Title
[Document, 1797 December 23]
Library Location
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
Name
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
December 23, 1797
Language
English
Physical Description
2 pages
Subjects
United States--History--Constitutional period, 1789-1809; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
Reply to questions on the claims of British debts [Pickering to John Jay, 13 Dec. 1797, NNC:9503]. Is not prepared to answer on the subject of interest since he does not have relative notes or books in Albany. The doubt "on which Side of the Question lays the onus probe cundi respecting the Solvency or Insolvency of the Debtor" appears an extraordinary one. Plaintiff or Demandant must show right to the thing he demands, and the case must fall within the provisions of the statute or treaty in question. Creditor must show that the debt is actually due and payable, that the amount cannot now be obtained, that any presenting solvency is chargeable to impediments contrary to the Treaty of Peace, and that he was solvent before the impediments took place.
Identifier
columbia.jay.09504