Document and typescript. Acknowledges receipt of his letter of 19 September. Assures him that Peter Augustus is well. Frederick Jay will take him to visit Jay's father in the spring. Recounts wedding of Henry Beekman Livingston to Nancy Shippen. Mrs. Willings's death. Gossip of the Stewart and Blair families. Saw Frederick Jay in January. Sir James Jay "is much chagrin'd at an appointment Congress have honored General McDouglass with as Sir James expected the same." Robert Morris Superintendent of Finance. Acquaintance with John Paul Jones -- his honors and the determination of ladies of Philadelphia to marry him off. Triumphs of brother John's ship, the Saratoga. French fleet defeated at Chesapeake. Arnold's escape.
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United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829