The papers of John Jay

61. Document, 1783 March n.d.

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee)
Date: 1783 March n.d.
Summary: A note of regret that visit to Count Sarsfield must be postponed because John Jay's manservant had taken John Jay's nephew to the fair and was therefore not available to comb John Jay's hair.
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62. [Document, 1783 n.d.]

Name: Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Author) Merchant Vessels (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
Date: 1783 n.d.
Summary: Gives passports, licenses and permission to commanders in latitudes at a time prior to the taking place of the said suspension of hostilities therein. To enable the vessel to proceed to her destination and to give her aid if need be.
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63. [Document, 1783 September 04]

Name: Hartley, David (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
Date: September 04, 1783
Number of Images: 2

64. [Document, 1783 September 05]

Name: Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Author) Hartley, David (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
Date: September 05, 1783
Number of Images: 2

65. [Document, 1783 September 10]

Name: Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Author) Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
Date: September 10, 1783
Number of Images: 27

66. [Document, 1784 April 08]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee)
Date: April 08, 1784
Summary: Suggests Adams return might hasten some matters which are now pending. Gratified at Adams' friends kind comments concerning him.
Number of Images: 2

67. [Document, 1784 April 27]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee)
Date: April 27, 1784
Summary: Same as NNC: 7454, except that Jay has added a postscript that he just learned David Hartley was with Dr. Franklin that morning. Anticipates leaving when accounts are settled. Can Adams, consistent with the public interest, come to Paris on an excursi...
Number of Images: 1

68. [Document, 1784 April 29]

Name: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
Date: April 29, 1784
Summary: Verbal changes suggested for the Prussian-U.S. treaty. They are of the opinion that if nation insists upon a text in its own language, they should insist upon a copy to be signed in English. On the other hand if a language common to neither country is...
Number of Images: 2

69. [Document, 1784 December 13]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee)
Date: December 13, 1784
Summary: Lafayette returns to France with a good impression of the U.S. La Luzerne also leaves; he is highly thought of, and his successor should continue his position of esteem. Settlement of the Massachusetts- New York boundary dispute makes it possible for ...
Number of Images: 1

70. Document, 1784 December 15

Name: Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: 1784 December 15
Summary: Moroccan frigates have attacked American vessels and seized one vessel from Virginia. Insurance on American ships is rising as a result of the dangers in the Mediterranean. Something should be soon done. Some are of opinion tha...
Number of Images: 0

71. [Document, 1784 February 06]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee)
Date: February 06, 1784
Summary: Heard from Dr. Franklin of Adams' tumultuous passage from England to Holland; had similar experience himself. Believes affairs in Holland "in as good a state as you can put them," thus should come to Paris, because of the "objects stated in papers sho...
Number of Images: 1

72. [Document, 1784 February 28]

Name: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
Date: February 28, 1784
Summary: They are pleased to learn of the inclination of Prussia toward entering into a commercial treaty with America. Although they do not have powers to conclude, they are authorized to negotiate and ask Adams to begin discussions with the Prussian minister...
Number of Images: 3

73. [Document, 1784 January 05]

Name: Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
Date: January 05, 1784
Summary: The treaty finally arrived during an adjournment. It will be ratified as soon as nine states arrive. May cause a delay in the time set for exchange of the ratification.
Number of Images: 2

74. [Document, 1784 January 5]

Name: Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
Date: January 5, 1784
Number of Images: 1

75. Document, 1785 April 13

Name: Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: 1785 April 13
Summary: Waiting for the ratification of his last loan. Joint dispatches show all the information obtained concerning the power of the Barbary States and the costliness of their friendship. Must proceed slowly; the cost of insurance and...
Number of Images: 0

76. [Document, 1785 April 13]

Name: Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: April 13, 1785
Summary: Prospect of Jonas Hartwell's gaining his freedom. Letters enclosed on the case of the brig Betsey taken by the Emperor of Morocco. Also letters from a Spanish spy and the state of the naval force of the Algerines from 1777-1783. Information on the tri...
Number of Images: 4

77. [Document, 1785 April 13]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee)
Date: April 13, 1785
Summary: Details all the letters he has written to Adams in the last month. Now sends a number of papers on the transportation from America of Negroes by the British Army contrary to the treaty of peace and papers on debts due to British merchants.
Number of Images: 23

78. Document, 1785 April 24

Name: Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: 1785 April 24
Summary: Acknowledges ratification of his last loan, requests instructions for opening anew loan. Adams is persuaded that the appearance of an American minister at British Court will have good effects upon American affairs in Europe not...
Number of Images: 0

79. [Document, 1785 August 03]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee)
Date: August 03, 1785
Summary: Sends Adams all the papers on the matter of the detained Americans captured by the British during the war to present to the British ministry.
Number of Images: 1

80. [Document, 1785 August 03]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee)
Date: August 03, 1785
Summary: Glad the loan with the Dutch completed. The states have as yet not met their financial obligations to the federal government. The American people should so observe their part of the treaty as to force Britain to observe hers. Agrees with Adams on the ...
Number of Images: 3

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