1To John Jay from Sarah Livingston Jay, 21 January 1783 (Jay Papers)
Immediately upon the rec t . of your letter of the 18 th ., I sent to request the favor of M r . Whitford’s company a few minutes & communicated to him y r . sentiments of the horse. he promised to mount him & give me his opinion after the tryal, but as the signing the preliminary articles yesterday was an interesting event, he seem’d himself too much agitated to execute his intention— This...
I should have troubled you a second time, & ^ have wrote you ^ by the last Post had I not entertained the hope that it would not be long before I should have the pleasure of acknowledging at least one favor from you. I have been disappointed, ’tis true, but still I will not relinquish the pleasing idea of being affectionately remembered by my beloved friend— To prevent future mortifications of...
3To John Jay from Sarah Livingston Jay, 18 February 1779 (Jay Papers)
I thank you my dear M r . Jay, for your kind letters of the 31 st . of Jan y . & 5 th . of Feb y .— be assurd the advice contain’d in them was as welcome as indeed it was requisite—continue your I beseech you y: r friendly admonitions, for really no one ever required that aid from friendship more than I do in my present circumstances. For am I not prevented from indulging the pleasing prospect...