<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:identifier>doi:10.7916/gccz-hh32</dc:identifier><dc:title>[Document, 1774 April 19]</dc:title><dc:creator>Jay, John, 1745-1829</dc:creator><dc:format>correspondence</dc:format><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:subject>United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775</dc:subject><dc:subject>Jay, John, 1745-1829</dc:subject><dc:description>Jay's draft declaration to be signed by the heirs of Anne Chambers attesting to the division of her silver plate among them. Separate declarations to be signed by Jay's father, Peter Jay, , the children of Margaret DePeyster, and Eve White. Evaluations are given for each list. An approximately equal distribution intended the three; the division made on 19 April 1774.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>