Morris.  I  have  before  me  an  evidence  of  this  in  an  invitation
to  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Alorris  and  Miss  Livingston,  "  togethei'  ivith
the  young  family  of  Mrs.  3Iorris"  to  dine  at  Shoemaker's  Place
on  the  following  Saturday  afternoon ;  and  it  was  from  this
nobleman  that  Mr.  Morris,  on  his  personal  credit,  obtained
the  twenty  thousand  pounds  in  specie  which  he  sent  to  Wash-
ington, and  enabled  him  to  compel  the  capitulation  of  Corn-
wallis  at  Yorktown.  The  ^liss  Livingston  mentioned  in  the
invitation  was  Catharine,  daughter  of  Governor  "William  Liv-
ingston, of  New  Jersey,  and  younger  sister  of  the  beautiful
Sarah  Van  Brugh  Livingston,  who  became  the  wife  of  John
Jay.  She  afterwards  married  JSIatthew  Ridley,  an  English-
man residing  in  Baltimore,  a  particular  friend  of  ]\Ir.  Morris,
and  under  whose  roof  she  most  probably  met  him,  as  she
made  one  of  the  Morris  family  for  several  years,  during  the
absence  of  her  sister  in  Europe,  when  Mr.  Jay  represented
the  Confederation,  first  as  Minister  to  Spain,  and  subseqiiently
in  Paris  as  one  of  the  Commissioners  to  arrange  the  definitive
treaty  of  peace.  ilrs.  Jay,  writing  to  Mrs.  IMorris  from
Madrid,  under  date  of  Sept.  1,  1780,  says:  "When  I  left
Philadelpliia  I  did  not  also  leave  the  remembrance  of  the
repeated  instances  of  friendship  which  has  endeared  you  to
me  ;  but  had  I  been  less  sensible  of  them,  surely  your  recent
kindness  to  my  dear  Kitty  could  not  fail  of  awakening  my
gratitude.  Accept,  my  dear  Mr.  and  Mi's.  Morris,  of  my  sin-
cere thanks  for  your  kindness  to  my  sister ;  believe  me,
nothing  has  given  me  more  pleasure  than  the  happiness  she
has  enjoyed  under  your  hospitable  roof."

These  heartfelt  words  of  Mrs.  Jay  were  doubtless  called
forth  l)v  the  letter  she  had  received  from  her  sister  written


Manj  WliHr—Mrs.  liobcrt  3Iorr!s.
