Selected Letters of John Jay and Sarah Livingston Jay: Correspondence by or to the First Chief Justice of the United States and His Wife

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Summary: Wonderful letters
Review: This is a great little book: a selection of letters to or from John and Sarah Jay, carefully transcribed and thoughtfully introduced. Many of these letters have never been published before, and through them we get a much stronger sense of the Jay family than we have had before. Sarah, in particular, emerges page by page as a smart, savvy, capable woman, handling the family finances and politics in her husband's frequent absences. The only problem with this book is the steep price, probably too high to reach the wide audience it deserves.