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JAY TO REV. DR. MORSE. 385
in a few years more be gone. To you I need not
remark that many things have been written and said
which are not correct. The collection of materials
(if nothing to perfect it be left undone) will cost
much time, trouble, and expense. Some information
may be acquired by letters, but much more and much
better may be obtained by personal inspections, applications, and interviews.
Valuable materials exist in the office of the Secretary of State, in the public and private journals of
Congress, and among the papers of the several
States, etc.
You know my sentiments respecting history,—
festina lente. No good history has been, nor can be,
produced in haste.
I regret the impediments which deprived me of the
pleasure of the visit you intended. I hope some
favourable opportunity of making it will yet occur,
and that Mrs. Morse may come with you. We will
then converse on these topics, and I will readily communicate to you such materials among those I possess
as you may deem interesting.
Be so obliging as to assure Mr. and Mrs. Evarts of
my best wishes for the health and prosperity of themselves and their family. I am glad their little boy is
doing well. May he long continue to do so in every
respect.
I am, dear sir,
Yours very sincerely,
John Jay.
VOL. IV.—25
| 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 | 00000412 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | JAY TO REV. DR. MORSE. 385 in a few years more be gone. To you I need not remark that many things have been written and said which are not correct. The collection of materials (if nothing to perfect it be left undone) will cost much time, trouble, and expense. Some information may be acquired by letters, but much more and much better may be obtained by personal inspections, applications, and interviews. Valuable materials exist in the office of the Secretary of State, in the public and private journals of Congress, and among the papers of the several States, etc. You know my sentiments respecting history,— festina lente. No good history has been, nor can be, produced in haste. I regret the impediments which deprived me of the pleasure of the visit you intended. I hope some favourable opportunity of making it will yet occur, and that Mrs. Morse may come with you. We will then converse on these topics, and I will readily communicate to you such materials among those I possess as you may deem interesting. Be so obliging as to assure Mr. and Mrs. Evarts of my best wishes for the health and prosperity of themselves and their family. I am glad their little boy is doing well. May he long continue to do so in every respect. I am, dear sir, Yours very sincerely, John Jay. VOL. IV.—25 |
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