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BENJAMIN VA UGH AN TO JAY. 71
BENJAMIN VAUGHAN TO JAY.
London, Augt. 8th, 1783.
My dear Sir:
I have not answered your letter, so kindly written to me,,
for reasons, which will bear me out \.oyou, as they do to my
conscience; for had I written confidentially and the whole
of what I knew, I believe you are by this time convinced
that I should have done mischief prematurely. I have not
however been idle in that cause, which is the only one worth
our notice, and which, as it was the foundatiou of our first
happy acquaintance, will I flatter myself contribute to cement
me to you while I live. I am not made for idleness, and I
find new objects daily rising, though I am covert in my
mode of forwarding them.
As I do not however look upon the post as a safe vehicle
for matters of confidence between us, I shall go to the object
of this letter, which is to introduce Mr. Dugald Stewart to
you, after you have seen whom, you will have seen the most
remarkable among the literary young men in Scotland. He
is already their first rate mathematician and moral philosopher ; and as his diligence and abilities and connections are
equal to any thing, there is no knowing where he will stop ;
and I shall be glad you will have had an opportunity of
seeing him, as he wants nothing but a little longer period
of life to make him somewhat famous.
I do not boast of his politics. He is a very cautious man,
and having turned his thoughts but little that way, he does
not suffer himself to decide.—I found indeed so many other
things to say, that I seldom talked politics with him. When
I did, he was always candid, and inclined to what was
fight; at least when I was in habits with him.
I shall begin to make you many apologies for taking the
liberty of introducing my friends to you, unless you take
the same privilege on your side. As I respect you & yours
in the utmost possible degree, I think, my dear sir, that
| 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 | 00000106 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | BENJAMIN VA UGH AN TO JAY. 71 BENJAMIN VAUGHAN TO JAY. London, Augt. 8th, 1783. My dear Sir: I have not answered your letter, so kindly written to me,, for reasons, which will bear me out \.oyou, as they do to my conscience; for had I written confidentially and the whole of what I knew, I believe you are by this time convinced that I should have done mischief prematurely. I have not however been idle in that cause, which is the only one worth our notice, and which, as it was the foundatiou of our first happy acquaintance, will I flatter myself contribute to cement me to you while I live. I am not made for idleness, and I find new objects daily rising, though I am covert in my mode of forwarding them. As I do not however look upon the post as a safe vehicle for matters of confidence between us, I shall go to the object of this letter, which is to introduce Mr. Dugald Stewart to you, after you have seen whom, you will have seen the most remarkable among the literary young men in Scotland. He is already their first rate mathematician and moral philosopher ; and as his diligence and abilities and connections are equal to any thing, there is no knowing where he will stop ; and I shall be glad you will have had an opportunity of seeing him, as he wants nothing but a little longer period of life to make him somewhat famous. I do not boast of his politics. He is a very cautious man, and having turned his thoughts but little that way, he does not suffer himself to decide.—I found indeed so many other things to say, that I seldom talked politics with him. When I did, he was always candid, and inclined to what was fight; at least when I was in habits with him. I shall begin to make you many apologies for taking the liberty of introducing my friends to you, unless you take the same privilege on your side. As I respect you & yours in the utmost possible degree, I think, my dear sir, that |
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