1From John Jay to Egbert Benson, 31 March 1792 (Jay Papers)
I have had the pleasure of seeing Sen r . Ceracchi, & his model of a monument in Honor of the Revolution. The Design appears to me to be a noble one—worthy of the attention of the U.S., and honorable to the Taste & Talents of the artist.— It cannot fail of being interesting to all who contributed to the Revolution, and to that glorious Triumph of Liberty which it exhibited, and which well...
2From John Jay to Egbert Benson, 27 June 1795 (Jay Papers)
[ illegible ] ^[ illegible ]^ after my Return from Ph a ., and just as I was about setting out for Rye ^from whence I returned last Ev g ^ your Letter of the 13 Inst, which had been sent on to Ph a ., was delivered to me— It gave me pleasure to recieve it, but I should have been ^more^ pleased to have seen the writer. God only knows, [ illegible ] whether my Removal from the Bench to my...