Title
[Document, 1797 January 09]
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Name
Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author)
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
January 09, 1797
Language
English
Physical Description
3 pages
Subjects
United States--History--Constitutional period, 1789-1809; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
It is so cold in New York that people have been able to skate across to Governor's Island from the Battery. Many ships are in distress along the coast. News of business transactions. An application for an appointment as Notary Public has been sent to him for presentation to John Jay, but he has returned it with notice that no new notarial appointment will be made. Incendiaries in town are quiet.
Identifier
columbia.jay.06056