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Document, 1811 March 29

241. Document, 1811 March 29

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1811 March 29
  • Summary: From his letter has received the first news that a copy of Washington's Farewell Address was found among Hamilton's papers in the latter's handwriting. This is unpleasant and unexpected news, as the address was a personal rathe...
  • Number of Images: 17
Document, 1811 n.d.

242. Document, 1811 n.d.

  • Date: 1811 n.d.
  • Summary: Seventeen rules made by the trustees of Columbia College concerning the appointment of a librarian and the administration of the library.
  • Number of Images: 4
Document, 1811 February 04

243. Document, 1811 February 04

  • Name: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1811 February 04
  • Summary: The conduct of the government toward Spain and her territories has produced animadversion, and it has been asserted that this power was the first to give us aid in the Revolution. As John Jay would know the facts if anyone woul...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1811 February 12

244. Document, 1811 February 12

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1811 February 12
  • Summary: The information Pickering requested relates to the period before Jay left for Spain in 1779. Quotes a letter from Floridablanca of 24 February 1780 referring to the good disposition of Spain of which America had already receive...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1810 February 22

245. Document, 1810 February 22

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1810 February 22
  • Summary: Statement reads: "May the Spirit of Conciliation, tempering the Zeal of patriotism, Conduct the future Negotiators of the U.S. As it did him - to a Successful End of their Labors." Also, invitation for Col. Trumbull to a dinner...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1810 August 6

246. Document, 1810 August 6

Document, 1810 March 27

247. Document, 1810 March 27

Document, 1810 March 03

248. Document, 1810 March 03

Document, 1810 February 14

249. Document, 1810 February 14

Document, 1810 October 29

250. Document, 1810 October 29

  • Name: Jay, Ann (Author) Jay, Maria (Author) United Church of Bedford and Newcastle. Wardens & Vestry (Addressee)
  • Date: 1810 October 29
  • Summary: Request the acceptance of three pieces of plate for the communion service, with the provision that if Bedford become a distinct and separate congregation, this plate shall belong to them wholly and exclusively.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1810 January n.d.

251. Document, 1810 January n.d.

  • Date: 1810 January n.d.
  • Summary: Resolved that the expressions used by Mr. Feltch to Mr. John F. Miller had better have been omitted. Also, as to certain remarks he has made, it is to be observed that a minister of the gospel should deserve and sustain the rep...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1810 February 07

252. Document, 1810 February 07

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1810 February 07
  • Summary: Is at present ill and unable to peruse the necessary papers in order to give a concise statement. However he will try to give Pickering some of the information he requested. Includes an extract from instructions of Congress to ...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1810 April 23

253. Document, 1810 April 23

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1810 April 23
  • Summary: Refers to the Corporation to fix the line of Stone Street in the manner which they think proper. They will doubtless think it right that Jay be compensated for his land both within the old and the new lines. Peter will cooperat...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1810 January 16

254. Document, 1810 January 16

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1810 January 16
  • Summary: Leaves the matter of partition to Peter's discretion. Has received deeds to be executed from General Clarkson but they are unaccompanied by a map. Wishes to be assured that the papers are free from errors before he executes the...
  • Number of Images: 0
Document, 1810 September 11

255. Document, 1810 September 11

  • Name: Jay, Maria (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1810 September 11
  • Summary: Her will not executed until inspected. Will receive 2000 pounds and the house (per annum). Ann is under Dr. Low's care and cannot fix a time for her return.
  • Number of Images: 3
Document, 1810 n.d.

256. Document, 1810 n.d.

  • Date: 1810 n.d.
  • Summary: 1. Constitution of the New York Society for the Suppression of Vice and Immorality. 2. Rules on the election of officers and members of the society. 3. An act for the prevention of immorality in New York City. 4. Petition of su...
  • Number of Images: 29
Document, 1810 July 23

257. Document, 1810 July 23

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Miller, Elias B. (Addressee)
  • Date: 1810 July 23
  • Summary: Hopes that Miller's agreeable expectations on his new habitation may be realized. Relays the news that France has published a decree to capture our vessels, and that Cadiz still holds out.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1810 January 24

258. Document, 1810 January 24

  • Name: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1810 January 24
  • Summary: In conversation with Jasper Moylan, he has learned that several men were ruined in commercial speculation on the advice of Franklin due to Jay's negotiation of the Treaty of Peace with Britain. Has also discovered through Jay's...
  • Number of Images: 4
Document, 1810 April 05

259. Document, 1810 April 05

  • Name: Munro, Peter Jay, 1767-1833 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1810 April 05
  • Summary: Apologizes for his inattention in collecting certain rents; promises to avoid occasion for complaint in future.
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1810 January 29

260. Document, 1810 January 29

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Isaacs, Benjamin (Addressee)
  • Date: 1810 January 29
  • Summary: Requests the results of the investigation made of unfavorable reports about Mr. Feltch, recently recommended for ordination.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1810 April 17

261. Document, 1810 April 17

  • Name: Jay, Maria (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1810 April 17
  • Summary: Sorry to hear that Jay is not feeling very well. Hopes to visit him soon. Mrs. Westerton and Aunt Munro have both passed on. Sees that her brother is running for Congress. Sorry to hear that Nancy is not well. Tells of a remedy...
  • Number of Images: 3
Document, 1810 September 01

262. Document, 1810 September 01

  • Name: Dickenson, Arnold (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
  • Date: 1810 September 01
  • Summary: John Jay has bought a lot from the executors of the will of William Reynolds and has resold it to Arnold Dickenson. The validity of the will is now in question. Should it be declared null and void, Jay agrees to prosecute the e...
  • Number of Images: 0
Document, 1810 November 21

263. Document, 1810 November 21

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1810 November 21
  • Summary: Thanks him for the publication. Would like to have some broad tailed sheep if they would remain within stone fences, rails not being available to him. Tenants who occupied his farm left him without decent tress for rails. This ...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1810 February 13

264. Document, 1810 February 13

  • Name: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1810 February 13
  • Summary: Is sorry to hear of Jay's poor health and thanks him for the information requested. Numerous essays have been written on Madison's message and communications to Congress at the opening of the present session, on the "nakedness"...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1810 February 09

265. Document, 1810 February 09

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1810 February 09
  • Summary: He and Franklin met with Vergennes on 10 August 1782. The Count with Franklin's concurrence thought that Oswald's commission should be dealt with, while John Jay held that to treat under the description of colonies would be to ...
  • Number of Images: 3
Document, 1810 February 26

266. Document, 1810 February 26

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1810 February 26
  • Summary: When the present government was organized, many papers of the former Congresses were in the hands of the Secretary, [Charles] Thomson, including both a secret and a public journal. If these, as well as letters and papers not de...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1809 February 08

267. Document, 1809 February 08

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1809 February 08
  • Summary: Sold by Parke Bernet Galleries, Inc., 980 Madison Avenue, New York, 21, New York on October 22-23, 1957.
  • Number of Images: 0
Document, 1809 April 17

268. Document, 1809 April 17

  • Name: Jay, Maria (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1809 April 17
  • Summary: Her father-in-law has received a letter from his daughter, Mrs. Lansing, accusing Maria of "the most interested and overbearing conduct." Asks Peter to advise her as to what course of action she should take. Aunt Susan Symmes a...
  • Number of Images: 0
Document, 1809 October 28

269. Document, 1809 October 28

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Longworth, David (Addressee)
  • Date: 1809 October 28
  • Summary: Sends his thanks to Dr. Ramsay for the copy of his "South Carolina."
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1809 March 27

270. Document, 1809 March 27

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Munro, Peter Jay, 1767-1833 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1809 March 27
  • Summary: Has decided to adopt Munro's suggestion and transfer his various business affairs to Peter Augustus Jay's care.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1809 May 22

271. Document, 1809 May 22

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Miller, Morris L. (Addressee)
  • Date: 1809 May 22
  • Summary: Is happy to hear of the favorable changes that have taken place in the Government. Wishes that all elections could manifest patriotic and correct principles, but "personal and pecuniary" considerations have acquired much influe...
  • Number of Images: 0
Document, 1809 July 24

272. Document, 1809 July 24

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1809 July 24
  • Summary: The death of his grandchild and poor health have delayed his answer. If able, he will experiment with plaster; the results from its use in the garden this spring have been good. Speculates on the reason for its success. Nationa...
  • Number of Images: 3
Document, 1809 June 06

273. Document, 1809 June 06

  • Name: Jay, Maria (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1809 June 06
  • Summary: Glad that William has arrived. Happy at his account of Jay and Nancy. Understands that the corporation wants Jay to sit for a picture. The season is cold which may account for her not feeling well.
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1809 April 18

274. Document, 1809 April 18

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Munro, Peter Jay, 1767-1833 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1809 April 18
  • Summary: Has read the report on the chancery system; three chancellors in any state, plus the associations with certain persons in the public mind, was bound to meet obstacles in the course of investigation. Whether such a system is con...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1809 March 24

275. Document, 1809 March 24

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1809 March 24
  • Summary: Includes a copy of his letter to Pickering of 30 January (see NNC-SC: 9519). A pamphlet composed of some of the speeches by Senators and Representatives in the late Congress would be useful and interesting. Pickering's manner o...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1809 January 30

276. Document, 1809 January 30

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1809 January 30
  • Summary: Hopes Pickering's forthcoming address will not be too much hastened, since it had better "appear in a perfect State a Fortnight later; than with Deficiencies to be regretted, a Fortnight sooner."
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1809 August 22

277. Document, 1809 August 22

Document, 1809 August 16

278. Document, 1809 August 16

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1809 August 16
  • Summary: A proper history of the United States would develop the "great plan of Providence" in causing this extensive part of the world to be discovered and populated with civilized and Christian people. Interpositions of divine Provide...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1809 n.d.

279. Document, 1809 n.d.

  • Date: 1809 n.d.
  • Summary: 1. Report of the committee appointed to procure information of the number of licensed taverns and shops for retailing liquor, and to inspect the Bridewell. Recommend raising the price of licenses to retail spirits to $10 in ord...
  • Number of Images: 15
Document, 1809 April 25

280. Document, 1809 April 25

  • Name: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1809 April 25
  • Summary: John Jay's satisfaction with Pickering's public labors gives him gratification and happiness, as does the esteem of all great men. But do not refined talents often fail with the "great mass" of a community? Quotes St. Paul: "I ...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1809 February 23

281. Document, 1809 February 23

  • Name: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1809 February 23
  • Summary: Has not found time to investigate and expose the conduct of the Administration during the past eight years. Intends to publish some remarks on a bill for non-intercourse with Great Britain, France, and their dependencies, which...
  • Number of Images: 3
Document, 1809 January 24

282. Document, 1809 January 24

Document, 1809 June 05

283. Document, 1809 June 05

Document, 1809 February 08

284. Document, 1809 February 08

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1809 February 08
  • Summary: Acknowledges receipt of 30 January. PJ is sorry to hear of Morris's indisposition. He prescribes a visit to Bedford in the spring for a change of air and leisure. Morris's allowance of interest on John Jay's money shows a "Deli...
  • Number of Images: 0
Document, 1808 August 30

285. Document, 1808 August 30

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1808 August 30
  • Summary: Thanks him for the memoirs of the Agricultural Society. Expresses the satisfaction he has received from retirement and outlines some of his activities. The people of Bedford have been "steady Federalists" since the new Constitu...
  • Number of Images: 3
Document, 1808 July 11

286. Document, 1808 July 11

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Munro, Peter Jay, 1767-1833 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1808 July 11
  • Summary: Is glad to hear Peggy has recovered. Will take care of rest of the sugar shipment. Has heard Maria is in Rye and will come with Sally to visit; appreciates PeterÆs attention to her.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1808 September 29

287. Document, 1808 September 29

Document, 1808 December 24

288. Document, 1808 December 24

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1808 December 24
  • Summary: Thanks him for the papers. Knowing from history and experience that men generally act according to their real characters, he is seldom disappointed in that respect. Republics are to be pitied rather than blamed when they mistak...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1808 December 17

289. Document, 1808 December 17

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Lyon, John (Author)
  • Date: 1808 December 17
  • Summary: Agreement respecting maintenance and ownership of boundary line fences, witnessed by Peter Jay and Margaret Munro.
  • Number of Images: 3
Document, 1808 April 27

290. Document, 1808 April 27

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Lyon, John (Author)
  • Date: 1808 April 27
  • Summary: Agreement fixing the boundary line between the farms of John Jay and John Lyon. Memorandum detailing the boundary line as fixed by certain markers on the 11th and 16th June, 1808.
  • Number of Images: 3
Document, 1808 May 28

291. Document, 1808 May 28

Document, 1808 February 09

292. Document, 1808 February 09

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catharine (Addressee)
  • Date: 1808 February 09
  • Summary: Has heard little of her since her congratulations on PeterÆs marriage. Has hoped to have her daughters (the Miss Ridleys) come visit in Bedford but the weather has been horrible. Has had various complains of sickness since the ...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1808 February 09

293. Document, 1808 February 09

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catharine (Addressee)
  • Date: 1808 February 09
  • Summary: Has heard little of her since her congratulations on PeterÆs marriage. Has hoped to have her daughters (the Miss Ridleys) come visit in Bedford but the weather has been horrible. Has had various complains of sickness since the ...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1808 April 19

294. Document, 1808 April 19

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Jay, Maria (Addressee)
  • Date: 1808 April 19
  • Summary: Discusses arrangements for Sally and William Jay to come to Bedford in the spring and summer. John JayÆs health is recovering, although slowly. Very pleased to hear MariaÆs health is improving. Susan Watkins and the Miss Ridley...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1808 May 24

295. Document, 1808 May 24

Document, 1808 October n.d.

296. Document, 1808 October n.d.

Document, 1808 December 10

297. Document, 1808 December 10

  • Name: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1808 December 10
  • Summary: Encloses some of the debates in the Senate with observations, and sends a speech of Mr. Giles in a separate packet. Expected some interruption in exposing the deception in the President's ostensible causes for the embargo, but ...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1808 June 29

298. Document, 1808 June 29

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Munro, Peter Jay, 1767-1833 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1808 June 29
  • Summary: Received Peter MunroÆs letter giving the poor state of MariaÆs health. Believes when the doctor lets her leave the city she should spend time in Rye and Mamaroneck before coming to Bedford. Has heard Mrs. Munro is indisposed as...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1807 September 12

299. Document, 1807 September 12

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Jay, Maria (Addressee)
  • Date: 1807 September 12
  • Summary: Sold by the Parke Bernet Galleries, Inc., 980 Madison Avenue New York 21, New York on October 27-28, 1959.
  • Number of Images: 0
Document, 1807 June 11

300. Document, 1807 June 11