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[Document, 1779 February 13]

1. [Document, 1779 February 13]

Name: Beatty, John (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: February 13, 1779
Summary: Sends extract from letter from New York relative to the release of Lieutenant Hale and crew of sloop Hotham. The Lieutenant Gault mentioned in this extract is not in circumstances comparable to Lieutenant Hale's.
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[Document, 1779 January 03]

2. [Document, 1779 January 03]

Name: Beatty, John (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: January 03, 1779
Summary: Orders from Congress that reach him often confused and contradictory. Asks John Jay to define his/Beatty's/powers concerning exchange of prisoners. Feels there should be a clear and consistent policy on such exchanges. In a recent instance, brought pr...
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[Document, 1779 January 19]

3. [Document, 1779 January 19]

Name: Beatty, John (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: January 19, 1779
Summary: Writes concerning difficulties he has encountered in supplying needs of prisoners on prison ships and in Provost Hospital Lord Stirling has denied him use of flag with food and firewood. Has appealed to Washington, but received no word. Encloses extra...
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[Document, 1779 July 06]

4. [Document, 1779 July 06]

Name: Beatty, John (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: July 06, 1779
Summary: Asks for increase in salary and/or rations as Commissary of Prisoners. Explains the difficulties of his office under present conditions. In the past year has expended nearly one-third of his private fortune to maintain himself in the post.
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[Document, 1779 March 31]

5. [Document, 1779 March 31]

Name: Beatty, John (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: March 31, 1779
Summary: Has received another letter from the secretary of Admiral Gambier asking for"enlargement" of Lieutenant Hile and crew of the Hotham sloop in exchange for an officer and seamen of like rank among the American prisoners .Asks for prompt reply to these q...
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[Document, 1779 May 10]

6. [Document, 1779 May 10]

Name: Beatty, John (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: May 10, 1779
Summary: Reply to John Jay's letter of 4 May. Does not feel that Colonel M. Swoope's case deserves special consideration. Believes the Colonel has no valid excuse for the long delay in returning to the imprisonment from which he has been paroled for settlement...
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