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[Document, 1784 n.d.]

61. [Document, 1784 n.d.]

[Document, 1784 November 28]

62. [Document, 1784 November 28]

[Document, 1785 September 21]

63. [Document, 1785 September 21]

[Document, 1786 May 05]

64. [Document, 1786 May 05]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: May 05, 1786
  • Summary: She and the children are delighted at being in the country. She is happy that Peter begins to recover, and was touched to hear of Jay's attentions to him.
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1787 August n.d.]

65. [Document, 1787 August n.d.]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1787 August n.d.
  • Summary: While out riding she amused herself with an idea to meet him on his journey from Rye to New York. How is the family? She is feeling better, but misses him and the children.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1787 March 22]

66. [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 27]

67. [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, 1788 July 07]

68. [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 June 19]

69. [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]

70. [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 13

71. Document, 1789 February 13

[Document, 1790 April 23]

72. [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]

73. [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 May 10]

74. [Document, 1790 May 10]

[Document, 1790 May 13]

75. [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]

76. [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 November 03]

77. [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]

78. [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
[Document, 1790 November 14]

79. [Document, 1790 November 14]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: November 14, 1790
  • Summary: She is pleased with a dinner party she gave to Governor Langdon, the Rufus? Kings and the Daltons. Family news.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1790 November 28]

80. [Document, 1790 November 28]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: November 28, 1790
  • Summary: Nancy Jay is ill with the "putrid sore throat", the family doctor has suggested a consultation, which was had with Dr. Bard. The child is a little better. Other family news.
  • Number of Images: 2