and go to school with Harry's children; or otherwise
as you may think proper. At any rate he must not live
with his grandfather, to whom he would in that case
be as much trouble as satisfaction. This is a point
on which I am decided, and therefore write in very
express and positive terms. Unless objections strike
you that I neither know or think of, be so kind as to
speak to Mr. and Mrs. Livingston about it. I will
cheerfully pay them whatever you may think proper,
and I would rather that you should agree to a
generous allowance than a mere adequate compensation. In case Mr. and Mrs. Livingston should
| 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 | 00000178 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | JAY TO EGBERT BENSON. 157 heart. Harry Livingston, Jr., has been so kind as to write a letter to Mrs. Jay, and for which we are much obliged to him. I wish, however, he had been as particular about my father as about my son. You tell me he is the solace of my father. This circumstance makes me regret their parting. So few rays of comfort beam on that good and affectionate parent of mine that it is a pity he should be deprived of those which it seems he derives from the company and prattle of his little grandson. It must not be. You, my good friend, must manage this matter for me. Harry Livingston, I imagine, lives in the neighbourhood. His wife is an excellent woman, and in my opinion a rara avis in terra. I believe they both wish me well, and would not refuse to oblige me by taking my son to live with them and treating him as they do their own. In that family he would neither see nor be indulged in immoralities, and he might every day or two spend some hours with his grandfather, and go to school with Harry's children; or otherwise as you may think proper. At any rate he must not live with his grandfather, to whom he would in that case be as much trouble as satisfaction. This is a point on which I am decided, and therefore write in very express and positive terms. Unless objections strike you that I neither know or think of, be so kind as to speak to Mr. and Mrs. Livingston about it. I will cheerfully pay them whatever you may think proper, and I would rather that you should agree to a generous allowance than a mere adequate compensation. In case Mr. and Mrs. Livingston should |
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