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COL. JOHN TRUMBULL TO JAY. 179
such parties differ widely from factions, and are
probably no less conducive to good government, than
moderate fermentation is necessary to make good
wine.
My good friend, we must take men and things as
they are, and enjoy all the good we meet with. I
enjoy the good-will to which I am indebted for your
letter; and I enjoy the occasion it affords me of assuring you of the esteem and regard with which I am,
Dear sir,
Yours, etc., etc.
John Jay.
COL. JOHN TRUMBULL TO JAY.
London, 23rd July, 1795.
Dear Sir,
It is with the most real pleasure that I congratulate you
on your safe arrival in America, the Cordial reception you
have met with from your fellow Citizens, and the flattering
testimony they have given of their respect and esteem by
electing you to the first office in their Gift. May you long
and happily enjoy the reward of your labours!
I returned to this place from France, three days ago;
while in that Country I only wrote to you twice, the last of
which was a few days ago, enclosing the project of a new
Constitution, and sent by the Nancy, Capt. Butler, to your
port. On my arrival in Paris I found much Curiosity,
jealousy and prejudice on the subject of the treaty. The
Gentleman to whom I had your permission to communicate
under certain injunctions, found himself embarrassed by a
previous engagement inconsistent with those injunctions,
and as I did not feel myself justifiable in the smallest
| Title | The correspondence and public papers of John Jay - 4 |
| Creator | Jay, John |
| Publisher | G.P. Putnam's Sons |
| Place of Publication | New York, London |
| Date | [1890-93] |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000206 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | COL. JOHN TRUMBULL TO JAY. 179 such parties differ widely from factions, and are probably no less conducive to good government, than moderate fermentation is necessary to make good wine. My good friend, we must take men and things as they are, and enjoy all the good we meet with. I enjoy the good-will to which I am indebted for your letter; and I enjoy the occasion it affords me of assuring you of the esteem and regard with which I am, Dear sir, Yours, etc., etc. John Jay. COL. JOHN TRUMBULL TO JAY. London, 23rd July, 1795. Dear Sir, It is with the most real pleasure that I congratulate you on your safe arrival in America, the Cordial reception you have met with from your fellow Citizens, and the flattering testimony they have given of their respect and esteem by electing you to the first office in their Gift. May you long and happily enjoy the reward of your labours! I returned to this place from France, three days ago; while in that Country I only wrote to you twice, the last of which was a few days ago, enclosing the project of a new Constitution, and sent by the Nancy, Capt. Butler, to your port. On my arrival in Paris I found much Curiosity, jealousy and prejudice on the subject of the treaty. The Gentleman to whom I had your permission to communicate under certain injunctions, found himself embarrassed by a previous engagement inconsistent with those injunctions, and as I did not feel myself justifiable in the smallest |
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