The papers of John Jay

1. Document, 1778 October 03

Name: Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825 (Author) Maxwell, William, 1733?-1796 (Addressee) Shrieve, Colonel (Addressee)
Date: 1778 October 03
Summary: Copy. Enclosed in: 14 April 1779, Washington to John JayContents unknown: Letter should be found in reel 52, F 4009, Washington Papers.
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2. [Document, 1779 March 23]

Name: Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: March 23, 1779
Summary: Since Arnold has resigned his command, Clarkson is no longer required as his aide, and he asks that he be released so that he may volunteer for service in the South.
Number of Images: 2

3. [Document, 1779 March 23]

Name: Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: March 23, 1779
Summary: He has been dealt with unjustly by the Congress, and questions whether Congress is empowered by the States to act in a judicial capacity. Will appear in Congress as requested, and assures Congress that these proceedings will not abate his zeal for the...
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4. [Document, 1787 February 06]

Name: Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Rutherfurd, John, 1760-1840 (Addressee)
Date: February 06, 1787
Summary: Certificate to Mathew Clarkson for 16,000 acres in the township of Green, assigned to John Jay and John Rutherford. Clarkson had bought land under 'Act for the speedy sale of the un-appropriated lands within this state', which was part of larger tract...
Number of Images: 3

5. [Document, 1790 March 30]

Name: Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825 (Author)
Date: March 30, 1790
Summary: Receipts from Dr. Samuel Bard, W. Post, and Thomas Stokes for payments by Clarkson these dates. D's S.
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6. [Document, 1792 October 06]

Name: Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825 (Author)
Date: October 06, 1792
Summary: Michael Clarkson's certificate of membership, Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery.
Number of Images: 2

7. [Document, 1794 August 01]

Name: Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: August 01, 1794
Summary: Asks for a business reference. 9 December 1794 -- John Jay's answer. He will look into the matter. The treaty will probably increase commerce between England and the United States and "terminate that diffidence of adventuring money."
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8. [Document, 1794 December 09]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825 (Addressee)
Date: December 09, 1794
Summary: The treaty will increase the commercial intercourse between America and England and "Terminate that diffidence of adventuring money in our lands and banks."
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9. [Document, 1794 December 09]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825 (Addressee)
Date: December 09, 1794
Summary: Typed transcription of Jay's letter to Clarkson of this date, inscribed on Clarkson's letter of 1 August 1794 requesting Jay's recommendation of the firm of Streatfield & Levinus Clarkson & Co. to people desiring "to vest their property in this countr...
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10. [Document, 1796 January 14]

Name: Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) United States. Continental Loan Office (Author)
Date: January 14, 1796
Summary: Loan Oftice certificate issued to Jay for $2,000 "assumed debt" by Matthew Clarkson, Commissioner of Loans..
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11. [Document, 1796 January 30]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825 (Addressee)
Date: January 30, 1796
Number of Images: 2

12. [Document, 1796 November 30]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825 (Addressee)
Date: November 30, 1796
Summary: Agrees that the artillery pieces should be thoroughly tested before they are assigned to the field.
Number of Images: 1

13. [Document, 1797 January 04]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825 (Addressee) Varick, Richard, 1753-1831 (Addressee)
Date: January 04, 1797
Summary: Urges them to complete their study of New York harbor fortifications as this will be shortly placed before the Congress.
Number of Images: 2

14. [Document, 1797 January 04]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825 (Addressee) Varick, Richard, 1753-1831 (Addressee)
Date: January 04, 1797
Summary: Urges them to complete their study of New York harbor fortifications as this will be shortly placed before the Congress.
Number of Images: 1

15. [Document, 1797 July 12]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825 (Addressee)
Date: July 12, 1797
Summary: Requests Clarkson's presence at a conference relative to the distribution of the field artillery belonging to the state.
Number of Images: 1

16. [Document, 1797 May n.d.]

Name: Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Stevens, Ebenezer, 1751-1823 (Author) Varick, Richard, 1753-1831 (Author) Watson, James, 1750-1806 (Author)
Date: 1797 May n.d.
Summary: As Commissioners appointed to superintend the erecting and repairing of fortifications in New York, the subscribers apply for sixty quarter casks of powder in order to prove the cannon they have contracted.
Number of Images: 1

17. [Document, 1797 November 14]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825 (Addressee)
Date: November 14, 1797
Summary: Has received Clarkson's letter informing him that the State Prison in New York City will be ready December 1. However, he cannot issue the Proclamation directed by the Act for building the prison until it is definitely completed, due to the way in whi...
Number of Images: 2

18. [Document, 1797 November 14]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825 (Addressee)
Date: November 14, 1797
Summary: Has received Clarkson's letter informing him that the State Prison in New York City will be ready December 1. However, he cannot issue the Proclamation directed by the Act for building the prison until it is definitely completed, due to the way in whi...
Number of Images: 2

19. [Document, 1797 November 21]

Name: Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: November 21, 1797
Summary: The State Prison in New York City is now ready for the reception of prisoners.
Number of Images: 1

20. [Document, 1797 November 25]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Clarkson, Matthew, 1758-1825 (Addressee)
Date: November 25, 1797
Summary: Encloses a copy of a letter from Messers Edm. Elmendorf and Jonathan Hasbrouck of Kingston respecting lands of the late Governor Livingston in the Hardenbergh Patent. John Jay's reply, also enclosed, refers the matter to Clarkson, Judge Hobart, and Mr...
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