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374 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
with our merchants here in that currency, since they propor-
tionably advance the price of their commodities. For this
reason it is much to my interest, till times shall grow better
in this respect, to collect what New York money I may want
to lay out in your metropolis from debts due to me in your
State. I have the promise of more than I shall this year
have occasion for; but as I do not altogether rely upon the
performance of it, I shall be obliged to you for intimating
to the that it would gratify me much if they would,
by the first of October, pay fifty pounds upon their bond.
I am
Your most humble servant,
Wil: Livingston.
D. HARTLEY TO JAY.
London, August, 1789.
Dear Sir:
It has given me much pleasure to have received a letter
from you, and to hear that yourself and Mrs. Jay are well.
I hope this will find Mrs. Jay perfectly recovered from her
indisposition.
I sincerely rejoice in the prosperity of your Country; that
is to say, in the return of prosperity by the abatement of
the war. I think America was equally free to every effect
of prosperity before her declared independence as since.
The British claims of taxation and legislation did disturb
the prospect for a time, but those claims being relinquished,
all future life is now freely-opened before you. You must
not expect to find it otherwise than checquered with good
and ill, such as is the lot of human life. To be as happy as
any people in the world is a lot that you must not expect to
exceed. You will doubtless have heard of the Revolution
in France. The rights of mankind which have been withheld for many centuries from the subjects of that kingdom,
have been claimed, ceded and confirmed by the King in a
trice of time, not exceeding a few days. Whatever may be
| 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 | 00000409 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 374 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. with our merchants here in that currency, since they propor- tionably advance the price of their commodities. For this reason it is much to my interest, till times shall grow better in this respect, to collect what New York money I may want to lay out in your metropolis from debts due to me in your State. I have the promise of more than I shall this year have occasion for; but as I do not altogether rely upon the performance of it, I shall be obliged to you for intimating to the that it would gratify me much if they would, by the first of October, pay fifty pounds upon their bond. I am Your most humble servant, Wil: Livingston. D. HARTLEY TO JAY. London, August, 1789. Dear Sir: It has given me much pleasure to have received a letter from you, and to hear that yourself and Mrs. Jay are well. I hope this will find Mrs. Jay perfectly recovered from her indisposition. I sincerely rejoice in the prosperity of your Country; that is to say, in the return of prosperity by the abatement of the war. I think America was equally free to every effect of prosperity before her declared independence as since. The British claims of taxation and legislation did disturb the prospect for a time, but those claims being relinquished, all future life is now freely-opened before you. You must not expect to find it otherwise than checquered with good and ill, such as is the lot of human life. To be as happy as any people in the world is a lot that you must not expect to exceed. You will doubtless have heard of the Revolution in France. The rights of mankind which have been withheld for many centuries from the subjects of that kingdom, have been claimed, ceded and confirmed by the King in a trice of time, not exceeding a few days. Whatever may be |
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