The papers of John Jay

21. [Document, 1738 March 23]

Name: Jones, John (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: March 23, 1738
Summary: Hopes boat has been delivered to Jay. Wants to be of service to Jay and his friends. Son coming to New York; wishes he will not go to Guiana.
Number of Images: 1

22. [Document, 1738 November 03]

Name: Jones, John (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: November 03, 1738
Summary: Received the biscuit. Observed the mistake in the lining, and will fix it. Will build the best yawl (boat) he can. Sends greetings to Peter Jay's wife and the members of the French Club.
Number of Images: 1

23. [Document, 1738 November 09]

Name: Bayard, Balthazar (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: November 09, 1738
Summary: Would be glad to carry on a small trade from Boston to New York, if he can be of service to Peter Jay. Bayard's brother James was to arrive from St. Christopher, but has not arrived. Has heard of a hurricane and fears bad news, either for his brother ...
Number of Images: 2

24. [Document, 1739 April 23]

Name: Jones, John (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: April 23, 1739
Summary: Glad Jay likes the boat and wants to hear how it will sail. Please send cash to Boston. Mentions high price of flour and wheat. When in season, wishes to have a dozen watermelons from New York, as they are superior to Boston's.
Number of Images: 1

25. [Document, 1739 December 06]

Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: December 06, 1739
Summary: Apologizes for delay in writing. Is sorry for Peter Jay's "dark apprehensions about P.Q." If he should need a lawyer, Mr. Fitch of Norwalk is the best. Augustus suffers from a burn on his face, but apparently it is not serious and is expected to heal ...
Number of Images: 2

26. [Document, 1739 December 14]

Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: December 14, 1739
Summary: Augustus's face is healing well and is not likely to be much scarred. Mr. Rutgers' son Antony, who was also burned by the gunpowder explosion, is healing, and can see well, although his eyes are still weak.
Number of Images: 1

27. [Document, 1739 December 29]

Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: December 29, 1739
Summary: Augustus is improving in both reading and writing "if not so fast as we could wish, perhaps as fast as can be expected from his bird-witted humour. "Recommends his son-in-law, Benny Nicoll, who wishes to continue his legal studies in New York, to Pete...
Number of Images: 1

28. [Document, 1739 July 12]

Name: Jones, John (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: July 12, 1739
Summary: Received thirteen French pistols from Captain Bosch; sold them at the highest price possible. Has heard from his son John in Barbados, on his way to South Carolina. Hopes his and Jay's accounts agree.
Number of Images: 1

29. [Document, 1739 July 27]

Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: July 27, 1739
Summary: Repeats his condolences on the blindness of Peter Jay's children. Reports that Augustus has been told that it is likely his brother and sister would never see again. Samuel Johnson hopes that the extra help Augustus is getting in reading from a woman ...
Number of Images: 1

30. [Document, 1739 June 19]

Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: June 19, 1739
Summary: Letter to console Peter Jay on the blindness of his children Ann and Peter. Reports that Augustus is doing well.
Number of Images: 2

31. [Document, 1740 August 21]

Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: August 21, 1740
Summary: Introduces Mr. Ellery of Hartford, the son-in-law of Mr. Austin of Hartford, and recommends him as a diligent young gentlemen and a customer who pays his debts "as promptly as he bargains." "Mr. Gustey" continues as before. Sends condolences on the de...
Number of Images: 1

32. [Document, 1740 May 27]

Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: May 27, 1740
Summary: Messrs. Sheerwood and Winmar, who are the bearers of this letter, have caught the robber who stole plate from the Jewish Synagogue in New York. Jay, being an Alderman of New York, is the most likely person Johnson knows who can negotiate the return of...
Number of Images: 1

33. [Document, 1741 April 13]

Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: April 13, 1741
Summary: Is sorry he cannot give as advantageous an account of Augustus's progress as he had hoped. Augustus is somewhat better, however, for he and Mrs. Johnson have taken more pains to teach him than one of their own children. Peter Jay must decide whether o...
Number of Images: 2

34. [Document, 1741 May 12]

Name: Van Cortlandt, James (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: May 12, 1741
Summary: Binds James Van Cortlandt as apprentice to Peter Jay for seven years to learn "the Art and Mystery of a Merchant." Witnessed by John Pintard and Joseph Robinson.
Number of Images: 2

35. [Document, 1741 September 17]

Name: Johnson, Samuel (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: September 17, 1741
Summary: Is glad to hear that Peter Jay has found Augustus improved in his learning. Is returning the Roman Antiquities and Ovid, but wishes to keep the Greek Antiquities and Terence a little longer. Acknowledges that Peter Jay has paid him in full. Is sorry t...
Number of Images: 1

36. [Document, 1741 September 25]

Name: Dean, Thomas (Author) Jay, Peter (Author)
Date: September 25, 1741
Summary: Agreement Concerning making a frame for a store house.
Number of Images: 2

37. [Document, 1742 August 20]

Name: Jones, John (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: August 20, 1742
Summary: Dined with the Messrs. Peloquin three days before he left Bristol, and found all well.
Number of Images: 1

38. [Document, 1742 October 01]

Name: Jones, John (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: October 01, 1742
Summary: Is sorry to hear about the blindness of Jay's two children. Hopes to pay a visit to New York next summer. Sale of goods is at a standstill in Boston. People seem to be concentrating on building ships. Wonders if Jay has heard any rumors of a war with ...
Number of Images: 1

39. [Document, 1743 November 09]

Name: Hoffman, Martin (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
Date: November 09, 1743
Summary: Concerns a copper mine on the lands of Mr. Philips.
Number of Images: 1

40. [Document, 1747 April 20]

Name: Jay, Peter (Author)
Date: April 20, 1747
Summary: Notes dealing with the rental of properties at Bedford, rental of Peter Jay's house to Colonel Frederick Philipse, and with the purchase of ironware. In Jay's hand. Copy. Noted at the bottom of the sheet are the names "Isaacs Abraham -Jacob - Michael ...
Number of Images: 1

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