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1. Document, 1786 n.d.
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author)
- Date: 1786 n.d.
- Summary: Lists events from John Jay's birth on December 12, 1745, to his election as President of the American Bible Society in 1821.
- Number of Images: 0
2. Document, 1796 July 04
- Name: Wood, John (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1796 July 04
- Summary: Receipt for payment for a quarter's tuition for William Jay.
- Number of Images: 2
3. Document, 1803 February n.d.
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1803 February n.d.
- Summary: Enjoyed reading WilliamÆs letter, although some spelling needed correcting. Should buy a dictionary if he does not yet have one. Has he seen Mr. Dwight; John Jay has not yet received an answer from Mr. Davis. Would like to know...
- Number of Images: 1
4. Document, 1805 May 17
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Maria (Addressee)
- Date: 1805 May 17
- Summary:
- Number of Images: 2
5. Document, 1806 April 02
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1806 April 02
- Summary: Family news. Encloses a prescription of Dr. Buchan for William's cough.
- Number of Images: 1
6. Document, 1806 April 02
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1806 April 02
- Summary: Family news. Encloses a prescription of Dr. Buchan for William's cough.
- Number of Images: 2
7. Document, 1808 August 09
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1808 August 09
- Summary: Still very concerned about MariaÆs health; Dr. PomeroyÆs wife had the same complaint (too much salivation) and it left her very weak. He had a possible remedy of salt of tartar and vinegar and has told Dr. Stringer about it, wh...
- Number of Images: 2
8. Document, 1808 May 19
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1808 May 19
- Summary: Glad to hear John JayÆs health is recovered but regrets he will not come up to Albany this spring. It will be a relief to Maria to have Nancy come; her health continues very delicate. WilliamÆs eyes improve and little Sally is ...
- Number of Images: 1
9. Document, 1809 August 19
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1809 August 19
- Summary: Has after much consideration determined to devote his life to agriculture rather than the law, and will return to Bedford as soon as Maria's health and attitude permit.
- Number of Images: 6
10. Document, 1809 March 13
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1809 March 13
- Summary: Family news.
- Number of Images: 1
11. Document, 1810 March 01
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1810 March 01
- Summary: Peter's oration, delivered on the 22nd of February, is much admired and will soon be printed. Family news.
- Number of Images: 1
12. Document, 1811 May 10
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1811 May 10
- Summary: Family news. It is believed there that Clinton will be elected. It is said, without confirmation, that the French have evacuated Portugal and lost 15,000 men in their retreat. Bitter and violent dissensions take place among som...
- Number of Images: 2
13. Document, 1812 April 08
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1812 April 08
- Summary: John Jay says that William's offer to come immediately if his father has taken the fever is not founded on good judgment. If our duty bids us rush into danger we should do so cheerfully, acting in obedience to divine Providence...
- Number of Images: 4
14. Document, 1812 April 08
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1812 April 08
- Summary:
- Number of Images: 8
15. Document, 1812 April 09
- Name: Jay, Ann (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1812 April 09
- Summary: Will be sorry to miss William's visit, but thinks their father was wise to avoid William to remain where he is during the epidemic.
- Number of Images: 2
16. Document, 1812 April 10
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1812 April 10
- Summary: Family news.
- Number of Images: 2
17. Document, 1812 April 13
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1812 April 13
- Summary: "The fever" has become very serious. Sally had better postpone her return for some weeks. All the spring business is in a backward state and much will remain undone.
- Number of Images: 1
18. Document, 1812 August 27
- Name: Hamersley, Thomas (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1812 August 27
- Summary: The French Church du St. Esprit elected Mr. Colden a member for the next convention. Since then, it is said certain persons will attempt to annul the election in view of an alleged informality attending it. Since each church ma...
- Number of Images: 1
19. Document, 1812 December 08
- Name: Jay, Sarah Louisa (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1812 December 08
- Summary: Family news. Has been reading Boswell's Life of Johnson which on the whole pleases her, though it contains "a vast deal of trifling unimportant matter" which might better have been left out.
- Number of Images: 2
20. Document, 1812 February 02
- Name: Jay, Maria (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1812 February 02
- Summary: Family news. Peter Van Schaack's wife has died of the fever.
- Number of Images: 2
21. Document, 1812 February 11
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1812 February 11
- Summary: Peter Jay Munro has gone to Albany to oppose petitions to the Legislature from the manufacturing company at Mamaroneck. A committee was appointed to confer with Dr. Hobart on the affairs of the church; the latter would not reco...
- Number of Images: 3
22. Document, 1812 February 11
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1812 February 11
- Summary: Peter Jay Munro has gone to Albany to oppose petitions to the Legislature from the manufacturing company at Mamaroneck. A committee was appointed to confer with Dr. Hobart on the affairs of the church; the latter would not reco...
- Number of Images: 2
23. Document, 1812 January 12
- Name: Strong, Henry P. (Henry Pierce), 1785-1835 (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1812 January 12
- Summary: Thanks him for the favorable remarks on his sermon. Eloquence is important to the ministerial functions. The observations on extempore preaching are just, but his practice does not conform to them, as he cannot write as many se...
- Number of Images: 3
24. Document, 1812 July 31
- Name: Kean, Peter, 1787 or 1788-1828 (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1812 July 31
- Summary: Congratulations on the "pleasing intelligence you give me about yourself." Has been busy spreading Republicanism throughout the country against the October election. Invites him to visit when he is next in the New York vicinity...
- Number of Images: 2
25. Document, 1812 June 24
- Name: Jay, Maria (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1812 June 24
- Summary: News of family and friends. The news of the outbreak of the war has thrown everyone into consternation.
- Number of Images: 2
26. Document, 1812 March 02
- Name: Jay, Maria (Author) Jay, Sarah Louisa (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1812 March 02
- Summary: Family news.
- Number of Images: 2
27. Document, 1812 March 27
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1812 March 27
- Summary: Family letter.
- Number of Images: 2
28. Document, 1812 May 06
- Name: Jay, Maria (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1812 May 06
- Summary: Expresses wishes for his happiness in his coming marriage. Family news.
- Number of Images: 2
29. Document, 1812 May 08
- Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1812 May 08
- Summary: Best wishes to his brother on his engagement.
- Number of Images: 1
30. Document, 1812 May 15
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1812 May 15
- Summary: His departure from New York will be delayed by the death of Mr. McVickar.
- Number of Images: 2
31. Document, 1812 May 18
- Name: Jay, Maria (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1812 May 18
- Summary: Expresses sympathy on the death of Mr. McVickar.
- Number of Images: 3
32. Document, 1812 November 13
- Name: Strong, Henry P. (Henry Pierce), 1785-1835 (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1812 November 13
- Summary: Wishes him happiness in his marriage. Their difference of religion does not lessen his joy at William's regard for things unseen and eternal. Will be leaving the city soon as his church cannot afford to pay his salary.
- Number of Images: 3
33. Document, 1812 September 04
- Name: Kean, Peter, 1787 or 1788-1828 (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1812 September 04
- Summary: Expresses his thanks for the kindnesses the Jay family has shown him. Congratulates William on his marriage.
- Number of Images: 2
34. Document, 1812 September 07
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1812 September 07
- Summary: Looks forward to introducing Augusta to his father.
- Number of Images: 1
35. Document, 1812 September 16
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1812 September 16
- Summary: Expresses pleasure at William's approaching marriage. Hopes that the expectations of both families will be realized.
- Number of Images: 1
36. Document, 1813 April 20
- Name: Jay, Maria (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1813 April 20
- Summary: Family news.
- Number of Images: 3
37. Document, 1813 August 08
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Maria (Addressee)
- Date: 1813 August 08
- Summary:
- Number of Images: 2
38. Document, 1813 August 18
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1813 August 18
- Summary: Announces the birth of his daughter yesterday.
- Number of Images: 1
39. Document, 1813 August 20
- Name: Jay, Maria (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1813 August 20
- Summary: Congratulates him on the birth of his daughter. News of family and friends.
- Number of Images: 3
40. Document, 1813 August 26
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1813 August 26
- Summary: Family news. After applying at almost every bookstore in the city, he has succeeded in procuring three copies of Mr. Morris' oration; the edition has had an astonishing sale.
- Number of Images: 1
41. Document, 1813 December 06
- Name: Purdy, Thomas (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1813 December 06
- Summary: Copy of the boundaries in his deed from his father, received by William Jay.
- Number of Images: 0
42. Document, 1813 February 04
- Name: Jay, Maria (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1813 February 04
- Summary: Reports of the fever at Albany are greatly exaggerated, although two or three members of the Legislature have died. Family news.
- Number of Images: 2
43. Document, 1813 February 26
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1813 February 26
- Summary: His arrival at Bedford will be delayed by unforeseen circumstances. The French have evacuated Spain. Jacob Van Rensselaer has been appointed Secretary of State, and Solomon Van Rensselaer Attorney General.
- Number of Images: 2
44. Document, 1813 January 29
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1813 January 29
- Summary: Family and personal business news.
- Number of Images: 1
45. Document, 1813 July 03
- Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1813 July 03
- Summary: The recovery of William's uncle is doubtful.
- Number of Images: 1
46. Document, 1813 June 11
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1813 June 11
- Summary: Family news. The Chesapeake has been captured but no details are known.
- Number of Images: 1
47. Document, 1813 May 07
- Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1813 May 07
- Summary: Thanks him for the election returns. It is extraordinary that there are accurate returns for remote counties but not for Westchester as yet. Tompkins is certainly elected; the Clintonians "either voted against us or not at all....
- Number of Images: 2
48. Document, 1813 November 09
- Name: Jay, Sarah Louisa (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1813 November 09
- Summary: Family news. "The gallant Perry" was given an elaborate reception by the city yesterday, climaxed by a ball in his honor at which between three and four hundred people attended. Those who have seen him say he is very diffident ...
- Number of Images: 3
49. Document, 1813 November 29
- Name: Jay, Maria (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1813 November 29
- Summary: News of family and friends.
- Number of Images: 3
50. Document, 1813 October 13
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
- Date: 1813 October 13
- Summary: Requests him to order some trees (enumerated) to be planted at Bedford. He is to choose one of the Broadway lots and rent the other for William at $100 per annum.
- Number of Images: 1
51. Document, 1813 October 22
- Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1813 October 22
- Summary: Intends to write to Prince as desired. Believes there is no difference in the value of the lots but thanks him for offering a choice between them. He can probably rent the lot at the rate mentioned.
- Number of Images: 2
52. Document, 1813 September 08
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Maria (Addressee)
- Date: 1813 September 08
- Summary: Recounts the controversy which arose in the parish of Bloomingdale over the baptism of his child. William's wife wished the child to be baptized before her husband's departure for Bedford. On applying to the pastor of the paris...
- Number of Images: 2
53. Document, 1814 August 11
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1814 August 11
- Summary: Family news. Alarm prevails respecting the safety of the city, and entrenchments are being thrown up at Brooklyn. There is great scarcity of money and stocks are low. The Bank of America and the Manufacturing Bank have not decl...
- Number of Images: 2
54. Document, 1814 February 10
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1814 February 10
- Summary: Family news. Opinions are divided on the subject of peace. In consequence of the seizure by the Collector of specie drawn from New York banks by a Boston bank, the credit of the former have become suspect. Drafts for specie hav...
- Number of Images: 1
55. Document, 1814 n.d.
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author)
- Date: 1814 n.d.
- Summary: Document in William Jay's hand, being a copy of his father's various memoranda on his own life, going through June 1814
- Number of Images: 4
56. Document, 1814 October 31
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
- Date: 1814 October 31
- Summary: Family and personal business news.
- Number of Images: 2
57. Document, 1815 March 21
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1815 March 21
- Summary: Family and personal business news. Tells of the trial of Nathan Olmstead for perjury in which his brother was engaged. The jury was out for four hours and returned with a verdict of guilty, but while the foreman was speaking on...
- Number of Images: 2
58. Document, 1816 July 04
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1816 July 04
- Summary: Has been to town to attend a meeting of the Board of Managers of the American Bible Society, where John Jay's letter and one from a vice-president in Washington were read. A proposal was agreed to that all clergymen in the Unit...
- Number of Images: 2
59. Document, 1816 July 26
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1816 July 26
- Summary: Family news. At the last meeting of the managers of the Bible Society letters of acceptance for the office of vice-president were read from Judge Washington, General Pinkney, and the Governor of Connecticut.
- Number of Images: 2
60. Document, 1816 November 22
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1816 November 22
- Summary: Family and personal business news. The Chancellor has decided against Clark but dismissed his bill without costs. The bill against dwelling, passed at the late session of the Legislature, is hoped to be beneficial. Prices are s...
- Number of Images: 2
61. Document, 1816 November 22
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1816 November 22
- Summary: Family and personal business news. The Chancellor has decided against Clark but dismissed his bill without costs. The bill against dwelling, passed at the late session of the Legislature, is hoped to be beneficial. Prices are s...
- Number of Images: 3
62. Document, 1817 April 21
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
- Date: 1817 April 21
- Summary: Encloses notes of the negotiation in Spain; they do injustice to John Jay but it cannot be otherwise. Mr. Coleman ought to read the letters himself and then give a character of the negotiation instead of a summary of the conten...
- Number of Images: 2
63. Document, 1817 June 21
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1817 June 21
- Summary: The family have decided that Jay Livingston should be brought to New York as soon as possible. Is sorry for the inconvenience resulting from his absence from home; will return instantly if Jay is to ill to be removed. Family ...
- Number of Images: 2
64. Document, 1817 March 05
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
- Date: 1817 March 05
- Summary: John Jay regrets that his biography is to be written, but if it must be, he is satisfied with Mr. Coleman as the writer. If the latter will pay him a visit he will be given any information he desires.
- Number of Images: 2
65. Document, 1817 October 02
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author)
- Date: 1817 October 02
- Summary: Membership certificate in Bible Society.
- Number of Images: 2
66. Document, 1817 September 21
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1817 September 21
- Summary: Writes from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. News of his trip with sisters Maria and Sally through New England. Journey from Albany to Bennington, visit to Green Mountains. Governor. Tichenor. Describes Portsmouth. Leave for Boston ...
- Number of Images: 2
67. Document, 1818 April 13
- Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1818 April 13
- Summary: Sarah Louisa Jay is better, but her fever continues. William and Nancy arrived in New York last evening.
- Number of Images: 2
68. Document, 1818 March 23
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Maria (Addressee)
- Date: 1818 March 23
- Summary:
- Number of Images: 2
69. Document, 1820 July 04
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
- Date: 1820 July 04
- Summary: Family news.
- Number of Images: 2
70. Document, 1820 November 07
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
- Date: 1820 November 07
- Summary: William asks Peter's advice on the handling of an insolvency case pending before him. He explains that he does not want the rights and interests of others to be sacrificed because of his own inexperience. And he says that as fa...
- Number of Images: 3
71. Document, 1820 October 08
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1820 October 08
- Summary: Account of his journey from New York. Tells of the improvement in travelling facilities between Turin and Albany, and of the post coaches now used for journeys between Albany and Utica. The fare for the latter trip is only ...
- Number of Images: 2
72. Document, 1820 October 15
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1820 October 15
- Summary: Family news.
- Number of Images: 1
73. Document, 1822 April 23
- Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1822 April 23
- Summary: Business matter concerning Constable and Pierrepont.
- Number of Images: 2
74. Document, 1822 November 25
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1822 November 25
- Summary: Family news. Tells of a horse race in which the "Virginia horse" forfeited $5,000 because of lameness.
- Number of Images: 1
75. Document, 1824 August 25
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1824 August 25
- Summary: Has arrived after a pleasant journey, having first visited Newark and Queenstown in Canada. No adequate idea of the resources and prosperity of the state can be had without visiting the western counties. In the 87 miles from Ro...
- Number of Images: 2
76. Document, 1824 August 25
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1824 August 25
- Summary: Has arrived after a pleasant journey, having first visited Newark and Queenstown in Canada. No adequate idea of the resources and prosperity of the state can be had without visiting the western counties. In the 87 miles from Ro...
- Number of Images: 3
77. Document, 1825 May 31
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
- Date: 1825 May 31
- Summary: John Jay has a slight paralytic attack.
- Number of Images: 2
78. Document, 1826 December 13
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
- Date: 1826 December 13
- Summary: Incomplete letter, referring to John Jay's health and other family comment. William is to serve on a committee to build a county poorhouse.
- Number of Images: 2
79. Document, 1826 February 27
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Whitelaw, James, 1748-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1826 February 27
- Summary: Acknowledges for John Jay Whitelaw's letter of February 13, 1826. John Jay is glad to hear that Whitelaw has the prospect of selling some lots.
- Number of Images: 1
80. Document, 1826 July 17
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Webster, Noah, 1758-1843 (Addressee)
- Date: 1826 July 17
- Summary: Since placing his name on the subscription list for six copies of his dictionary, it has occurred to his father that advance payment might be convenient. Webster is therefore at liberty to draw on Peter A. Jay in New York for $...
- Number of Images: 1
81. Document, 1826 July 21
- Name: Webster, Noah, 1758-1843 (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1826 July 21
- Summary: Declines John Jay's kind offer to contribute to his dictionary. Would like to visit John Jay in person. One of the few remaining survivors of that most interesting period in our history.
- Number of Images: 2
82. Document, 1826 June 22
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Holmes, Abiel, 1763-1837 (Addressee) Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1826 June 22
- Summary: 22 June, to Abiel Holmes. Writes for his father, whose health renders correspondence difficult. Has received his letter with the memoir through Pickering. Is unacquainted with the journal and manuscripts of Judge Dana and is un...
- Number of Images: 2
83. Document, 1826 March 03
- Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1826 March 03
- Summary: Family and business matters.
- Number of Images: 2
84. Document, 1826 March 14
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
- Date: 1826 March 14
- Summary:
- Number of Images: 4
85. Document, 1826 September 23
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
- Date: 1826 September 23
- Summary: Family and business matters. New York Governor had requested the President who consented to release Horton.
- Number of Images: 2
86. Document, 1827 August 09
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
- Date: 1827 August 09
- Summary: Concerning sale of some of their land. Family news and comment.
- Number of Images: 3
87. Document, 1827 December n.d.
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Platt, Jonas, 1769-1834 (Addressee)
- Date: 1827 December n.d.
- Summary: John Jay requests that Platt be informed that although he does not doubt the testimony of Judge Benson in the case of Mr. Astor, he does not now remember seeing the papers in question. On his return from Europe in 1784 he heard...
- Number of Images: 1
88. Document, 1827 March 11
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
- Date: 1827 March 11
- Summary: Family and general comment.
- Number of Images: 2
89. Document, 1827 March 28
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
- Date: 1827 March 28
- Summary: About John Jay's illness and possible demise.
- Number of Images: 3
90. Document, 1828 April 12
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
- Date: 1828 April 12
- Summary: Family and business news, including statement that there is a demand for money in the area. William says his own commission has not expired as judge. And since Judge Tompkins did not choose to resign his commission, his party, ...
- Number of Images: 2
91. Document, 1828 April 21
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Whitelaw, James, 1748-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1828 April 21
- Summary: Acknowledges receipt of Whitelaw's letter of March 25, 1828. Indicates that he has already written to Mr. Tolman about the records of the several partitions in which he acted as Proprietor's Clerk; and to General Mattocks about...
- Number of Images: 1
92. Document, 1828 December 16
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
- Date: 1828 December 16
- Summary: Family and general news.
- Number of Images: 2
93. Document, 1828 January 05
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
- Date: 1828 January 05
- Summary: Family and business matters. Mentions that he had attended a meeting of the managers of his Bible Society and had found an unusual number of families without a Bible. The Society will supply them all with a Bible.
- Number of Images: 2
94. Document, 1828 January 22
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Whitelaw, James, 1748-1829 (Addressee)
- Date: 1828 January 22
- Summary: Acknowledges receipt of Whitelaw's letter of February 11, 1828. Says that he has heard from Mr. Hovey, who informs him that there are several settlers on his father's land who intend to claim it by possession. In case of a suit...
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95. Document, 1828 January 30
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Varick, Richard, 1753-1831 (Addressee)
- Date: 1828 January 30
- Summary: His father, unable to write due to a hand injury, asks that his resignation of the presidency of the American Bible Society be laid before the Board of Managers. His attachment to the institution is unabated but the state of hi...
- Number of Images: 1
96. Document, 1828 July 07
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
- Date: 1828 July 07
- Summary: Business matter.
- Number of Images: 2
97. Document, 1828 June 20
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 (Addressee)
- Date: 1828 June 20
- Summary: Writes on behalf of his father since the latter has suffered an inflammation of his right hand. General debility confines him to the house. It would give him pleasure if he could commit his ideas to paper to enlarge on the poli...
- Number of Images: 1
98. Document, 1828 September 29
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
- Date: 1828 September 29
- Summary: Enclosing copy of letter dated 29 Sept 1828 from William Jay to Jonathan Lyon William tells Peter of the court work in his county, a surprising number of criminal cases and seemingly related to Bedford's proximity to New York C...
- Number of Images: 3
99. Document, 1829 April 19
- Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
- Date: 1829 April 19
- Summary: Family and business affairs.
- Number of Images: 2
100. Document, 1829 December 09
- Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
- Date: 1829 December 09
- Summary: (Draft.) News about college election, family, and Sparks' examination of John Jay papers for publication--with reference to John Jay will directing such use.
- Number of Images: 2