The papers of John Jay

[Document, 1786 August 09]

1. [Document, 1786 August 09]

Name: Lawrence, Richard (Author) United States. Continental Congress (Addressee)
Date: August 09, 1786
Summary: There are five petitioners, all former loyalists, who in some manner were concerned with the British forces, or the British civilian government of New York. Sued by neighbors according to the provisions of the Trespass act of New York, they bring thei...
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[Document, 1797 February 09]

2. [Document, 1797 February 09]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Lawrence, Richard (Addressee)
Date: February 09, 1797
Summary: The refugees which Providence has delivered to New York State are to be the beneficiaries of the relief measures passed by New York. To include others would be to encourage migration to New York from those states which have not passed similar relief l...
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[Document, 1797 February 24]

3. [Document, 1797 February 24]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Lawrence, Richard (Addressee)
Date: February 24, 1797
Summary: Thanks him for contacting Peter Williams. If four French families he mentioned arrived from overseas at New York, there can be no reasonable objection to extending relief to them.
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[Document, 1797 January 23]

4. [Document, 1797 January 23]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Lawrence, Richard (Addressee)
Date: January 23, 1797
Summary: Encloses warrant to obtain funds for relief of the Santo Domingo refugees. Admonished Lawrence that in utilizing these funds only that refugees who were residents on date of enactment are covered. Should the French Republic have made provision for the...
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[Document, 1797 January 27]

5. [Document, 1797 January 27]

Name: Lawrence, Richard (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: January 27, 1797
Summary: Despite the difficulties involved in the commission to dispense funds to the refugees, he will undertake to handle this matter as it is in the interest of humanity. Regrets that the terms of the grant preclude extension of relief to those arriving in ...
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[Document, 1798 January 06]

6. [Document, 1798 January 06]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Lawrence, Richard (Addressee)
Date: January 06, 1798
Summary: Requests information on the condition and number of the St. Domingo refugees; also requests to see Lawrence's account of expenditures for them before here ports to the Legislature.
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