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ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON TO JAY. 303
tion of Sir Guy Carleton. You, who know your countrymen, will feel little anxiety on this subject. It is proper,
however, that you should be enabled to calm the apprehensions, which those who know us less and are interested
in our measures may entertain. I have the pleasure of.
assuring you, that it has not produced the slightest alteration in our sentiments ; that we view a change of men and
measures with the utmost philosophic indifference. We
believe that God has hardened the heart of Pharaoh, so that
he cannot let the people go, till the first born of his land are
destroyed; till the hosts are overthrown in the midst of the
sea; and till poverty and distress, like the vermin of Egypt,
shall have covered the land. The general sentiment here
seems to be that new endeavors will be so used to detach us
from our ally, that the best answer to such attempts to
disgrace us will be a speedy and spirited preparation for the
ensuing campaign.
When Sir Guy Carleton arrived at New York, he found
them in violent convulsions about the demand that General
Washington had made of the persons who perpetrated the
murder upon an officer of the Jersey levies, one Captain
Huddy, whom they made prisoner, carried to New York,
and afterwards taking him out of jail hung him in the county
of Monmouth. I enclose the General's letter, and the other
letters that have passed on that occasion. The affair has
not yet ended; the British officers insist upon his \i. e.
Lippincott, who hung Huddy] being given up. The
refugees support him. A court martial is now sitting for
his trial. In the extracts sent out by General Robertson
are contained the cases of all the persons, that have been
tried and convicted of robbery, horse stealing, &c, in the
Jerseys since the war, as they have protected every species
of villany. They wish us to consider every felon we hang,
as a part of their regular corps.
Your last despatches by Colonel Livingston did not come
| 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 | 00000324 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON TO JAY. 303 tion of Sir Guy Carleton. You, who know your countrymen, will feel little anxiety on this subject. It is proper, however, that you should be enabled to calm the apprehensions, which those who know us less and are interested in our measures may entertain. I have the pleasure of. assuring you, that it has not produced the slightest alteration in our sentiments ; that we view a change of men and measures with the utmost philosophic indifference. We believe that God has hardened the heart of Pharaoh, so that he cannot let the people go, till the first born of his land are destroyed; till the hosts are overthrown in the midst of the sea; and till poverty and distress, like the vermin of Egypt, shall have covered the land. The general sentiment here seems to be that new endeavors will be so used to detach us from our ally, that the best answer to such attempts to disgrace us will be a speedy and spirited preparation for the ensuing campaign. When Sir Guy Carleton arrived at New York, he found them in violent convulsions about the demand that General Washington had made of the persons who perpetrated the murder upon an officer of the Jersey levies, one Captain Huddy, whom they made prisoner, carried to New York, and afterwards taking him out of jail hung him in the county of Monmouth. I enclose the General's letter, and the other letters that have passed on that occasion. The affair has not yet ended; the British officers insist upon his \i. e. Lippincott, who hung Huddy] being given up. The refugees support him. A court martial is now sitting for his trial. In the extracts sent out by General Robertson are contained the cases of all the persons, that have been tried and convicted of robbery, horse stealing, &c, in the Jerseys since the war, as they have protected every species of villany. They wish us to consider every felon we hang, as a part of their regular corps. Your last despatches by Colonel Livingston did not come |
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