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1. Document, 1781 August n.d.
- Name: Hartley, David (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1781 August n.d.
- Summary: Commends American prosperity but cautions that America must expect to have her prosperity checkered now and then with bad times. Only the political difficulties caused a break in America's prosperity, for she was most comfortab...
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2. Document, 1782 n.d. - 1783 n.d.
- Name: Hartley, David (Author)
- Date: 1782 n.d. - 1783 n.d.
- Summary: "Project of the definitive Treaty of Peace as drawn up by the American Ministers?" Two-paragraph preamble; one page of notes on the American peace commissioners' commission of 15 June 1781.
- Number of Images: 2
3. Document, 1783 September 05
- Name: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 (Author) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee)
- Date: 1783 September 05
- Summary:
- Number of Images: 2
4. Document, 1783 August 30
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee)
- Date: 1783 August 30
- Summary: Sorry Hartley's instructions will not allow him to sign the definitive treaty at the place appointed but will sign it with him at Paris.
- Number of Images: 1
5. Document, 1783 August 12
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee)
- Date: 1783 August 12
- Summary: Happy to receive news of the birth of an English princess. Will communicate it to Congress.
- Number of Images: 1
6. Document, 1783 August 29
- Name: Hartley, David (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1783 August 29
- Summary: Ready to sign the definitive treaty between the U.S. and Britain whenever the American commissioners wish. The day is up to them.
- Number of Images: 1
7. Document, 1783 July 17
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee)
- Date: 1783 July 17
- Summary: Have received the ratified treaty from America and ready to exchange ratifications with Hartley. The treaty calls for the withdrawal of British troops and that no Negroes be taken from America. Correspondence between Washington...
- Number of Images: 2
8. Document, 1783 June 29
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee)
- Date: 1783 June 29
- Summary: On Hartley's propositions: 1st article: already regulated by 5th and 6th articles of provisional treaty; 2nd article: All waters on boundary lines between U.S. and British possessions to be navigated freely by both parties; 3rd...
- Number of Images: 2
9. Document, 1783 June 14
- Name: Hartley, David (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1783 June 14
- Summary: The proximity of the two powers in North America make contact between them inevitable. Wants conciliation. Authorized to make a temporary convention basis of reciprocity until new circumstances can be seen in light of British n...
- Number of Images: 8
10. Document, 1783 September 07
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee)
- Date: 1783 September 07
- Summary: Transmit a resolution of 1 May by Congress to Hartley: authorization of Adams, Franklin, and John Jay to enter into a commercial treaty with Britain subject to revision of contracting parties previous to final conclusion; in me...
- Number of Images: 2
11. Document, 1783 September 05
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee)
- Date: 1783 September 05
- Summary: Very happy about the signing of the definitive treaty. However their instruction suppose that a commercial agreement will be incorporated in the definitive treaty and will have to get new instructions before a separate treaty c...
- Number of Images: 2
12. Document, 1783 April 29
- Name: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 (Author) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee)
- Date: 1783 April 29
- Summary: Enclosed with letter Adams, et al. to Robert R. Livingston, 10 September, 1783.
- Number of Images: 2
13. Document, 1783 June 29
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee)
- Date: 1783 June 29
- Summary: On definitive treaty: 1st: in 2nd article to omit line on islands within limits of Nova Scotia.: 2nd: all prisoners released and cost of keeping them reimbursed; 3rd: Britain to interpose with Barbary states for safety of U.S. ...
- Number of Images: 4
14. Document, 1783 May 19
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee)
- Date: 1783 May 19
- Summary: Adams, Franklin, and John Jay communicate their commission to David Hartley on 19 May 1783.
- Number of Images: 3
15. Document, 1783 August 29
- Name: Hartley, David (Author) Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
- Date: 1783 August 29
- Summary:
- Number of Images: 1
16. Document, 1783 July 17
- Name: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 (Author) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee)
- Date: 1783 July 17
- Summary:
- Number of Images: 2
17. Document, 1783 August 12
- Name: Hartley, David (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1783 August 12
- Summary:
- Number of Images: 1
18. Document, 1783 July 17
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee)
- Date: 1783 July 17
- Summary: Have received the ratified treaty from America and ready to exchange ratifications with Hartley. The treaty calls for the withdrawal of British troops and that no Negroes be taken from America. Correspondence between Washington...
- Number of Images: 13
19. Document, 1783 July 17
- Name: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 (Author) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee)
- Date: 1783 July 17
- Summary:
- Number of Images: 3
20. Document, 1783 July 17
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee)
- Date: 1783 July 17
- Summary:
- Number of Images: 2
21. Document, 1783 August 12
- Name: Hartley, David (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1783 August 12
- Summary: The English queen has just had a daughter.
- Number of Images: 3
22. Document, 1783 May 21
- Name: Hartley, David (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1783 May 21
- Summary: Enclosed with letter of Adams, et al., to Robert R. Livingston, September 10,1783.
- Number of Images: 6
23. Document, 1783 September 04
- Name: Hartley, David (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1783 September 04
- Summary: Congratulates the Americans on the signing of the definitive peace. Enclosures of letters of American commissioners of 5 and 7 September.
- Number of Images: 6
24. Document, 1783 August 30
- Name: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 (Author) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee)
- Date: 1783 August 30
- Summary: Copy. Sorry Hartley's instructions will not allow him to sign the definitive treaty at the place appointed but will sign it with him at Paris.
- Number of Images: 1
25. Document, 1783 September 04
- Name: Hartley, David (Author) Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
- Date: 1783 September 04
- Summary:
- Number of Images: 2
26. Document, 1783 June 13
- Name: Hartley, David (Author)
- Date: 1783 June 13
- Summary: Enclosed with letter of John Adams, et al. to Robert R. Livingston, September 10, 1783.
- Number of Images: 2
27. Document, 1784 March 02
- Name: Hartley, David (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1784 March 02
- Summary:
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28. Document, 1784 March 02
- Name: Hartley, David (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1784 March 02
- Summary: Also esteems John Jay as a public and private person and hopes he will be able to ratify the new treaty jointly with him. Hopes commercial negotiations will begin again soon.
- Number of Images: 1
29. Document, 1784 March 31
- Name: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee)
- Date: 1784 March 31
- Summary: The ratification of the treaty here and the American commissioners ready to exchange ratifications with Hartley. Also send the American proclamation of the treaty and recommendation of Congress that the parts of the treaty on t...
- Number of Images: 6
30. Document, 1784 March 31
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee)
- Date: 1784 March 31
- Summary: Announce arrival of ratification of definitive treaty. Explain delays: severity of weather, difficulties in gathering quorum in Congress. Facsimile of LS signed by John Jay and Benjamin Franklin from catalog of Sotheby auction,...
- Number of Images: 0
31. Document, 1784 February 22
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee)
- Date: 1784 February 22
- Summary: Will always esteem Hartley. Sorry not to be able to see him before sailing for America this spring.
- Number of Images: 1
32. Document, 1784 April 09
- Name: Hartley, David (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1784 April 09
- Summary: Hartley given orders to prepare for the exchange of ratifications at Paris before his departure.
- Number of Images: 1
33. Document, 1784 February 22
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee)
- Date: 1784 February 22
- Summary: Draft
- Number of Images: 0
34. Document, 1784 March 02
- Name: Hartley, David (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1784 March 02
- Summary:
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35. Document, 1785 May 01
- Name: Hartley, David (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1785 May 01
- Summary: Asks for John Jay's opinion concerning the grant of land in New York owned by Lord Templeton and bequeathed to his children.
- Number of Images: 1
36. Document, 1785 August 03
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee)
- Date: 1785 August 03
- Summary: Suggests Hartley's friend come to America to manage the land which belongs to him. Otherwise others may acquire title through settlement or otherwise become troublesome.
- Number of Images: 2
37. Document, 1785 May 01
- Name: Hartley, David (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1785 May 01
- Summary:
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38. Document, 1787 April 21
- Name: Hartley, David (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1787 April 21
- Summary: Recommends to his protection on Francis Upton who is going to New York to take possession of land belonging to him, his brother and sister.
- Number of Images: 1
39. Document, 1787 July 15
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee)
- Date: 1787 July 15
- Summary: Receipt of Hartley's letter of 21 April. Reflections on future relations of U.S. and Britain. Possibilities of rapprochement in years to come.
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40. Document, 1788 March 24
- Name: Hartley, David (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1788 March 24
- Summary: Sends letter by Colonel William S. Smith. Treaty no closer to hand than "it was some years ago" when John Jay and Hartley talked in Paris. Autograph letter signed. Endorsed.
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41. Document, 1789 December 14
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee)
- Date: 1789 December 14
- Summary: Reply to Hartley's letter of August. Reflects on the chances of the United States for happiness: "I am inclined to think they will be, because in my Opinion more Light and Knowledge are diffused thro' the mass of the People of ...
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42. Document, 1792 March 17
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee)
- Date: 1792 March 17
- Summary: America is prospering, but those who regard Anglo-American friendship as evil hope that Britain will never evacuate the posts in the west.
- Number of Images: 1
43. Document, 1795 January 08
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee)
- Date: 1795 January 08
- Summary: Reply to Hartley's letter of 5 January. Will send copy of letter to Monroe in Paris to expedite case of the Miniconis. Does not foresee early peace in Europe. Men, in the main, are "neither reasonable or virtuous; and hence it ...
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44. Document, 1795 January 05
- Name: Hartley, David (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1795 January 05
- Summary: Asks John Jay to recommend the case of Mr. and Mrs. Miniconi, now detained in France, to the American Minister at Paris. Explains the history of the couple and their respective families and their desire to obtain passports and ...
- Number of Images: 2