The papers of John Jay

[Document, 1792 June 01]

1. [Document, 1792 June 01]

Name: Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: June 01, 1792
Summary: Notice of Jay's election to membership in the Massachusetts Historical Society.
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[Document, 1792 June 02]

2. [Document, 1792 June 02]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 (Addressee)
Date: June 02, 1792
Summary: Acceptance of election as member of the Massachusetts Historical Society.
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[Document, 1794 May 02]

3. [Document, 1794 May 02]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 (Addressee)
Date: May 02, 1794
Summary: Will sail next week. Has obtained about 30 subscribers for Belknaps project. Has committed the business to Mr. Childs while on Circuit.
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[Document, 1795 November 09]

4. [Document, 1795 November 09]

Name: Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: November 09, 1795
Summary: Encloses copy of circular letter of Massachusetts Historical Society. If Jay has anything concerning the history of New York State to communicate, please do so, utilizing the services of Mr. Gardiner Baker. Congratulates Jay on election, and on the tr...
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[Document, 1796 June 15]

5. [Document, 1796 June 15]

Name: Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: June 15, 1796
Summary: Thanks him for letters of introduction. Gentlemen Jay calls Judge Deane is their interpreter. Possible that Belknap may accompany Morse on visit to New York when they return from the visit to the Oneida Indians.
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[Document, 1796 May 14]

6. [Document, 1796 May 14]

Name: Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: May 14, 1796
Summary: He and Dr. Jedidiah Morse have been selected messengers of the Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge (Scotland), to visit Oneida and its vicinity. If Jay has any suggestions as to the nature of the community, or any individuals who may be o...
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[Document, 1796 May 20]

7. [Document, 1796 May 20]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 (Addressee)
Date: May 20, 1796
Summary: Same as NNC: 8960. This is the autograph letter signed. Suggests that he come to New York on his way to the Oneida Indians. This will make it possible for Belknap to confer with State officials who have gone to visit the Oneidas, and horses and equipm...
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[Document, 1796 May 20]

8. [Document, 1796 May 20]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 (Addressee)
Date: May 20, 1796
Summary: Suggests that he come to New York on his way to the Oneida Indians. This will make it possible for Belknap to confer with State officials who have gone to visit the Oneidas, and horses and equipment may be purchased at New York. Jay will give him lett...
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[Document, 1796 May 27]

9. [Document, 1796 May 27]

Name: Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: May 27, 1796
Summary: They will travel from Boston to Albany, thence to Whitetown. Will Jay please forward his letters to Albany post office where Belknap will call for them. Regrets it will not be possible to speak with the Indian traders from New York, but the finances a...
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[Document, 1796 May 30]

10. [Document, 1796 May 30]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 (Addressee)
Date: May 30, 1796
Summary: Encloses letters of introduction to various men in Albany. Judge James Dean of Herkimer County would be a good source of information but Jay does not know whether he is the same man they have hired to be their interpreter. If not he will be happy to w...
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[Document, 1797 August 17]

11. [Document, 1797 August 17]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 (Addressee)
Date: August 17, 1797
Summary: Would like to comply fully with Belknap's request for information concerning the Dutch Government in New York State, but the obscurity of accounts render this difficult. Accounts of Stuyvesant's acts can be found in Smith's History of New Jersey and i...
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[Document, 1797 June 24]

12. [Document, 1797 June 24]

Name: Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: June 24, 1797
Summary: Is working on a biography of the founders and first governors of American States, and is applying to Jay for sources.
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[Document, 1798 June 12]

13. [Document, 1798 June 12]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798 (Addressee)
Date: June 12, 1798
Summary: Does not know the number or names of subscribers to the paper he left with Mr. Childs; would like twenty copies of the second volume when it is ready. Details his efforts to obtain extracts and translations of such Dutch manuscripts as might be intere...
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