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[Document, 1775 December 31]

1. [Document, 1775 December 31]

  • Name: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 31, 1775
  • Summary: Suspects the Governor will issue writs of election for a new assembly. He feels the Tories may be elected because the attention of the people is diverted to the Provincial and Continental Congresses. Suggests that the four delegates to the Continental...
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[Document, 1775 November 26]

2. [Document, 1775 November 26]

  • Name: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: November 26, 1775
  • Summary: Extract of letter. Against the mobs' attack on (James) Rivington. Leads to contempt for all authority, especially in the ''unthinking populace'. Must be a serious concern to those 'who have the direction in public affairs'.
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Document, 1776 January 04

3. Document, 1776 January 04

  • Name: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1776 January 04
  • Summary: ALS. Writes that he meant to send this letter by the last post but missed it. Informs that a proclamation has been issued to dissolve the old assembly to elect a new one. Reports that the Tories are saying they will dominate th...
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[Document, 1777 July 13]

4. [Document, 1777 July 13]

  • Name: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 13, 1777
  • Summary: Received letter from Jay and one from Morris. Cannot comprehend the evacuation of Ticonderoga. Hopes Burgoyne's success will precipitate him into measures which will prove his ruin. The continental army is moving toward Peekskill. Hopes the people wil...
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1777 June 02]

5. [Document, 1777 June 02]

  • Name: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: June 02, 1777
  • Summary: Received letter of [Jay?]. The American army now collected at Middle Brook Camp and at Princeton. This exposes the country more to the ravages of the enemy but the winter weather has been an aid to us. Now, however, it is necessary for us to unite our...
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[Document, 1778 May 08]

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[Document, 1779 July 25]

7. [Document, 1779 July 25]

[Document, 1779 March 14]

8. [Document, 1779 March 14]

  • Name: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: March 14, 1779
  • Summary: Colonel Laurens is going to South Carolina in an effort to raise two to four battalions of Negroes for the Continental Army. The operations of the enemy are increasing in the South and the use of Negro troops may be the only solution. Thinks Negroes w...
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[Document, 1779 September 18]

9. [Document, 1779 September 18]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Addressee)
  • Date: September 18, 1779
  • Summary: Has not written because of poor health. John Jay cannot appoint the man Hamilton has suggested to the position in question because "my doubts respecting this gentleman are of long standing and arise from circumstances which made deep impression on my ...
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Document, 1779 September 29

10. Document, 1779 September 29

  • Name: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1779 September 29
  • Summary: Hamilton accepts Jay's doubts about the availability of appointing a certain man to an undesignated position. Hamilton had thought of him as vain and of defective character but faithful and of common sense. He is overbearing of...
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Document, 1779 September 29

11. Document, 1779 September 29

  • Name: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1779 September 29
  • Summary: Kenneth Rendell Catalog # 45 (1970), item 156. Autograph Letter signed, 5 1/2 p. Docketed by Jay. Printed in full (based on this manuscript version in Syrett, ed., Hamilton, vol. 2:189-192. Reply to Jay's letter of 18 September...
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Document, 1779 September 29

12. Document, 1779 September 29

  • Name: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1779 September 29
  • Summary: Hamilton accepts Jay's doubts about the advisability of appointing a certain man to an undesignated position. Hamilton had thought of him as vain and of defective character but faithful and of common sense. He is overbearing of...
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[Document, 1783 July 25]

13. [Document, 1783 July 25]

  • Name: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 25, 1783
  • Summary: The country is universally approving of Jay's conduct. Especially happy over the fisheries. There is little union and credit in America. Plans to return to private life. Now in Congress.
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[Document, 1783 September 28]

14. [Document, 1783 September 28]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Addressee)
  • Date: September 28, 1783
  • Summary: Wishes Hamilton would at least sit in the New York legislature if not in Congress. Laborers are needed. Present appearances in America cause us harm. Violence, acts against the Tories, reluctance to taxes and disunity create disrespect in Europe. The ...
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[Document, 1783 September 28]

15. [Document, 1783 September 28]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Addressee)
  • Date: September 28, 1783
  • Summary: Wishes Hamilton would at least sit in the New York legislature if not in Congress. Laborers are needed. Present appearances in America cause us harm. Violence, acts against the Tories, reluctance to taxes and disunity create disrespect in Europe. The ...
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1784 December 07]

16. [Document, 1784 December 07]

  • Name: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 07, 1784
  • Summary: Letter recommending Jay's support to Baron von Steuben's petition to Congress. Recounts Steuben's services, which in justice entitle him to compensation. If Steuben stays in America, he will reside in New York, and his services in the establishment of...
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[Document, 1787 July 11]

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[Document, 1787 March 15]

18. [Document, 1787 March 15]

[Document, 1787 May 03]

19. [Document, 1787 May 03]

  • Name: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: May 03, 1787
  • Summary: Letter advises Jay of the conversation which took place between Hamilton and Brockholst Livingston concerning Jay's outstanding judgment against Livingston. Judgment based upon a bond which Livingston posted on behalf of Lewis Littlepage. When Livings...
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[Document, 1788 May 15]

20. [Document, 1788 May 15]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Addressee)
  • Date: May 15, 1788
  • Summary: Asks Hamilton for information on case of Richard Lawrence of Staten Island who has complained that judgments executed against him are in violation of Treaty of Peace. Hamilton was advocate in case.
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