The papers of John Jay

1. [Document, 1779 February 27]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
Date: February 27, 1779
Summary: Happy that Sally has been in better health. Hopes to have a house soon so Sally can come to Philadelphia. Attention should be paid to the health and constitution of Jay's son. Sorry to hear that Kitty's mother is not well. The city is very gay but Jay...
Number of Images: 4

2. [Document, 1780 November n.d.]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
Date: 1780 November n.d.
Number of Images: 4

3. [Document, 1780 September 18]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
Date: September 18, 1780
Summary: Expresses esteem and affection. Sally (Sarah Livingston Jay) is in Madrid. They hope to be able to come back to America soon. He often thinks of their pleasant times together in Philadelphia but does not wish to put her (Catherine Livingston) into the...
Number of Images: 4

4. [Document, 1781 April 23]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
Date: April 23, 1781
Summary: Sends "Picture of an old acquaintance" (Probably a Du Simitiere print.). Hopes she will use her cipher. Many letters from himself & Sally on their way to America.
Number of Images: 1

5. [Document, 1781 October 23]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
Date: October 23, 1781
Summary: Personal letter. Asks that she relieve Robert Morris of trouble concerning goods consigned to him on behalf of the family of Peter Jay.
Number of Images: 2

6. [Document, 1781 September 28]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
Date: September 28, 1781
Summary: Glad she continues to stay with Robert Morris family, because of the amiability of that household and the danger in which her family home at Elizabethtown is constantly subjected to. Forget about the portrait, as insisting upon obtaining it will only ...
Number of Images: 4

7. [Document, 1783 August 26]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
Date: August 26, 1783
Summary: Birth of child, Anne; mother and daughter fine. Miss Sophia Penn, Egbert Benson and Margaret Jay (wife of Frederick), are sponsors.
Number of Images: 2

8. [Document, 1783 December 24]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
Date: December 24, 1783
Number of Images: 3

9. [Document, 1783 July 20]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
Date: July 20, 1783
Summary: Expects to return next June or August. Glad Robert Morris postponed his resignation.
Number of Images: 2

10. [Document, 1784 April 07]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
Date: April 07, 1784
Summary: Looks forward to returning home, but is delayed through non-settlement of the public accounts. Death of Mrs. Ridley and child. Keep Peter Augustus Jay at Elizabethtown; it will aid his education.
Number of Images: 2

11. [Document, 1787 September 14]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
Date: September 14, 1787
Summary: Is glad Kitty's (Catherine Livingston) health is recovered; wishes he could say the same for Ridley and Essex. Discusses the "evil of ingratitude, for which there is no remedy but patience and consciousness of rectitude." Although, as she has said, th...
Number of Images: 2

12. [Document, 1789 November 11]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
Date: November 11, 1789
Summary: Jay also wishes that Ridley lived closer. But he must take all factors into consideration. Would he be financially solvent if he moved?
Number of Images: 2

13. [Document, 1790 January 20]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
Date: January 20, 1790
Number of Images: 1

14. [Document, 1792 April 06]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
Date: April 06, 1792
Summary: Concerns probable plans for Essex.
Number of Images: 1

15. [Document, 1807 September 03]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
Date: September 03, 1807
Summary: Acknowledges her congratulations on Peter's marriage.
Number of Images: 1

16. [Document, 1811 August 19]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
Date: August 19, 1811
Summary: Family news.
Number of Images: 1

17. [Document, ante 1765 and 1780 January 1 - 1781 March 14]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Gérard, Conrad Alexandre, 1729-1790 (Addressee) Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee) Livingston, Susan (Addressee) Livingston, Susannah French, 1723-1789 (Addressee) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: ante 1765 and January 1, 1780 - March 14, 1781
Summary: John Jay's School Copybook (ante 1765) and Sarah Jay's Letterbook, 1 January 1780-14 March 1781. Paperbound copybook opening with eight leaves inscribed by John Jay, probably ante 1765, containing conjugations of French verbs and declensions of French...
Number of Images: 21

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1. [Document, 1779 February 27]

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4. [Document, 1781 April 23]

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6. [Document, 1781 September 28]

7. [Document, 1783 August 26]

8. [Document, 1783 December 24]

9. [Document, 1783 July 20]

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11. [Document, 1787 September 14]

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16. [Document, 1811 August 19]

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