1To John Jay from Lansdowne, 31 July 1795 (Jay Papers)
I know that Sir Francis Baring has the honour to be well known to you, which of course is enough to reccommend his Son to you, but I flatter myself a Line from me will be no disservice to him, especially if I am to judge by the comparative weight, which your reccommendation will always have with me; he is in truth a most respectable young Man, & I have no doubt, if he lives, will prove a Man...