1To John Jay from Sebastian Bauman, [15 May 1797] (Jay Papers)
To his Excellency John Jay Esq r . Governor and Commander in chief of the Militia of the State of New York & c & c I am sorry that circumstances have finally brought me to quit and give up my Military Commission, which I cannot hold any longer without the greatest degradation, inadmissable and incoherent with the Character of a Soldier. The Appointment of Brigadier General Hughes who was a...