The papers of John Jay

1. Document, 1779 April 29

Name: Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frédéric, approximately 1725-1780 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: 1779 April 29
Summary: Congratulates John Jay on his elevation to the presidency. Asks that Dumas be given a commission as United States charge des affairs to the United Provinces of theNetherlands. Franklin has approved this, and has promised to wri...
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2. Document, 1779 April 29

Name: Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frédéric, approximately 1725-1780 (Author) Jay, James, Sir, 1732-1815 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: 1779 April 29
Summary: Includes five letters to James Jay, one letter and 62 dispatches to John Jay. InFrench.
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3. Document, 1783 March 13

Name: Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frédéric, approximately 1725-1780 (Author) Jay, James, Sir, 1732-1815 (Addressee)
Date: 1783 March 13
Summary: Health of both. Adams will probably come to say goodbye to the States General before going back to America. Explanation of his situation.
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4. Document, 1783 October 03

Name: Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frédéric, approximately 1725-1780 (Author) Jay, James, Sir, 1732-1815 (Addressee)
Date: 1783 October 03
Summary:
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5. Document, 1783 September 23

Name: Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frédéric, approximately 1725-1780 (Author) Jay, James, Sir, 1732-1815 (Addressee)
Date: 1783 September 23
Summary:
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6. Document, 1783 February 04

Name: Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frédéric, approximately 1725-1780 (Author) Jay, James, Sir, 1732-1815 (Addressee)
Date: 1783 February 04
Summary: Acknowledges receipt of 28 December and 22 January. Dumas is sorry that the notes on Roman history have remained in his friend's portfolio. He is happy to learn of the words Adams spoke in his favor to Congress. Nancy has been ...
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7. Document, 1783 August 21

Name: Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frédéric, approximately 1725-1780 (Author) Jay, James, Sir, 1732-1815 (Addressee)
Date: 1783 August 21
Summary: Dumas regrets that certain affairs have not received the attention for which Jay had hoped. D. has no news from Congress, except exhortations to be patient. Copies of the essential letters, written to Dumas have been assembled ...
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8. Document, 1785 June 27

Name: Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frédéric, approximately 1725-1780 (Author) Jay, James, Sir, 1732-1815 (Addressee)
Date: 1785 June 27
Summary:
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9. Document, 1785 October 22

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frédéric, approximately 1725-1780 (Addressee)
Date: 1785 October 22
Summary: An act of Congress expresses appreciation for Mr. DumasÆ efforts. Will send the public papers as soon as there is a direct means of getting them to Holland. Send frequent letters.
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10. Document, 1786 November 29

Name: Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frédéric, approximately 1725-1780 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: 1786 November 29
Summary: Information pertaining to the enclosed Gazettes. About a letter translated, which the French ambassador dispatched by express messengers to Mr. Lestevenon. This document should stay with the extracts and Gazettes attached, so t...
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11. Document, 1786 January 27

Name: Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frédéric, approximately 1725-1780 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: 1786 January 27
Summary: Very pleased with act of Congress concerning himself. Several errors in the document' his name Charles William Frederic, not born in Amsterdam but in Germany, has lived for over 30 years in The Hague. According to act of Congre...
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12. Document, 1786 February 24

Name: Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frédéric, approximately 1725-1780 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: 1786 February 24
Summary: D. sends document that completes preceding ones. Asks order of the Treasury to be able to cash his money. States General have received complaints that Rhode Island persists in Navigation Act to the detriment of Dutch citizens. ...
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13. Document, 1786 December 14

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frédéric, approximately 1725-1780 (Addressee)
Date: 1786 December 14
Summary: Had not replied because waiting for orders of Congress on matters in DumasÆ letters. Delay in Congress about foreign affairs because of annual election and absence of members -- stagnation will probably continue some time. Cong...
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14. Document, 1786 November 04

Name: Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frédéric, approximately 1725-1780 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: 1786 November 04
Summary: Encloses the annotation of his translation that the ambassador copied to send to his court. Those in Amsterdam wrote a petition in the same spirit as HaarlemÆs. It has been over a year since Congress authorized his payment; arr...
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15. Document, 1786 April 11

Name: Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frédéric, approximately 1725-1780 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: 1786 April 11
Summary: Paints a picture of the various scenes happening there. Description of the upheavals of society-acts of clemency and then acts of severity. Attempt of lese majeste failed and had salutary effect in flushing out the conspirators...
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16. Document, 1786 September 23

Name: Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frédéric, approximately 1725-1780 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: 1786 September 23
Summary: From the Hague. Letterbook copy.
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17. Document, 1786 November 17

Name: Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frédéric, approximately 1725-1780 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: 1786 November 17
Summary: The marked sections in the Gazettes enclosed explain internal affairs in the Netherlands. Mentions Cte de Goits, Mr. V. Bessel, Pensionary of Amsterdam, Kasteelen and others of Haarlem. The conference, as predicted, was insigni...
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18. Document, 1786 March 23

Name: Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frédéric, approximately 1725-1780 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: 1786 March 23
Summary: Stadholder still in Gelderland, guided by bad advisors. Two big issues of the conflict for some time in Holland -- the command of not only the troops as captain general, but for all the cities and provinces as well, in the guis...
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19. Document, 1786 January 31

Name: Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frédéric, approximately 1725-1780 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: 1786 January 31
Summary: Encloses three documents. 1. an expose written by the "minister of a great city," translated by him, sent to the French court and since to the king of Prussia. 2. considerations by the same minister who sits on the sovereign co...
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20. Document, 1786 December 22

Name: Dumas, Charles Guillaume Frédéric, approximately 1725-1780 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: 1786 December 22
Summary: The alliance between the Netherlands and France continues to hold; it is in the true interest of the two parties. The best-informed claim that the republic will abolish the regulations in the provinces, that the command of The ...
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7. Document, 1783 August 21

8. Document, 1785 June 27

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10. Document, 1786 November 29

11. Document, 1786 January 27

12. Document, 1786 February 24

13. Document, 1786 December 14

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16. Document, 1786 September 23

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18. Document, 1786 March 23

19. Document, 1786 January 31

20. Document, 1786 December 22