The papers of John Jay

Name: Bretigney, Marquis de (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: December 22, 1778
Summary: Recounts his misadventures in cause of American liberty--capture and imprisonment by British, escape from St. Augustine. Asks for commission from Congress to press attack on St. Augustine. with troops he brought from France.
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Name: Bretigney, Marquis de (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: January 06, 1779
Summary: Asks Congress to grant him either a decision or refusal immediately. Asks John Jay to lay this letter before Congress and mention to Congress and mention to Congress his three earlier letters.
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Name: Bretigney, Marquis de (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: January 09, 1779
Summary: Begs for a reply to his many pleas for a commission or other use of his services. Refers to his long imprisonment at St. Augustine, memorial for expedition against the fort there, memorial to raise a new French corps.
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Name: Bretigney, Marquis de (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: January 20, 1779
Summary: Asks for commission from Congress as ensign so that, in case of his capture, he can be exchanged without an undue sacrifice on the part of Congress.
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Name: United States. Continental Congress (Author) Bretigney, Marquis de (Addressee) Randerode, Baron de Thaillures de (Addressee)
Date: 1779 January n.d.
Summary: Committee's proposed draft of a reply to the two French officers: Congress has delayed in replying to their memorials in hope that new circumstances might enable the United States to make use of their talents. However, these circumstances have not ari...
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