doi:10.7916/e9px-yk72[Document, 1771 June 24]Jay, John, 1745-1829correspondencetextUnited States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775Jay, John, 1745-1829Autograph draft. Plea in Mayor's Court in Jay's hand. Jay appears as counsel for Michael Handin, the defendant. Plea is defense based on defendant's infancy at the time he assumed to pay the debt upon which plaintiff brings suit. Two page manuscript and transcription.