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[Document, 1817 September 21]

61. [Document, 1817 September 21]

  • Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: September 21, 1817
  • Summary: Writes from Portsmouth, New Hampshire. News of his trip with sisters Maria and Sally through New England. Journey from Albany to Bennington, visit to Green Mountains. Governor. Tichenor. Describes Portsmouth. Leave for Boston tomorrow.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1818 April 13]

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[Document, 1818 March 23]

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[Document, 1820 July 04]

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[Document, 1820 November 07]

65. [Document, 1820 November 07]

  • Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
  • Date: November 07, 1820
  • Summary: William asks Peter's advice on the handling of an insolvency case pending before him. He explains that he does not want the rights and interests of others to be sacrificed because of his own inexperience. And he says that as far as he can ascertain, t...
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1820 October 08]

66. [Document, 1820 October 08]

  • Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: October 08, 1820
  • Summary: Account of his journey from New York. Tells of the improvement in travelling facilities between Turin and Albany, and of the post coaches now used for journeys between Albany and Utica. The fare for the latter trip is only $2.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1820 October 15]

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[Document, 1822 April 23]

68. [Document, 1822 April 23]

[Document, 1822 November 25]

69. [Document, 1822 November 25]

  • Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: November 25, 1822
  • Summary: Family news. Tells of a horse race in which the "Virginia horse" forfeited $5,000 because of lameness.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1824 August 25]

70. [Document, 1824 August 25]

  • Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: August 25, 1824
  • Summary: Has arrived after a pleasant journey, having first visited Newark and Queenstown in Canada. No adequate idea of the resources and prosperity of the state can be had without visiting the western counties. In the 87 miles from Rochester there are only 6...
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1824 August 25]

71. [Document, 1824 August 25]

  • Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: August 25, 1824
  • Summary: Has arrived after a pleasant journey, having first visited Newark and Queenstown in Canada. No adequate idea of the resources and prosperity of the state can be had without visiting the western counties. In the 87 miles from Rochester there are only 6...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1825 May 31]

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[Document, 1826 December 13]

73. [Document, 1826 December 13]

[Document, 1826 July 17]

74. [Document, 1826 July 17]

  • Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Webster, Noah, 1758-1843 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 17, 1826
  • Summary: Since placing his name on the subscription list for six copies of his dictionary, it has occurred to his father that advance payment might be convenient. Webster is therefore at liberty to draw on Peter A. Jay in New York for $120, but it would give J...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1826 June 22]

75. [Document, 1826 June 22]

  • Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Holmes, Abiel, 1763-1837 (Addressee) Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: June 22, 1826
  • Summary: 22 June, to Abiel Holmes. Writes for his father, whose health renders correspondence difficult. Has received his letter with the memoir through Pickering. Is unacquainted with the journal and manuscripts of Judge Dana and is unable to judge the authen...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1826 March 03]

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[Document, 1826 March 14]

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[Document, 1826 September 23]

78. [Document, 1826 September 23]

[Document, 1827 August 09]

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[Document, 1827 December n.d.]

80. [Document, 1827 December n.d.]

  • Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Platt, Jonas, 1769-1834 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1827 December n.d.
  • Summary: John Jay requests that Platt be informed that although he does not doubt the testimony of Judge Benson in the case of Mr. Astor, he does not now remember seeing the papers in question. On his return from Europe in 1784 he heard of the marriage settlem...
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