1To John Jay from “Aristides”, 4 April 1792 (Jay Papers)
It would have been prudent, sir, when you disguised your name, in order to shoot your invenomed arrows in safety, to have concealed, also, those prominent features which render it impossible for the most superficial observer to mistake you. Suspicion in lieu of proof, blind, intemperate revenge , mortified ambition, scurrility , and nasty expressions have written your name in indelible...