1From John Jay to John Lathrop, 3 March 1801 (Jay Papers)
Accept my thanks for your obliging Letter of the 9 th ult: and the interesting Discourse w h . accompanied it. The 18 th Century has indeed been distinguished, as you observe, by great Events. There are some among them so [ illegible ] singular and apparently so ominous, that the present Century will probably not be less signal than the last: especially as whole Nations are suffering...