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JAY TO JOHN ADAMS. 165
brought you the instructions of the 16th August, but
I by no means infer from thence that they did not
write, for on more than one occasion I knew that letters for me had been put into the post-office which
never came to my hands, and I advise you never to
write to me but under the persuasion that your letter
will be inspected before I receive it.
As to the instructions, I had neither seen nor heard
of them till the receipt of your letter. They appear
to me to be wise, and I shall be happy to see the
object of them fully and speedily attained.
As to the prospect of my negotiations here, I can
only inform you that, though the last offer of America
was made so long ago as July last, the Court has not
yet found it convenient to give me an answer. I
would give you a particular history of delays, but it
would be useless. I would also communicate to you
my conjectures as to the real causes of them, but by
the post it would be improper. In a word, it is not in
my power to write any thing of importance but what
I ought not to write by such a conveyance unless in
cipher. Delay is and has long been the system,
and when it will cease cannot be divined. M. Del
Campo, the Minister's first and confidential Secretary, has been appointed near three months to
confer with me, and yet this appointment was not
announced to me till last week. I have not yet had a
conference with him ; he has been sick, and it seems
has not sufficiently recovered to do business/etc.
It will not be necessary to send me copies of the
commission and instructions you mention. The origi-
| 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 | 00000186 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | JAY TO JOHN ADAMS. 165 brought you the instructions of the 16th August, but I by no means infer from thence that they did not write, for on more than one occasion I knew that letters for me had been put into the post-office which never came to my hands, and I advise you never to write to me but under the persuasion that your letter will be inspected before I receive it. As to the instructions, I had neither seen nor heard of them till the receipt of your letter. They appear to me to be wise, and I shall be happy to see the object of them fully and speedily attained. As to the prospect of my negotiations here, I can only inform you that, though the last offer of America was made so long ago as July last, the Court has not yet found it convenient to give me an answer. I would give you a particular history of delays, but it would be useless. I would also communicate to you my conjectures as to the real causes of them, but by the post it would be improper. In a word, it is not in my power to write any thing of importance but what I ought not to write by such a conveyance unless in cipher. Delay is and has long been the system, and when it will cease cannot be divined. M. Del Campo, the Minister's first and confidential Secretary, has been appointed near three months to confer with me, and yet this appointment was not announced to me till last week. I have not yet had a conference with him ; he has been sick, and it seems has not sufficiently recovered to do business/etc. It will not be necessary to send me copies of the commission and instructions you mention. The origi- |
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