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[Document, 1787 March 22]

221. [Document, 1787 March 22]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: March 22, 1787
  • Summary: Misses her husband; feels he is essential for her happiness. Kitty (Catherine Livingston) received a letter from her friend (Matthew Ridley?) whose sister is too ill to be left. If John Jay cannot come on Saturday to fetch her because his brother is s...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1787 May 20]

222. [Document, 1787 May 20]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Jay, Sarah Livingston (Addressee)
  • Date: May 20, 1787
  • Summary: Been in Rye with Peter and Nancy. In Bedford at the farm to oversee construction, which goes slower than he had hoped.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1787 May 27]

223. [Document, 1787 May 27]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: May 27, 1787
  • Summary: The family are well; Mr. Meredith called and informed her that even if Jay were in New York he could not do much official business for the next few weeks. She will try to have the cleaning completed so that she can join Jay at Rye, as his family reque...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1787 n.d.]

224. [Document, 1787 n.d.]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Jay, Sarah Livingston (Addressee)
  • Date: 1787 n.d.
  • Summary: Arrived there on Saturday, laid low by dysentery, hopes to continue on to Rye on Saturday. The next day Jay opened the letter to include a note that he would not go on to Rye on Saturday, as doctor felt he should not do so.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1788 April 17]

225. [Document, 1788 April 17]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Livingston, Susannah French, 1723-1789 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 17, 1788
  • Summary: On Monday, General Clarkson asked if he could borrow a sword, as the rioters were on their way to jail to free the prisoners and to tear in pieces the doctors confined there. Mr. Jay went as well, and someone threw a stone and hit him in the forehead,...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1788 July 01]

226. [Document, 1788 July 01]

[Document, 1788 July 07]

227. [Document, 1788 July 07]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 07, 1788
  • Summary: Glad she had already done what John Jay had asked for Peter's education: that he study and draw and shoot and fish. Mr. Wright has been too ill to attend his school. Last week went and saw the servants were usefully employed. Mr. Collis does not have ...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1788 July 30]

228. [Document, 1788 July 30]

[Document, 1788 June 19]

229. [Document, 1788 June 19]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: June 19, 1788
  • Summary: Family letter: Sarah and children are visiting the Livingstons in New Jersey. Children and grandparents well. "An Address to the Inhabitants of New York" has been well received in New Jersey and John Jay has not lost credit for it, even though it was ...
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1788 June 25]

230. [Document, 1788 June 25]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: June 25, 1788
  • Summary: Recounts antics of children at grandparents' home in New Jersey --as "gay as youth, health and innocence can make them." All the family misses John Jay. Mrs. Jay's narrow escape from dropsy. (Her mother's diagnosis.) Family gossip. Congratulates him u...
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1789 February 20]

231. [Document, 1789 February 20]

  • Name: Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818 (Author) Jay, Sarah Livingston (Addressee)
  • Date: February 20, 1789
  • Summary: Thanks Mrs. Jay for her hospitality during Mrs. A's visit to New York. Presents her compliments to various members of the family. Hopes that Mrs. J's health has improved.
  • Number of Images: 5
[Document, 1790 April 23]

232. [Document, 1790 April 23]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 23, 1790
  • Summary: She is anxious to hear from him since she heard of the bad weather and the influenza epidemic at Hartford. General Washington has gone to Long Island to spend a week. Last Thursday she and the girls visited with Mrs. Washington, and spent a full day w...
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1790 December 01]

233. [Document, 1790 December 01]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 01, 1790
  • Summary: Nancy begins to recover. She is sorry over the deaths of the past year, of which the most recent is "uncle R. Livingston".
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1790 February 07]

234. [Document, 1790 February 07]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Symmes, Susan Livingston (Addressee)
  • Date: February 07, 1790
  • Summary: Sorry to hear Susan is still in low spirits. Although they have all had to deal with much in the last few months, they must try to bear up under the burden. It is Susan's duty to console their declining father. When he dies it will help to be able to ...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1790 May 10]

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[Document, 1790 May 13]

236. [Document, 1790 May 13]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: May 13, 1790
  • Summary: She has been taken ill [probably with influenza], and her letters are being forwarded to John Jay under a franked envelope of Mr. Dalton, who was to visit her with his wife.
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1790 May 15]

237. [Document, 1790 May 15]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: May 15, 1790
  • Summary: Family recovering. Offer to purchase a farm from John Jay at Haverstraw. President is ill. Social news. Isn't Jay fearful of leaving her sole mistress for so long? Not a single member of Adams family called upon her in his absence.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1790 n.d.]

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[Document, 1790 November 03]

239. [Document, 1790 November 03]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: November 03, 1790
  • Summary: The children continue well; William is playful as a kitten. Peter is just returned from Rye by the river and left the family in good health. Shetfield Clarkson married Miss Van Horne and went to the Van Cortlandt's place for a week. Last week went to ...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1790 November 10]

240. [Document, 1790 November 10]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: November 10, 1790
  • Summary: She entertained the family of General Henry Knox, who were prevented from setting out because of the bad weather.
  • Number of Images: 1