1From John Jay to Lansdowne, 16 April 1786 (Jay Papers)
Accept my thanks for the Letter you did me the Honor to write on the 4 th . Sept r . last, and for your obliging Interposition in Behalf of the Person alluded to in it. Your Lordship’s Conjectures respecting the new principles in Regard to Trade and Finance, will probably be realized. We hear of several Circumstances which look and promise well. The Extent of those Principles, and the System...