The papers of John Jay

1. [Document, 1781 June 15]

Name: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (Addressee) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
Date: June 15, 1781
Summary: Letterbook copy. Instructions to the peace commissioners. They are authorized to accept the mediation of Germany and Russia. Terms: United States must have full and complete independence and keep in force the treaties with France. Follow Adams' instru...
Number of Images: 3

2. [Document, 1781 June 15]

Name: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (Addressee) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
Date: June 15, 1781
Summary: Copy of document 7368. Commission to Jay, Franklin, Adams, Laurens, and Jefferson to represent the United States as commissioners to negotiate a treaty of peace. Copy of note at close by which Jay certifies that this is a true copy of the commission p...
Number of Images: 3

3. [Document, 1781 June 15]

Name: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (Addressee) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
Date: June 15, 1781
Summary: Copy. Instructions to the peace commissioners. They are authorized to accept the mediation of Germany and Russia. Terms: U.S. must have full and complete independence and keep in force the treaties with France. Follow Adams' instructions of 14 August ...
Number of Images: 2

4. [Document, 1781 June 15]

Name: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (Addressee) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
Date: June 15, 1781
Summary: Copy of document 7368. Commission to Jay, Franklin, Adams, Laurens, and Jefferson to represent the United States as commissioners to negotiate a treaty of peace. Copy of note at close by which Jay certifies that this is a true copy of the commission p...
Number of Images: 5

5. [Document, 1781 June 15]

Name: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (Addressee) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
Date: June 15, 1781
Summary: Copy, in the hand of Charles Thomson, of document 7368. Commission to Jay, Franklin, Adams, Laurens, and Jefferson to represent the United States as commissioners to negotiate a treaty of peace.
Number of Images: 4

6. [Document, 1781 June 15]

Name: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (Addressee) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
Date: June 15, 1781
Summary: Letterbook copy. Instructions to the peace commissioners. They are authorized to accept the mediation of Germany and Russia. Terms: United States must have full and complete independence and keep in force the treaties with France. Follow Adams' instru...
Number of Images: 1

7. [Document, 1781 June 15]

Name: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (Addressee) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
Date: June 15, 1781
Summary: Description from Kenneth Rendell catalogue of Jay's decoding of the instructions to the peace commissioners. They are authorized to accept the mediation of Germany and Russia. Terms: United States must have full and complete independence and keep in f...
Number of Images: 2

8. Document, 1782 November 04

Name: Oswald, Richard, 1705-1784 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: 1782 November 04
Summary: Calls attention to numerous earlier demands that property of refugees be restored, or if that be impossible, that restitution be made to them. He emphasizes that this demand extends not only to those who have fled North America...
Number of Images: 0

9. [Document, 1782 November 04]

Name: Oswald, Richard, 1705-1784 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: November 04, 1782
Number of Images: 2

10. [Document, 1782 November 04]

Name: Oswald, Richard, 1705-1784 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: November 04, 1782
Number of Images: 3

11. Document, 1782 November 04

Name: Oswald, Richard, 1705-1784 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: 1782 November 04
Summary: Both Oswald and Strachey insist on the restitution of property to the loyalists or a compensatory payment. This stipulation will also include those who fled to England and those in America. Wants an amnesty on both sides. Relea...
Number of Images: 0

12. [Document, 1782 November 04]

Name: Oswald, Richard, 1705-1784 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: November 04, 1782
Number of Images: 2

13. [Document, 1782 November 21]

Name: Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: November 21, 1782
Summary: Lafayette returned to France to press for a land and naval force from France to serve under General Washington. The result of this aid was the capture of Cornwallis. Now has the American commissioners' permission to return to America With Count d'Esta...
Number of Images: 2

14. [Document, 1783 August 29]

Name: Hartley, David (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
Date: August 29, 1783
Number of Images: 1

15. [Document, 1783 March 25]

Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
Date: March 25, 1783
Summary: Warmest congratulations on the treaty. The article on the loyalists will be difficult to enforce. Thinks the concealment from France of the negotiation and even now of the secret art is wholly unnecessary. This art shows enmity to Spain and a preferen...
Number of Images: 4

16. [Document, 1783 September 04]

Name: Hartley, David (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
Date: September 04, 1783
Number of Images: 2

17. [Document, 1784 April 29]

Name: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
Date: April 29, 1784
Summary: Verbal changes suggested for the Prussian-U.S. treaty. They are of the opinion that if nation insists upon a text in its own language, they should insist upon a copy to be signed in English. On the other hand if a language common to neither country is...
Number of Images: 2

18. [Document, 1784 February 28]

Name: Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
Date: February 28, 1784
Summary: They are pleased to learn of the inclination of Prussia toward entering into a commercial treaty with America. Although they do not have powers to conclude, they are authorized to negotiate and ask Adams to begin discussions with the Prussian minister...
Number of Images: 3

19. [Document, 1784 January 05]

Name: Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
Date: January 05, 1784
Summary: The treaty finally arrived during an adjournment. It will be ratified as soon as nine states arrive. May cause a delay in the time set for exchange of the ratification.
Number of Images: 2

20. [Document, 1784 January 5]

Name: Mifflin, Thomas, 1744-1800 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
Date: January 5, 1784
Number of Images: 1

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