1From 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...
2From 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...