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[Document, 1793 November 26]

21. [Document, 1793 November 26]

[Document, 1793 November 26]

22. [Document, 1793 November 26]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Addressee)
  • Date: November 26, 1793
  • Summary: Jay and King have written a joint letter to him and Knox. They hope that Hamilton and Knox will have access to the files in the Office of Foreign Affairs concerning Genet. Jay assures Hamilton (in a section deleted) that Jefferson as a man of honor wi...
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[Document, 1793 November 27]

23. [Document, 1793 November 27]

[Document, 1793 November 29]

24. [Document, 1793 November 29]

[Document, 1794 April 28]

25. [Document, 1794 April 28]

  • Name: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 28, 1794
  • Summary: On engaging a ship to take him to London. Should decide soon as it will difficult to procure suitable ship if embargo is lifted. Wonders if passport from French Minister would protect an enemy ship from seizure. Also, foresees difficulties if John Jay...
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[Document, 1794 August 16]

26. [Document, 1794 August 16]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Addressee)
  • Date: August 16, 1794
  • Summary: Happy to hear that inquiry into Hamilton's conduct has gone well. Progress of negotiations promising, but uncertain. Kentucky and North Carolina Resolutions have arrived and make a bad impression. Affairs in Europe discussed. Dutch not expected to put...
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[Document, 1794 June 04]

27. [Document, 1794 June 04]

  • Name: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: June 04, 1794
  • Summary: Congressional session has proven more profitable than he expected. Thinks passion of additional revenue acts particularly important. Of interest to John Jay, the passage of laws for punishment of violations of neutrality acts. Executive and Judiciary ...
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[Document, 1794 September 11]

28. [Document, 1794 September 11]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Addressee)
  • Date: September 11, 1794
  • Summary: Feels that success of his mission being endangered by pro-French professions of "neutral" Americans, privately and officially. Up to this time, British Government had ignored "party" effusions "and believed that President and Government in general rea...
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[Document, 1796 July 16]

29. [Document, 1796 July 16]

  • Name: Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 (Author) Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 16, 1796
  • Summary: What arrangements are to be made to create the commission to fix the River St. Croix boundary. Jay in 1785 made some suggestions on this subject, and the general agreement seems to have been that the Commissioners should be drawn from regions other th...
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[Document, 1798 August 27]

30. [Document, 1798 August 27]

  • Name: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: August 27, 1798
  • Summary: There are apprehensions that because of the petitions of militia officers, the persons named to the new companies will not be appointed. Hopes this is groundless as far as John Jay is concerned, since the ordinary militia officers cannot on military p...
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[Document, 1798 November 10]

31. [Document, 1798 November 10]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Addressee)
  • Date: November 10, 1798
  • Summary: His letter to Hoffman was not official but was written to convey information. It would have been proper to account for the expenditure of a preceding warrant before receiving the next one; also "his Zeal in my favor rendered such Punctuality adviseabl...
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[Document, 1798 November 8]

32. [Document, 1798 November 8]

  • Name: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: November 8, 1798
  • Summary: Believes that there has been misrepresentation to Jay in case of the Attorney General: "[E]very construction should in such a case be admitted against an unfavorable conclusion, else every man must expect contamination from the very touch of public mo...
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[Document, 1798 September 08]

33. [Document, 1798 September 08]

  • Name: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: September 08, 1798
  • Summary: Refers to John Jay's letter of 30 August respecting the defense of the ports. A charge "of this kind would ... be unpleasant" as likely to involve ill-natured and foolish criticism. However, he will not decline the trust if the Governor thinks proper ...
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[Document, 1798 September 17]

34. [Document, 1798 September 17]

  • Name: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: September 17, 1798
  • Summary: Applications for the vacant position of Notary have been made by James Ingles, Jr., and William Coleman. Ingles' "worth and situation both conspire to recommend him strongly." Coleman is a man of "conspicuous talents" and is "well worth cultivating."
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[Document, 1799 April 23]

35. [Document, 1799 April 23]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 23, 1799
  • Summary: A detailed list of all the candidates, and all the incumbents of the office of Notary Public. This is in answer to Hamilton's request that a Mr. Ingles be appointed, and is prompted by Jay's respect for Hamilton's opinion.
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[Document, 1799 August 03]

36. [Document, 1799 August 03]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Addressee)
  • Date: August 03, 1799
  • Summary: Encloses extract of act of legislature suspending the expenditure of funds for fortification, and to liquidate the dept incurred through prior construction of fortifications.
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[Document, 1799 February 12]

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[Document, 1799 July 29]

38. [Document, 1799 July 29]

  • Name: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 29, 1799
  • Summary: May New York state funds be used for fortifications of New York harbor contemplated by the War Department. Details as to locations of forts.
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[Document, 1800 August 19]

39. [Document, 1800 August 19]

  • Name: Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: August 19, 1800
  • Summary: He asks for a copy of the instructions given to the Peace Commissioners in 1782, requiring them to act under directions from France. Also needs a copy of his own letter to Jay, which Jay showed to Grenville, which stated that if a solid agreement coul...
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[Document, 1800 August 25]

40. [Document, 1800 August 25]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804 (Addressee)
  • Date: August 25, 1800
  • Summary: He will have a little difficulty in locating the papers Hamilton requested. In regard to the letter, he trusts that Hamilton will not make public the use Jay made of it - this was communicated in confidence. The next day he found the instructions to t...
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