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[Document, 1780 June]

1. [Document, 1780 June]

[Document, 1780 November 20]

2. [Document, 1780 November 20]

Document, 1780 November n.d.

3. Document, 1780 November n.d.

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1780 November n.d.
  • Summary: Hasn't received any letters except from Mr. Livingston. Please visit his father and send minute details concerning the state of his health. Send at least a half dozen copies of the letter by various vessels, perhaps one via Mr....
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Document, 1780 September 18

4. Document, 1780 September 18

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1780 September 18
  • Summary: Sends letter by post, so it must of necessity be reserved. Has received no news from America, although the public good would profit were he kept better informed. Glad to hear Richard Morris appointed Chief Justice of New York, ...
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[Document, 1781 December 08]

5. [Document, 1781 December 08]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 08, 1781
  • Summary: An extensive letter dealing primarily with arrangements John Jay asks Benson to make to have Peter A. Jay live with Harry Livingston, so that the boy may be close to John Jay's father, yet not be a burden to the Jay family. News of Yorktown has arrive...
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[Document, 1781 March 19]

6. [Document, 1781 March 19]

[Document, 1781 March 19]

7. [Document, 1781 March 19]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833 (Addressee)
  • Date: March 19, 1781
  • Summary: Complains of not having received letters from friends in New York. Confesses his homesickness:"I never loved or admired America so much as since I left " First page cropped at bottom, with one or two lines missing. Autograph Letter signed. Two page ma...
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[Document, 1782 August 26]

8. [Document, 1782 August 26]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833 (Addressee)
  • Date: August 26, 1782
  • Summary: The Vermont matter--from what Benson relates it appears"...to have been bitched in the last as well as first stages...." Now that it is over with there are other boundary lines to be settled. It is essential that this be done without causing dissensio...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1783 April 06]

9. [Document, 1783 April 06]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 06, 1783
  • Summary: Sends a letter for Fady and wants Peter to take the farm at Rye and have it valued. Should take a good intelligent couple with him. Jay will back his expenses.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1783 December 15]

10. [Document, 1783 December 15]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 15, 1783
  • Summary: Instructions concerning the distribution of the farm at Rye from the estate of Peter Jay to John Jay's brother, Peter Jay. Requests Benson to take steps to provide for the old age of Jay's mare, and also to repurchase her colt. Has met many Americans ...
  • Number of Images: 8
[Document, 1783 July 10]

11. [Document, 1783 July 10]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 10, 1783
  • Summary: He still complains about mail being opened--"Jealousy and suspicion never sleep in Governments of a certain Denomination-" His brother Peter should have the farm at Rye, but should not move there until the summer of 1784, and certainly not before New ...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1783 September 12]

12. [Document, 1783 September 12]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833 (Addressee)
  • Date: September 12, 1783
  • Summary: Announces birth of daughter, Benson is godfather. New York's violent resolutions against the Tories injure the American cause in Europe. They are working to achieve the evacuation of New York as soon as possible.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1792 March 31]

13. [Document, 1792 March 31]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833 (Addressee)
  • Date: March 31, 1792
  • Summary: Has seen plan for monument to Revolution; it is a good one, and Congressional approval should be obtained. The artist should be encouraged to undertake it himself although no appropriation of funds should be made until the Indian war is settled. Once ...
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[Document, 1795 June 27]

14. [Document, 1795 June 27]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833 (Addressee)
  • Date: June 27, 1795
  • Summary: Doesn't know whether his removal from the bench to the governorship will be more conducive to his comfort. In executing his new duties he will rely heavily on the advice and support of Benson and other friends.
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[Document, 1805 January 12]

15. [Document, 1805 January 12]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833 (Addressee)
  • Date: January 12, 1805
  • Summary: The reason he has not subscribed to the Hamilton loan is because he does not have the money. Does not think he should promise to lend when he is under necessity of borrowing for his own use.
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[Document, 1807 June 02]

16. [Document, 1807 June 02]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833 (Addressee)
  • Date: June 02, 1807
  • Summary: In order to explain the paragraph in the Herald which stated that John Jay could not conceive of any Federalist voting for a candidate of the Clinton party, he proposes an answering statement. This explains that John Jay would not disqualify a candida...
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[Document, 1807 May 12]

17. [Document, 1807 May 12]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833 (Addressee)
  • Date: May 12, 1807
  • Summary: Objects that it was never his opinion that no one of the Federalist party could ever vote for a Clintonian. On the contrary, he often expressed opinion that a man should be elected on his merits, and that majority decision should prevail. Quotes from ...
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[Document, 1813 October 12]

18. [Document, 1813 October 12]

[Document, 1813 October n.d.]

19. [Document, 1813 October n.d.]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Benson, Egbert, 1746-1833 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1813 October n.d.
  • Summary: Having heard that certain "recent and unexpected occurrences" were causing him trouble, would like to know if he might be of any use. Invites him to spend a few days at Bedford since conversation is preferable to letters on such subjects.
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