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3i4 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
My letters will now have fairer play, and you will
find that I have not ceased to consider amusement
and rest as secondary objects to those of business.
I shall endeavour to get lodgings as near to Dr.
Franklin as I can. He is in perfect good health, and
his mind appears more vigorous than that of any man
of his age I have known. He certainly is a valuable
Minister, and an agreeable companion.
The Count d'Artois and Due de Bourbon are soon
to set out for Gibraltar. The siege of that place will
be honoured with the presence of several princes, and
therefore the issue of it (according to the prevailing
modes of thinking) becomes in a more particular
manner interesting. The Due de Crillon is sanguine ;
he told me that, in his opinion, Gibraltar was far more
pregnable than Mahon. It is" possible that fortune
may again smile upon him.
I am, dear sir, etc.,
John Jay.
JAY TO COUNT DE MONTMORIN.
DEAR SIR: Paris, 26th June, 1782.
I devote this first leisure moment which has
occurred since my arrival to the pleasure of writing
a few lines to you.
Our journey was pursued, without any avoidable
intermission, to Bayonne, where it became advisable
to rest a few days, and where we received many kind
attentions from Mons. Formalaguer, to whom,' it
seems, you had been so obliging as to make friendly
mention of us. That city is turning its attention to
| 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 | 00000335 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 3i4 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. My letters will now have fairer play, and you will find that I have not ceased to consider amusement and rest as secondary objects to those of business. I shall endeavour to get lodgings as near to Dr. Franklin as I can. He is in perfect good health, and his mind appears more vigorous than that of any man of his age I have known. He certainly is a valuable Minister, and an agreeable companion. The Count d'Artois and Due de Bourbon are soon to set out for Gibraltar. The siege of that place will be honoured with the presence of several princes, and therefore the issue of it (according to the prevailing modes of thinking) becomes in a more particular manner interesting. The Due de Crillon is sanguine ; he told me that, in his opinion, Gibraltar was far more pregnable than Mahon. It is" possible that fortune may again smile upon him. I am, dear sir, etc., John Jay. JAY TO COUNT DE MONTMORIN. DEAR SIR: Paris, 26th June, 1782. I devote this first leisure moment which has occurred since my arrival to the pleasure of writing a few lines to you. Our journey was pursued, without any avoidable intermission, to Bayonne, where it became advisable to rest a few days, and where we received many kind attentions from Mons. Formalaguer, to whom,' it seems, you had been so obliging as to make friendly mention of us. That city is turning its attention to |
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