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[Document, 1780 April 03]

1. [Document, 1780 April 03]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Littlepage, Lewis, 1762-1802 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 03, 1780
  • Summary: Jay will be happy to receive Littlepage. Cautions him about conditions in Spain and offers to pay the expenses of his journey. Enclosure: 8 May 1780. Fears that his first letter from Aranjuez has not arrived and sends a duplicate.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1780 August 19]

2. [Document, 1780 August 19]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Littlepage, Lewis, 1762-1802 (Addressee)
  • Date: August 19, 1780
  • Summary: Jay advises Little page to stay longer in Bordeaux and acquire proficiency in French. The language will be very useful to him, and he should "do nothing by halves." "You have a wide and glorious field before you, and virtue, learning, and prudence wil...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1780 August 30]

3. [Document, 1780 August 30]

  • Name: Littlepage, Lewis, 1762-1802 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: August 30, 1780
  • Summary: Little page has been very ill with fever, and he has been unable to proceed to Madrid. Because of his illness he left the French family. He feels that his knowledge of French is sufficient. "The happiness of being in any degree useful to my counts is ...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1780 July 15]

4. [Document, 1780 July 15]

  • Name: Littlepage, Lewis, 1762-1802 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 15, 1780
  • Summary: Littlepage is bored with his residence in a provincial household after living in a city. He could not find the memoirs of Noailles and is now reading about the history of France. Has read some of Voltaire's works and a few moral and political performa...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1780 June 16]

5. [Document, 1780 June 16]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Littlepage, Lewis, 1762-1802 (Addressee)
  • Date: June 16, 1780
  • Summary: Jay is pleased that Little page is staying with a French gentleman and will learn pronunciation as well as grammar. He should read French books that will lead him to "a knowledge of mankind." He should read history and memoirs, particularly those of t...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1780 March 10]

6. [Document, 1780 March 10]

  • Name: Littlepage, Lewis, 1762-1802 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: March 10, 1780
  • Summary: Littlepage did not contact Jay in America after Thomas Adams recommended him because of poor health. After he heard that Jay had left but was willing to take care of him, he followed Jay in a ship bound for Bordeaux. Bad weather forced a landing in Na...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1780 May 03]

7. [Document, 1780 May 03]

  • Name: Littlepage, Lewis, 1762-1802 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: May 03, 1780
  • Summary: Will leave for Madrid shortly. His long stay at Nantes, due to Bonfield's affairs, was expensive and prevented Littlepage from studying the language intensively. He does not need Jay's help in financing the journey as he has letters of credit at Nante...
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1780 May 30]

8. [Document, 1780 May 30]

  • Name: Littlepage, Lewis, 1762-1802 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: May 30, 1780
  • Summary: Bonfield has informed Littlepage that he received a letter from Jay with permission for Littlepage to remain some time longer in France. He has been unable to study French intensively. He is going to reside at the country home of a gentleman, where it...
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1780 September 26]

9. [Document, 1780 September 26]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Littlepage, Lewis, 1762-1802 (Addressee)
  • Date: September 26, 1780
  • Summary: Record of cash paid on Littlepage's account in this period. Indebtedness totals $594/9. Autograph Document in Jay's hand, endorsed by Jay.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1781 August 20]

10. [Document, 1781 August 20]

[Document, 1781 August 6]

11. [Document, 1781 August 6]

  • Name: Littlepage, Lewis, 1762-1802 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: August 6, 1781
  • Summary: Account and receipt of Littlepage's tailor for 1034. Littlepage has written on the account: "Mr. Jay will be pleased to pay the account and charge it to Littlepage."
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1781 December 07]

12. [Document, 1781 December 07]

  • Name: Littlepage, Lewis, 1762-1802 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 07, 1781
  • Summary: Littlepage contends that he has been economical. He has inherited money, and his resources do not principally come from his uncle and other friends. Jay was to act as Littlepage's friend and not as his banker. "Could my worthy uncle but know that for ...
  • Number of Images: 11
[Document, 1781 December 13]

13. [Document, 1781 December 13]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Littlepage, Lewis, 1762-1802 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 13, 1781
  • Summary: Expresses extreme displeasure over Littlepage's letter of the 25th November. "Were you not in the distress you mention, the indecencies which mark both of these letters would be insuperable obstacles to any further correspondence or connection between...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1781 December 29]

14. [Document, 1781 December 29]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Littlepage, Lewis, 1762-1802 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 29, 1781
  • Summary: When Littlepage came to Europe, Jay did not know that he was his only friend. He had expected to be reimbursed for his expenditures from time to time. States his arguments respecting Littlepage's joining the expedition of the Duke de Crillon. Refutes ...
  • Number of Images: 8
[Document, 1781 July 19]

15. [Document, 1781 July 19]

  • Name: Littlepage, Lewis, 1762-1802 (Author) Harrison, Richard, 1750-1841 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 19, 1781
  • Summary: Copy in Jay's hand endorsed: "Copy of Mr. Littlepage's bill returned to Mr. Harrison at Cadiz in my [Jay's] letter to him of 6 November 1781." Littlepage's bill is dated 19 July. Since Littlepage had a credit of no more than 150 hard dollars, Jay did ...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1781 July 20]

16. [Document, 1781 July 20]

  • Name: Littlepage, Lewis, 1762-1802 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 20, 1781
  • Summary: "Finding the expenses of my voyage likely to exceed my expectations, I have thought it most prudent to borrow fifty dollars more from Mr. Harrison."
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1781 July 20]

17. [Document, 1781 July 20]

  • Name: Littlepage, Lewis, 1762-1802 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 20, 1781
  • Summary: Littlepage is surprised that Jay did not answer his letters, but Mr. Harrison has advanced him the necessary funds. Litttlepage will embark this evening. Has drawn a bill on Jay for the money and may need to apply to him for more.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1781 July 3]

18. [Document, 1781 July 3]

  • Name: Littlepage, Lewis, 1762-1802 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 3, 1781
  • Summary: Has arrived at Cadiz and has been appointed Aide-de-Camp to the General. Requests that the credit which Jay established for him with Mr. Harrison be doubled because of his large expenses.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1781 July 6]

19. [Document, 1781 July 6]

  • Name: Littlepage, Lewis, 1762-1802 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 6, 1781
  • Summary: Is very pleased with his situation at Cadiz. The destination of the fleet is still unknown. States addresses that Jay requested. Repeats the requests contained in his previous letter.
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1781 June 15]

20. [Document, 1781 June 15]

  • Name: Littlepage, Lewis, 1762-1802 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: June 15, 1781
  • Summary: In spite of Jay's advice, Littlepage is determined to accompany the Duke of Crillon in the ensuing campaign. This will be a way of learning Spanish and of acquiring experience which may one day prove beneficial. Littlepage accuses Carmichael of trying...
  • Number of Images: 2