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Document, 1739 May 12

81. Document, 1739 May 12

  • Name: Van Cortlandt, Jacobus (Author)
  • Date: 1739 May 12
  • Summary: Last will and testament of Jacobus Van Cortlandt--John Jay
  • Number of Images: 8
Document, 1740 August 21

82. Document, 1740 August 21

  • Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1740 August 21
  • Summary: Introduces Mr. Ellery of Hartford, the son-in-law of Mr. Austin of Hartford, and recommends him as a diligent young gentlemen and a customer who pays his debts "as promptly as he bargains." "Mr. Gustey" continues as before. Sen...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1740 May 27

83. Document, 1740 May 27

  • Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1740 May 27
  • Summary: Messrs. Sheerwood and Winmar, who are the bearers of this letter, have caught the robber who stole plate from the Jewish Synagogue in New York. Jay, being an Alderman of New York, is the most likely person Johnson knows who can...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1741 April 13

84. Document, 1741 April 13

  • Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1741 April 13
  • Summary: Is sorry he cannot give as advantageous an account of Augustus's progress as he had hoped. Augustus is somewhat better, however, for he and Mrs. Johnson have taken more pains to teach him than one of their own children. Peter J...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1741 May 12

85. Document, 1741 May 12

  • Name: Van Cortlandt, James (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1741 May 12
  • Summary: Binds James Van Cortlandt as apprentice to Peter Jay for seven years to learn "the Art and Mystery of a Merchant." Witnessed by John Pintard and Joseph Robinson.
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1741 September 17

86. Document, 1741 September 17

  • Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1741 September 17
  • Summary: Is glad to hear that Peter Jay has found Augustus improved in his learning. Is returning the Roman Antiquities and Ovid, but wishes to keep the Greek Antiquities and Terence a little longer. Acknowledges that Peter Jay has paid...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1741 September 25

87. Document, 1741 September 25

  • Name: Dean, Thomas (Author) Jay, Peter (Author)
  • Date: 1741 September 25
  • Summary: Agreement Concerning making a frame for a store house.
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1742 August 20

88. Document, 1742 August 20

  • Name: Jones, John (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1742 August 20
  • Summary: Dined with the Messrs. Peloquin three days before he left Bristol, and found all well.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1742 October 01

89. Document, 1742 October 01

  • Name: Jones, John (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1742 October 01
  • Summary: Is sorry to hear about the blindness of Jay's two children. Hopes to pay a visit to New York next summer. Sale of goods is at a standstill in Boston. People seem to be concentrating on building ships. Wonders if Jay has heard a...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1742 October 20

90. Document, 1742 October 20

  • Name: Copp, John (Author) Chambers, John (Addressee)
  • Date: 1742 October 20
  • Summary: Orders tea, chocolate, sugar, a woolen coat, a double worsted cap, three silk muslin Handkerchiefs. A list of these items in another hand, plus two bushels of salt, is written on the reverse side of the letter.
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1743 November 09

91. Document, 1743 November 09

  • Name: Hoffman, Martin (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1743 November 09
  • Summary: Concerns a copper mine on the lands of Mr. Philips.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1747 April 20

92. Document, 1747 April 20

  • Name: Jay, Peter (Author)
  • Date: 1747 April 20
  • Summary: Notes dealing with the rental of properties at Bedford, rental of Peter Jay's house to Colonel Frederick Philipse, and with the purchase of ironware. In Jay's hand. Copy. Noted at the bottom of the sheet are the names "Isaacs A...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1749 October 02

93. Document, 1749 October 02

  • Name: Van Cortlandt, Frederick (Author)
  • Date: 1749 October 02
  • Summary: Carries endorsement--"19 February 1752-Probate of the Will of Frederick Van Courtlandt, Esq. deceased.
  • Number of Images: 6
Document, 1750 March 20

94. Document, 1750 March 20

  • Name: Battaille, James (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1750 March 20
  • Summary: Settlement of trade balances with Battaille's father, who is factor for Peter Jay at Bristol.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1752 February 19

95. Document, 1752 February 19

  • Name: Van Cortlandt, Frederick (Author) Banyer, Goldsborough (Addressee)
  • Date: 1752 February 19
  • Summary: Approval of will of Frederick Van Cortlandt in Westchester County. Administration and possession of all his goods went to Frances Van Cortlandt, his widow.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1760 n.d.

96. Document, 1760 n.d.

Document, 1763 April 14

97. Document, 1763 April 14

  • Name: Jay, Peter (Author) Eliot, John, 1754-1813 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1763 April 14
  • Summary: Fady is now settled in an apprenticeship to James Jay's cousin James de Peyster. Has written cousin Peloquin for his help in getting a clerkship for John who will have his degree in a year. An attorney in Bristol would be prefe...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1763 April 14

98. Document, 1763 April 14

  • Name: Jay, Peter (Author) Peloquin, David (Addressee)
  • Date: 1763 April 14
  • Summary: John will graduate from college in a year. Wishes to become attorney, but New York lawyers have made an agreement to take no clerks for a number of years. Asks Peloquin to find John a place in London or Bristol, preferably Bris...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1763 April 18

99. Document, 1763 April 18

  • Name: Jay, Peter (Author) Jay, James, Sir, 1732-1815 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1763 April 18
  • Summary: From Peter Jay's letterbook, vol. 3. Entries for 18 April, a brief note covering a copy of an earlier letter, and for 25 April, a longer message expressing concern that James devotes too much of his time to the affairs of King'...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1763 August 09

100. Document, 1763 August 09

  • Name: Jay, Peter (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1763 August 09
  • Summary: Dr. Johnson has asked for College news from Jay, who ought to write him promptly, but say nothing that should not be known outside the college.
  • Number of Images: 1