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342 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON TO JAY.
Philadelphia,' 17th Sepr., 1782.
Dear Sir :
I have at length been favored with a private letter from
you which gives me great pleasure, not only because it
assures me of your health and that of Mrs. Jay, but because
it is expressive of that friendship which I should be sorry
to see lost in the ocean of politics in which we both have
launched our barks.
I am sorry for the ill-health of my little god-daughter, but
as the disorders she complains of are such as must necessarily
be visited upon all the children of our Epicurean grandmother, I hope she bore them with becoming fortitude, and
that she is happily freed from them before this. I thank
you for the interest you have given me in her, and am not
without prospects of being able ee'r long to return you the
compliment.
I have not heard for some time from your family. Sir
James, I suppose you know, is in Europe. I mentioned his
misfortune in having been taken and carried into New York.
What adds to that misfortune is that many people have
attributed it to design.
I, for my part, acquit him of every thing but imprudence.
His going to England has given more credit to the assertions of his enemies. The State of New York has made it
the ground of a resolution for vacating his seat and electing
Mr. Duane to it.
Benson has refused to take a seat in Congress, has lost
his election to [the Legislature?], and is attentive to improve his fortune in the line of his profession. Hamilton
has been elected in his place, and leaves for it the law,
which he was just beginning to practice. . . .
I am just about to pay a visit to the banks of the Hudson,
but have a thousand things to do first; the length of my
journey must therefore shorten my letter, tho' it will
| 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 | 00000363 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 342 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. ROBERT R. LIVINGSTON TO JAY. Philadelphia,' 17th Sepr., 1782. Dear Sir : I have at length been favored with a private letter from you which gives me great pleasure, not only because it assures me of your health and that of Mrs. Jay, but because it is expressive of that friendship which I should be sorry to see lost in the ocean of politics in which we both have launched our barks. I am sorry for the ill-health of my little god-daughter, but as the disorders she complains of are such as must necessarily be visited upon all the children of our Epicurean grandmother, I hope she bore them with becoming fortitude, and that she is happily freed from them before this. I thank you for the interest you have given me in her, and am not without prospects of being able ee'r long to return you the compliment. I have not heard for some time from your family. Sir James, I suppose you know, is in Europe. I mentioned his misfortune in having been taken and carried into New York. What adds to that misfortune is that many people have attributed it to design. I, for my part, acquit him of every thing but imprudence. His going to England has given more credit to the assertions of his enemies. The State of New York has made it the ground of a resolution for vacating his seat and electing Mr. Duane to it. Benson has refused to take a seat in Congress, has lost his election to [the Legislature?], and is attentive to improve his fortune in the line of his profession. Hamilton has been elected in his place, and leaves for it the law, which he was just beginning to practice. . . . I am just about to pay a visit to the banks of the Hudson, but have a thousand things to do first; the length of my journey must therefore shorten my letter, tho' it will |
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