1To John Jay from Richard Lushington, 22 February 1786 (Jay Papers)
I take the liberty of addressing thee; understanding that thou art a friend to the distress’d of whatsoever colour, that have been ensnar’d into bondage; A negroe man a few days since was offer’d; by public sale to the highest bidder, accidently passing, I enquired who he belong ^ to ^ and his qualifications; he says; his name was Geo: Morris, that he was born’d free and that he had left his...