JAY JOHN Letter Signed

Sale 1930 - Lot 58

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JAY, JOHN. Letter Signed, as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, to the President of the Executive Council of Pennsylvania, sending him an anonymous letter which Marbois had given him concerning "an affair which has caused great uneasiness." 1 page, folded 4to sheet with integral blank; light browning along the folds. [New York], 15 February 1785

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". . . Altho anonymous letters seldom merit much attention, yet as I received it from a public Minister, and as it related to an affair which has caused great uneasiness, I think it advisable to transmit it to your Excellency . . ."<