1From John Jay to Samuel Worcester, 27 February 1821 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . and thank you for the Copy of M r . J. Pickerings Essay relative to the Indian Languages of North America, which you was so obliging as to send to me. Altho it is a Subject which had engaged but little of my attention, yet the name of the Author and an Impression that he was the Son of Col. Pickering, induced me to read it with more Interest than I should otherwise have done....