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ALEXANDER HAMILTON TO JAY. 69
on this subject without delay, for as I shall not probably have an opportunity of sailing before June next,
it is important to me to know by what rule I am to
regulate the expenses of my family in the meantime.
As you know upon what principles I have devoted
myself to the public for the last nine years, and as
those motives would be questionable if after the war
I did not return to a private station, I hope the propriety of my resolution to resign will appear manifest,
especially when to these considerations are added the
circumstances of certain individuals of my family,
whose afflictions and whose relation to me give them
the strongest claims to my care and attention.
Be pleased, sir, to present to Congress my warmest acknowledgments for the marks of confidence with
which they have honoured me, and assure them that
by becoming a private citizen I mean not to retreat
from any duties which an*American owes his country.
I have the honour to be, etc.
John Jay.
alexander hamilton to jay.
Philadelphia, 25th July, 1783.
Dear SiR:
Though I have not performed my promise of writing to
you, which I made when you left this country, yet I have not
the less interested myself in your welfare and success. I
have been witness with pleasure to every event which has
had a tendency to advance you in the esteem of your country ; and I may assure you with sincerity that it is as high
as you could possibly wish. All have united in the warmest
approbation of your conduct. I eannot forbear telling you
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 3 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000104 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | ALEXANDER HAMILTON TO JAY. 69 on this subject without delay, for as I shall not probably have an opportunity of sailing before June next, it is important to me to know by what rule I am to regulate the expenses of my family in the meantime. As you know upon what principles I have devoted myself to the public for the last nine years, and as those motives would be questionable if after the war I did not return to a private station, I hope the propriety of my resolution to resign will appear manifest, especially when to these considerations are added the circumstances of certain individuals of my family, whose afflictions and whose relation to me give them the strongest claims to my care and attention. Be pleased, sir, to present to Congress my warmest acknowledgments for the marks of confidence with which they have honoured me, and assure them that by becoming a private citizen I mean not to retreat from any duties which an*American owes his country. I have the honour to be, etc. John Jay. alexander hamilton to jay. Philadelphia, 25th July, 1783. Dear SiR: Though I have not performed my promise of writing to you, which I made when you left this country, yet I have not the less interested myself in your welfare and success. I have been witness with pleasure to every event which has had a tendency to advance you in the esteem of your country ; and I may assure you with sincerity that it is as high as you could possibly wish. All have united in the warmest approbation of your conduct. I eannot forbear telling you |
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