From John Jay to the Public, 4 April 1792
To the Public
[New York, 4 Apr. 1792]
It having been deemed expedient to consider me as the author of certain political papers lately published, I think it proper to declare upon my honour that I am not the author of any political paper that has been published this year— that I have neither written, dictated, nor seen the manuscripts of any of those which have appeared against Governor CLINTON, or any person whatsoever— and that I do not even know who the writers are, further than that I have heard some of these papers ascribed to one person, and some to another. Whoever they may be, they have not been actuated by my advice or desire; and not being under my direction or control, I cannot be responsible for the pain their publications have given.1
JOHN JAY
PrD: Daily Advertiser (New York), 5 Apr.; Hudson Gazette, 12 Apr.; Albany Gazette, 12 Apr.; Columbian Centinel (Boston), 25 Apr. 1792.
1. The notice was in part a response to a piece published by or for Robert R. Livingston, under the pseudonym “Aristides”, in the Daily Advertiser on 4 Apr., addressed to “Timothy Tickler, Esq. C——J—— of the U—— S——, accusing JJ of being the author of a venomous attack on RRL published under the pseudonym “Timothy Tickler”. See “Aristides”’s letter of 4 Apr., above, and notes.