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474 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS.
come. Col. Varick looks as well as when you saw him,
though his legs continue to be very much swelled. Col.
Troup honoured me with a visit some days since ; it really
grieved me to see him greatly altered; he says his health is
much impaired, as well as his hearing which is so bad that
he cannot enjoy the pleasures of general conversation, which
to a man of his social disposition must be a great privation.
Mr. P. Stuyvesant has long wished to dispose of his place
and has lately sold it to a Company who are to give him
$100,000 for the Mansion house, 200 house lots and the
water right, still leaving him a large real estate. The rise
in property has been so great that it is supposed Mrs. Ten
Broeck's children will divide to the value of $40,000 each.
Rensselair is engaged to Miss Nelson, a grand-daughter of
the gentleman who married Lady Kitty. Apropos of her,
she made many kind enquiries about you and desired me to
give her love to you; her Sister, Lady Mary, is very sick
with a severe cold and fever.
The family here are all well: I wish you could see little
Peter, you would be delighted with his intelligence, good
temper and affectionate disposition; there cannot be a more
promising child. Mr. Rutherford took us yesterday to see
Peale's likeness of Genl. Washington, said by many of the
General's old friends to be the best ever taken. I should
like you to see it. Judge Peters and many others have
addressed very flattering letters to Mr. Peale on the subject.
21 st. I am very sorry to tell you that Genl. Clarkson is
quite ill; Mary was sent for this morning and has been with
him all day. Brother came home this evening and said Dr.
Post thought his disease Dropsy in the chest; he has not
been well for some time but yesterday paid a visit to his
son on Long Island ; in the night was taken with shortness
of breath. I cannot but hope, however, that he will be
relieved & that a life so valuable to his family & to the
Community may be spared. Please to remember me with
| 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 | 00000501 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 474 CORRESPONDENCE AND PUBLIC PAPERS. come. Col. Varick looks as well as when you saw him, though his legs continue to be very much swelled. Col. Troup honoured me with a visit some days since ; it really grieved me to see him greatly altered; he says his health is much impaired, as well as his hearing which is so bad that he cannot enjoy the pleasures of general conversation, which to a man of his social disposition must be a great privation. Mr. P. Stuyvesant has long wished to dispose of his place and has lately sold it to a Company who are to give him $100,000 for the Mansion house, 200 house lots and the water right, still leaving him a large real estate. The rise in property has been so great that it is supposed Mrs. Ten Broeck's children will divide to the value of $40,000 each. Rensselair is engaged to Miss Nelson, a grand-daughter of the gentleman who married Lady Kitty. Apropos of her, she made many kind enquiries about you and desired me to give her love to you; her Sister, Lady Mary, is very sick with a severe cold and fever. The family here are all well: I wish you could see little Peter, you would be delighted with his intelligence, good temper and affectionate disposition; there cannot be a more promising child. Mr. Rutherford took us yesterday to see Peale's likeness of Genl. Washington, said by many of the General's old friends to be the best ever taken. I should like you to see it. Judge Peters and many others have addressed very flattering letters to Mr. Peale on the subject. 21 st. I am very sorry to tell you that Genl. Clarkson is quite ill; Mary was sent for this morning and has been with him all day. Brother came home this evening and said Dr. Post thought his disease Dropsy in the chest; he has not been well for some time but yesterday paid a visit to his son on Long Island ; in the night was taken with shortness of breath. I cannot but hope, however, that he will be relieved & that a life so valuable to his family & to the Community may be spared. Please to remember me with |
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