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Document, 1779 July 03

1. Document, 1779 July 03

[Document, 1781 February 8]

2. [Document, 1781 February 8]

  • Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
  • Date: February 8, 1781
  • Summary: Chides Peter Augustus for forgetting to write his grandfather. Account of the battle between Morgan and Tarleton the preceding month, with losses stated. Report was made to Congress in a letter from General Greene.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1781 July 18]

3. [Document, 1781 July 18]

  • Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Jay, Sarah Livingston (Addressee) Livingston, Susan (Author)
  • Date: July 18, 1781
  • Summary: Text of letter written out for Peter by his aunt, Susan Livingston, but with a neatly printed signature which is presumably Peter's. Is learning his lessons well from his Aunt Susan. Aunt Catharine sends him books from Philadelphia. He has finished th...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1783 December 06]

4. [Document, 1783 December 06]

[Document, 1783 December 12]

5. [Document, 1783 December 12]

[Document, 1783 December 16]

6. [Document, 1783 December 16]

  • Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 16, 1783
  • Summary: Has received his letter and 2 boxes of pills and a paper with the account of the "self-created military knights." Desires to have a reading glass made. The instructions which Chase mentioned should have been accompanied with a commission to avoid dela...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1783 December 16]

7. [Document, 1783 December 16]

[Document, 1784 April 08]

8. [Document, 1784 April 08]

[Document, 1784 December 13]

9. [Document, 1784 December 13]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 13, 1784
  • Summary: He is worried lest the departure of the Elizabethtown schoolmaster retard Peter's learning Latin, which is essential to a gentleman aspiring to be a scholar. The language may be difficult but it is necessary to persevere--"in Play Hours, play with spi...
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1785 August 08]

10. [Document, 1785 August 08]

[Document, 1786 July 03]

11. [Document, 1786 July 03]

[Document, 1786 March 21]

12. [Document, 1786 March 21]

[Document, 1786 March 29]

13. [Document, 1786 March 29]

[Document, 1787 August 08]

14. [Document, 1787 August 08]

[Document, 1788 March 10]

15. [Document, 1788 March 10]

[Document, 1789 April 18]

16. [Document, 1789 April 18]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 18, 1789
  • Summary: Hopes his health continues to mend; Sara Livingston Jay is in Elizabeth and is quite sick. Permits him to return to New York this week so he may see the fireworks displayed for the arrival of General George Washington. Uncle Peter Munro consents to ha...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1790 December 04]

17. [Document, 1790 December 04]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 04, 1790
  • Summary: Received letter of 24 November; thanks him for his attention but observes the letter was written in too great haste. Hence the writing was poor, and he omitted answering a question. To avoid such an error in the future, mark the questions in another p...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1790 May 28

18. Document, 1790 May 28

[Document, 1791 n.d.]

19. [Document, 1791 n.d.]

[Document, 1791 November 12]

20. [Document, 1791 November 12]