1From John Jay to Rufus King, 14 November 1797 (Jay Papers)
Since my last of the 7 th . Inst: I have been fav d . with your’s of the 9 th . Sept r . with the two Pamphlets which you was so obliging as to send with it, and for which accept my thank’s. The one by M r . Burke I have read, and find Remarks in it which will deserve attention—The other I had seen— A late arrival has brought Intelligence of the Explosion at Paris— it opens a wide Field for...
2From John Jay to Rufus King, 12 December 1798 (Jay Papers)
The last Letter from you which has reached me is dated the 5 Aug t . last— Two Days ago I rec d . the news papers you was so kind as to send me by Cap t . Kemp— the Derangements caused by the late fever at New York seem to have extended to every thing in that City— The Treaty between Austria and Naples countenanced the probability of a war between them and France; and subsequent Events do not...
3From John Jay to Rufus King, 16 June 1800 (Jay Papers)
Altho I could write to you a long Letter, and on interesting Subjects, yet the Liberties often taken with Letters on the ocean make Reserve and Caution necessary— we are impatient to learn whether and what great Events have as yet marked the present campaign in Europe; and whether it is probable that the Expectations which seem ed to be formed from it will be realized—as yet the Question...