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Document, 1638 January 7

1. Document, 1638 January 7

  • Name: Rhode Island (Author)
  • Date: 1638 January 7
  • Summary: Certified copy (1756) of Rhode Island's Solemn League and Covenant
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1715 July 02

2. Document, 1715 July 02

  • Name: Regnier, Elizabeth (Author)
  • Date: 1715 July 02
  • Summary: Will of Elizabeth Regnier, incomplete.
  • Number of Images: 0
Document, 1717 April n.d.

3. Document, 1717 April n.d.

  • Date: 1717 April n.d.
  • Summary: List includes "the Reverend Mr. Jay"(?). An accompanying note states that this was among papers acquired by Jay from his uncle John Chambers.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1719 n.d.

4. Document, 1719 n.d.

  • Date: 1719 n.d.
  • Summary: A list of the male communicants of Trinity Church
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1720 September 30

5. Document, 1720 September 30

  • Name: Clarke, Thomas (Author)
  • Date: 1720 September 30
  • Summary: Audited and signed by Jno. Reade and Jos. Robinson on 25 June 1722.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1722 August 06

6. Document, 1722 August 06

  • Date: 1722 August 06
  • Summary: Invoice for 336 gallons of rum sent from Barbados by Minvielle & Barberie to New York for Augustus Jay and Abraham Tonneau.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1722 December 18

7. Document, 1722 December 18

  • Name: Churchwardens (Author) Rector (Author) Vestrymen (Author) Humphreys, David, 1752-1818 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1722 December 18
  • Summary: Asks that a catechist be sent to help the rector in the instruction of the increased number of children, and of Indian and Negro servants.
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1722 March 12

8. Document, 1722 March 12

  • Name: Balmes, Mr. (Author) Trinity Church (New York, N.Y.) (Addressee)
  • Date: 1722 March 12
  • Summary: 1722 March 12 Account of cost of new fencing for Trinity Church farm, in order to make it habitable for a tenant. Followed by report to the Board on the current issues concerning church land -- request to rent land and erect fa...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1722 n.d.

9. Document, 1722 n.d.

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
  • Date: 1722 n.d.
  • Summary: Notes on his father, Peter Jay
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1724 June 11

10. Document, 1724 June 11

  • Date: 1724 June 11
  • Summary: Public notice of the sale of new pews in Trinity Church
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1724 June 11

11. Document, 1724 June 11

  • Date: 1724 June 11
  • Summary: Gives number of new pews sold, names of persons who bought them, and the amounts for which the pews were sold.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1724 March 04

12. Document, 1724 March 04

  • Name: Barberie, John (Author) Minvielle (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1724 March 04
  • Summary: Received Peter JayÆs letter and have forwarded it to Captain Stear. Wishes Jay a safe return to New York.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1725 February 22

13. Document, 1725 February 22

  • Name: Jay, Augustus (Author)
  • Date: 1725 February 22
  • Summary: Invoice audited by Minvielle & Barberie.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1725 February 22

14. Document, 1725 February 22

  • Date: 1725 February 22
  • Summary: Invoice audited by Minvielle & Barberie.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1725 June 05

15. Document, 1725 June 05

  • Name: Vallete, Peter (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1725 June 05
  • Summary: Greetings to his dear brother. Hopes Peter Jay has left Albany. No news to report from New York City. The family is in good health. A man from southern Long Island came in and reported seeing a ship manned by young men and batt...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1725 n.d.

16. Document, 1725 n.d.

  • Date: 1725 n.d.
  • Summary: Names of persons who have had patents for pews at Trinity Church
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1725 n.d.

17. Document, 1725 n.d.

  • Date: 1725 n.d.
  • Summary: Report of a Trinity Church Committee inquiring into Mr. Cosyne's lease
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1725 October 21

18. Document, 1725 October 21

  • Date: 1725 October 21
  • Summary: Audited by Minvielle & Barberie.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1725 September 08

19. Document, 1725 September 08

  • Date: 1725 September 08
  • Summary: Invoice of articles sent from Bristol to New York for Peter Jay
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1726 August 23

20. Document, 1726 August 23

  • Date: 1726 August 23
  • Summary: Invoice audited by Minvielle & Barberie.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1726 June 28

21. Document, 1726 June 28

  • Name: Jay, Peter (Author) Peloquin, Francoise (Addressee)
  • Date: 1726 June 28
  • Summary: Received his Aunt Peloquin's letter and viewed her portrait with great satisfaction. Doesn't often find himself in Bristol, with her and her family, but looks often at the portrait, and remembers his time with them. Saddened by...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1726 October 31

22. Document, 1726 October 31

  • Date: 1726 October 31
  • Summary: Audited in Barbados on 17 August 1727 by Minvielle & Barberie.
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1727 June 07

23. Document, 1727 June 07

  • Name: Jay, Augustus (Addressee)
  • Date: 1727 June 07
  • Summary: Invoice for 451 gallons of rum sent from Barbados to Augustus Jay.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1727 June 28

24. Document, 1727 June 28

  • Name: Mastin, Captain (Author) Byfield, William (Addressee)
  • Date: 1727 June 28
  • Summary: For rum and sugar, at a cost of thirteen shillings six pence.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1727 n.d.

25. Document, 1727 n.d.

  • Date: 1727 n.d.
  • Summary: Invoice of articles shipped from New York by Augustus Jay, Peter Vallette, Enoch Stephenson & Capt. John Marston to Surinam
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1728 October 22

26. Document, 1728 October 22

  • Name: Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1728 October 22
  • Summary: Audited by David Minvielle on 18 November 1728.
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1728 October 26

27. Document, 1728 October 26

  • Name: Watts, Robert (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1728 October 26
  • Summary: Note includes price list of 6 September 1728, and alterations to it.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1729 April 15

28. Document, 1729 April 15

Document, 1729 December 04

29. Document, 1729 December 04

Document, 1729 December 13

30. Document, 1729 December 13

  • Date: 1729 December 13
  • Summary: Lists account of Captain Marston, and George Carpenter's not for eight pounds, nine shillings, ten pence.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1729 March 18

31. Document, 1729 March 18

  • Name: Baker, Samuel (Author) Jay, Augustus and Company (Addressee)
  • Date: 1729 March 18
  • Summary: Writes concerning an order of cordate. Also notes that the India Company has sold saltpeter at a high price, and that this has raised the price of gunpowder. Also reports that Mr. Chabott has died of a quinzy sore throat.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1729 March 18

32. Document, 1729 March 18

  • Name: Baker, Samuel (Author) Jay, Augustus and Company (Addressee)
  • Date: 1729 March 18
  • Summary: Writes concerning an order of cordate. Also notes that the India Company has sold saltpeter at a high price, and that this has raised the price of gunpowder. Also reports that Mr. Chabott has died of a quinzy sore throat.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1729 May 21

33. Document, 1729 May 21

  • Date: 1729 May 21
  • Summary: Articles of Agreement between Peter Jay and George Warburton
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1729 November 28

34. Document, 1729 November 28

  • Date: 1729 November 28
  • Summary: Peter Jay's account with George Warburton
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1730 March 16

35. Document, 1730 March 16

  • Name: Lafont, Jean (Author) Marston, John (Addressee)
  • Date: 1730 March 16
  • Summary: For candles and packing.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1731 February 08

36. Document, 1731 February 08

  • Date: 1731 February 08
  • Summary: Audited by David Minvielle.
  • Number of Images: 3
Document, 1731 June 28

37. Document, 1731 June 28

  • Date: 1731 June 28
  • Summary: Minutes of Vestry of Trinity Church
  • Number of Images: 3
Document, 1731 May 10

38. Document, 1731 May 10

  • Name: Jay, Augustus (Addressee)
  • Date: 1731 May 10
  • Summary: Invoice for rum sent from Barbados to New York. Audited by David Minvielle.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1731 n.d.

39. Document, 1731 n.d.

  • Date: 1731 n.d.
  • Summary: A true list of the present male communicants of Trinity Church
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1731 November 24

40. Document, 1731 November 24

Document, 1731 October 30

41. Document, 1731 October 30

Document, 1732 August 07

42. Document, 1732 August 07

Document, 1732 January 08

43. Document, 1732 January 08

Document, 1732 June 12

44. Document, 1732 June 12

  • Date: 1732 June 12
  • Summary: Elizabeth Carpenter's account with Captain Marston
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1732 March 30

45. Document, 1732 March 30

Document, 1732 November 22

46. Document, 1732 November 22

Document, 1733 April 25

47. Document, 1733 April 25

  • Name: Trinity Church (New York, N.Y.) (Author)
  • Date: 1733 April 25
  • Summary: Minutes of meeting at which Peter Jay was present. Decided to take action against Mr. Balin, who was not upholding his lease agreement. Will start a subscription paper for Reverend Charleton to assist the rector in his parish d...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1733 July 27

48. Document, 1733 July 27

  • Name: Jay, Peter (Author) Bush, Justice (Addressee)
  • Date: 1733 July 27
  • Summary: Concerning flaxseed.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1733 March 06

49. Document, 1733 March 06

  • Name: Rowan, Jerom (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1733 March 06
  • Summary: From Dublin. Discusses Captain Jeffry and James Harding, whom he believes has received poor treatment from his friends in Philadelphia. Thanks Jay for recommending him to the owner of the Dolphin. Wishes to further their acquai...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1734 January 22

50. Document, 1734 January 22

  • Name: Jones, John, Captain (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1734 January 22
  • Summary: Account of passage from New York to Ireland and England on Captain JeffryÆs ship. Tobacco bought. Weather terrible -- ships sunk and trees blown down.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1734 June 01

51. Document, 1734 June 01

  • Name: Jay, Peter (Author)
  • Date: 1734 June 01
  • Summary: Peter Jay's receipt for payment for shingles
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1734 May 08

52. Document, 1734 May 08

  • Date: 1734 May 08
  • Summary: Butcher's account of Elizabeth Carpenter with Capt. Tomson
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1735 August 14

53. Document, 1735 August 14

  • Date: 1735 August 14
  • Summary: Minutes of meeting, at which Peter Jay, Augustus Jay and Robert Livingston were present. Captain Robinson discussed the ongoing enlargement of the church.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1736 April 05

54. Document, 1736 April 05

  • Date: 1736 April 05
  • Summary: Minutes of the meeting at which Peter Jay was present. Church warden presented a subscription paper for Reverend Charleton (also Carlton) to assist the rector in his parish duties. Peter Jay and others on committee relating to ...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1736 August 23

55. Document, 1736 August 23

  • Name: Bayard, Balthazar (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1736 August 23
  • Summary: Sent a present of fish, jam and oil, to be split by Peter Jay and Mr. Noble. Also sent a barrel of mackerel to his mother, who will send a dozen of the best to Peter. Asks for his tuberoses and seed. Sends cousinly love from hi...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1737 April 23

56. Document, 1737 April 23

  • Name: Jay, Peter (Author)
  • Date: 1737 April 23
  • Summary: Accounts. List of goods sold and money and produce received . Jacobus Van Cortlandt, Frederick Van Cortlandt, his son James, and Adolph Philips began lodging and eating with Peter Jay the day before.
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1737 August 10

57. Document, 1737 August 10

  • Name: Jones, John (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1737 August 10
  • Summary: Left Mrs. Peloquin and that family well; saw Captain Hill in Bristol, ready to sail for Boston in a sloop. Mr. Hoblense very pleased with Peter Jay. Bad trading in Boston; not a berth to be found. His son to do the Africa trade...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1737 July 25

58. Document, 1737 July 25

  • Name: Jones, John (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1737 July 25
  • Summary: Came from Bristol on June 1st with his son in Peter JayÆs vessel the Snow Seneca; will stay in Boston while his son is finding provisions in Philadelphia. Wishes to be of service in any way to JayÆs family.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1737 June 08

59. Document, 1737 June 08

  • Name: Harding, James (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1737 June 08
  • Summary: Includes copy of letter of 9 March 1737.
  • Number of Images: 3
Document, 1737 March 09

60. Document, 1737 March 09

  • Name: Harding, James (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1737 March 09
  • Summary: Encloses bales of goods -- bed ticker, broad clothes and other items -- to be sold to HardingÆs advantage. Copy of this letter enclosed in document 6593.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1737 May 06

61. Document, 1737 May 06

  • Name: Bayard, Balthazar (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1737 May 06
  • Summary: Received the tuberoses and seeds, thanks for sending them. BayardÆs brother James just arrived from Lisbon and is about to go to Holland.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1737 October 28

62. Document, 1737 October 28

  • Date: 1737 October 28
  • Summary: Minutes of meeting, at which Peter and Augustus Jay were present. Ordered that the church warden pay one fifth of three hundred pounds to John Petel as the bequest to John and Rachel Petel's children from her brother Elias Nean...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1737 September 28

63. Document, 1737 September 28

  • Date: 1737 September 28
  • Summary: Minutes of board meeting, at which Peter Jay, Augustus Jay and Robert Livingston were present. Ordered that the church warden pay one fifth of three hundred pounds to Andrew Nickels and his wife Rachel, as the bequest to Rachel...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1738 April 04

64. Document, 1738 April 04

  • Name: Jacob, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1738 April 04
  • Summary: Sends instructions by his kinsman Kitt Twynihoe of the Minorca Snow. Concerns business transactions between himself and Peter Jay.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1738 February 24

65. Document, 1738 February 24

  • Date: 1738 February 24
  • Summary: Invoice of goods sent for Peter Jay from Bristol by David & John Peloquin
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1738 January 31

66. Document, 1738 January 31

  • Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1738 January 31
  • Summary: Acknowledges Peter Jay's letter of 22 January. Is willing to take in Augustus. Will not instruct him himself in reading and writing, but will send him to a good schoolmaster. As soon as he can read well, will tutor him in Latin...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1738 March 01

67. Document, 1738 March 01

  • Name: Jones, John (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1738 March 01
  • Summary: Has had pleasure boat built for Peter Jay according to his specifications, by the best boat builder in Boston. Is sending cost and dimensions; more dear than would have liked. The boat is now under the care of Robert Griffin. I...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1738 March 09

68. Document, 1738 March 09

  • Date: 1738 March 09
  • Summary: Minutes of meeting, at which Peter Jay was present. The church warden will pay the arrears of quitrent due his Majesty for the church or farms and any amount of the lease between the church and Colonel Fletcher from 1697, as on...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1738 March 23

69. Document, 1738 March 23

  • Name: Jones, John (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1738 March 23
  • Summary: Hopes boat has been delivered to Jay. Wants to be of service to Jay and his friends. Son coming to New York; wishes he will not go to Guiana.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1738 May 02

70. Document, 1738 May 02

  • Date: 1738 May 02
  • Summary: Peter Jay and Augustus Jay both present.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1738 November 03

71. Document, 1738 November 03

  • Name: Jones, John (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1738 November 03
  • Summary: Received the biscuit. Observed the mistake in the lining, and will fix it. Will build the best yawl (boat) he can. Sends greetings to Peter JayÆs wife and the members of the French Club.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1738 November 09

72. Document, 1738 November 09

  • Name: Bayard, Balthazar (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1738 November 09
  • Summary: Would be glad to carry on a small trade from Boston to New York, if he can be of service to Peter Jay. BayardÆs brother James was to arrive from St. Christopher, but has not arrived. Has heard of a hurricane and fears bad news,...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1739 April 03

73. Document, 1739 April 03

  • Date: 1739 April 03
  • Summary: Minutes of meeting, at which Peter Jay was present. Colonel Robinson paid Mr. Richard Nicholls the quitrents due his Majesty for the church farm and garden. Includes draft of petition to the Corporation of New York about incorp...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1739 April 23

74. Document, 1739 April 23

  • Name: Jones, John (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1739 April 23
  • Summary: Glad Jay likes the boat and wants to hear how it will sail. Please send cash to Boston. Mentions high price of flour and wheat. When in season, wishes to have a dozen watermelons from New York, as they are superior to BostonÆs....
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1739 December 06

75. Document, 1739 December 06

  • Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1739 December 06
  • Summary: Apologizes for delay in writing. Is sorry for Peter Jay's "dark apprehensions about P.Q." If he should need a lawyer, Mr. Fitch of Norwalk is the best. Augustus suffers from a burn on his face, but apparently it is not serious ...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1739 December 14

76. Document, 1739 December 14

  • Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1739 December 14
  • Summary: Augustus's face is healing well and is not likely to be much scarred. Mr. Rutgers' son Antony, who was also burned by the gunpowder explosion, is healing, and can see well, although his eyes are still weak.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1739 December 29

77. Document, 1739 December 29

  • Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1739 December 29
  • Summary: Augustus is improving in both reading and writing "if not so fast as we could wish, perhaps as fast as can be expected from his bird-witted humour. "Recommends his son-in-law, Benny Nicoll, who wishes to continue his legal stud...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1739 July 12

78. Document, 1739 July 12

  • Name: Jones, John (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1739 July 12
  • Summary: Received thirteen French pistols from Captain Bosch; sold them at the highest price possible. Has heard from his son John in Barbados, on his way to South Carolina. Hopes his and JayÆs accounts agree.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1739 July 27

79. Document, 1739 July 27

  • Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1739 July 27
  • Summary: Repeats his condolences on the blindness of Peter Jay's children. Reports that Augustus has been told that it is likely his brother and sister would never see again. Samuel Johnson hopes that the extra help Augustus is getting ...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1739 June 19

80. Document, 1739 June 19

  • Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: 1739 June 19
  • Summary: Letter to console Peter Jay on the blindness of his children Ann and Peter. Reports that Augustus is doing well.
  • Number of Images: 2
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