1From John Jay to DeWitt Clinton, 19 August 1823 (Jay Papers)
On Saturday last I rec d . by the mail your Letter of the 6 th . Inst, together with the Discourse mentioned in it; and have read them with Pleasure— Both the matter and manner of the Discourse bear Testimony to the Importance ^Value^ of useful Knowledge. For this mark of attention and the Honor ^done^ me in the Letter, and in a Discourse last spring, be pleased to accept the Acknowledgm ts ....