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i62 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
When, my dear sir, will your court send us a
minister ? Our having one at Versailles affords
reason to expect one from thence. The report of
Mons. De Montiers' coming over in that capacity
dies away. From the little I saw of him in Paris, I
am inclined to think he would be an agreeable as
well as an able minister.
I am, dear sir, your most obedient servant,
John Jay.
jay to the marchioness de lafayette.
tv/t New York, 13th August, 1785.
Madam : s
I have received the letter which you did me the
honour to write on the 15th April last. Few circumstances could have given me more pleasure than such
evidence of my having a place in the remembrance
and good opinion of a lady, whose esteem derives no
less value from her discernment than from the delicacy of her sentiments.
Accept, therefore, madam, of my sincere and cordial acknowledgments for honouring me with a place
among your correspondents, which was the more
obliging as you were to afford more pleasure by than
you could expect to receive from it. You know it is
an old observation, that ladies write better letters
than gentlemen, and therefore, independent of other
considerations, a correspondence between them is always so far on unequal terms.
I can easily conceive that you, whose predilection
for your husband was always conspicuous, should ex-
| 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 | 00000197 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | i62 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. When, my dear sir, will your court send us a minister ? Our having one at Versailles affords reason to expect one from thence. The report of Mons. De Montiers' coming over in that capacity dies away. From the little I saw of him in Paris, I am inclined to think he would be an agreeable as well as an able minister. I am, dear sir, your most obedient servant, John Jay. jay to the marchioness de lafayette. tv/t New York, 13th August, 1785. Madam : s I have received the letter which you did me the honour to write on the 15th April last. Few circumstances could have given me more pleasure than such evidence of my having a place in the remembrance and good opinion of a lady, whose esteem derives no less value from her discernment than from the delicacy of her sentiments. Accept, therefore, madam, of my sincere and cordial acknowledgments for honouring me with a place among your correspondents, which was the more obliging as you were to afford more pleasure by than you could expect to receive from it. You know it is an old observation, that ladies write better letters than gentlemen, and therefore, independent of other considerations, a correspondence between them is always so far on unequal terms. I can easily conceive that you, whose predilection for your husband was always conspicuous, should ex- |
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