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TO MRS. JAY FROM HER MOTHER. 297
TO MRS. JAY FROM HER MOTHER.
Elizabeth-town, April the 21, 1782.
My Dear Sally,
I hope you don't harbour a thought that my not writing
to you proceeds from any abatement of my affection for you,
but rather impute it to the true reason, which is the attention of your sisters, by which means you have every information concerning our family and likewise everything
interesting out of it. My dear child of my heart, I love
you most tenderly and have often attempted to write to
you, but was too much affected to finish a letter. I have
felt more for you than I chose to discover. I long and
pray for the happy period that shall bring you to my
embraces. It is my daily prayer that you may be preserved
in health and safety to your native Country; your absence
is one of the afflictions of my life. I feel distrest at the
thought of Brockholst's leaving you lest it make it more
lonesom for you; otherwise I shall be very happy to see
him if a kind Providence permit me that blessing.
Your dear little son is a great comfort to me; he is
amiable and has the love and esteem of all that know him.
He is not yet returned from a visit to his grand pappa Jay,
where he went last August accompany'd by his Aunt
Susan. ... I heard from him a few days ago by Dr. Latham
who lives somewhere up the river. He says that the old
gentleman, Mr. Jay, is declining fast; he don't get out of
his bed ; the rest of the family embrace health and that
Peter and Susan would have returned with him if they had
known it sooner.
Sir James Jay has been one of my family since the first
of February. I often told him that he was in a very unsafe
place, and that my house was indanger'd by him to be
plundered (I was told so), and that they were only waiting
an opportunity. Last Monday morning he left us with an
intent to be back again in two days, but unfortunately he was
| 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 | 00000318 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | TO MRS. JAY FROM HER MOTHER. 297 TO MRS. JAY FROM HER MOTHER. Elizabeth-town, April the 21, 1782. My Dear Sally, I hope you don't harbour a thought that my not writing to you proceeds from any abatement of my affection for you, but rather impute it to the true reason, which is the attention of your sisters, by which means you have every information concerning our family and likewise everything interesting out of it. My dear child of my heart, I love you most tenderly and have often attempted to write to you, but was too much affected to finish a letter. I have felt more for you than I chose to discover. I long and pray for the happy period that shall bring you to my embraces. It is my daily prayer that you may be preserved in health and safety to your native Country; your absence is one of the afflictions of my life. I feel distrest at the thought of Brockholst's leaving you lest it make it more lonesom for you; otherwise I shall be very happy to see him if a kind Providence permit me that blessing. Your dear little son is a great comfort to me; he is amiable and has the love and esteem of all that know him. He is not yet returned from a visit to his grand pappa Jay, where he went last August accompany'd by his Aunt Susan. ... I heard from him a few days ago by Dr. Latham who lives somewhere up the river. He says that the old gentleman, Mr. Jay, is declining fast; he don't get out of his bed ; the rest of the family embrace health and that Peter and Susan would have returned with him if they had known it sooner. Sir James Jay has been one of my family since the first of February. I often told him that he was in a very unsafe place, and that my house was indanger'd by him to be plundered (I was told so), and that they were only waiting an opportunity. Last Monday morning he left us with an intent to be back again in two days, but unfortunately he was |
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