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[Document, 1777 July 17]

1. [Document, 1777 July 17]

  • Name: Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 17, 1777
  • Summary: Discusses the retreat from Ticonderoga and Mt. Independence. Evacuation from Ticonderoga necessary as the men were new and untrained and communications nearly cut off by the siege of the enemy. Burgoyne returned to Ticonderoga. The Americans have left...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1777 July 17]

2. [Document, 1777 July 17]

  • Name: Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 17, 1777
  • Summary: Evacuation from Ticonderoga necessary as the men were new and untrained and communications nearly cut off by the siege of the enemy. Burgoyne returned to Ticonderoga. The Americans have left Fort George and hope to avoid being cut off by the Indians. ...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1780 February 20

3. Document, 1780 February 20

  • Name: Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823 (Author) Livingston, Susannah French (Addressee)
  • Date: 1780 February 20
  • Summary: Have met few people in Spain yet. Jay not recognized and we will not live too well until he is. Livingston writes of the numerous fleas and bad road conditions in Spain Have had no word from home since leaving. Sends love to th...
  • Number of Images: 0
[Document, 1780 February 21]

4. [Document, 1780 February 21]

Document, 1780 July 12

5. Document, 1780 July 12

[Document, 1781 April 18]

6. [Document, 1781 April 18]

  • Name: Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 18, 1781
  • Summary: Writes from Vittoria. Has been delayed on the road from Bordeaux by one accident or another. Autograph Letter signed with transcription.
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1781 April 4]

7. [Document, 1781 April 4]

  • Name: Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 4, 1781
  • Summary: Even if he can't find a companion, Livingston will set out from Bordeaux for Madrid during this week. He is impatient to return. Autographed letter signed and transcript.
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1781 February 1]

8. [Document, 1781 February 1]

  • Name: Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: February 1, 1781
  • Summary: Writes from L'Orient. Many American vessels are here, and three are ready to sail for Philadelphia. Colonel Palfrey is coming to France as Consul General. Mr. Wharton conjectures that Laurens' mission to France is for his father's exchange, while Colo...
  • Number of Images: 6
[Document, 1781 February 12]

9. [Document, 1781 February 12]

  • Name: Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: February 12, 1781
  • Summary: As soon as the wind shifts and the packets are delivered, Livingston will set out on his return from L'Orient. Description of L'Orient -- a better seaport than Nantes. Lafayette arrived from Bordeaux and will be ready to sail in 3 weeks with good supp...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1781 February 15]

10. [Document, 1781 February 15]

  • Name: Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: February 15, 1781
  • Summary: L'Orient is "the dullest town on this side of the Pyrenees." Has not been welcomed into any French homes, although Mr. Moylan has been very friendly. The great fleet from Brest will be ready to sail the middle of March. Jay should continue to send his...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1781 February 15]

11. [Document, 1781 February 15]

  • Name: Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823 (Author) Jay, Sarah Livingston (Addressee)
  • Date: February 15, 1781
  • Summary: Expresses anxiety at news of "Col. Livingston's" duel and uncertainty as to whether their brother William or another relative was involved. Has purchased the supplies Sally requested in L'Orient. Two page document and typescript.
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1781 February 28]

12. [Document, 1781 February 28]

  • Name: Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: February 28, 1781
  • Summary: Writes from Nantes. Ships finally left L'Orient. Doubts report of desertion of the whole Pennsylvania line amounting to 22,000 men. Rivington probably fabricated the whole affair in his paper. England has made overtures to France for a general truce o...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1781 February 3]

13. [Document, 1781 February 3]

  • Name: Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee) Livingston, Susan (Addressee)
  • Date: February 3, 1781
  • Summary: Writes from L'Orient. Tells his sisters not to envy the situation in Europe. Misses all his friends and family. Jay is very kind to him. French ladies are more attractive than the Spanish -- except for their excess use of rouge. Mrs. Jay is well. Asks...
  • Number of Images: 5
[Document, 1781 February 5]

14. [Document, 1781 February 5]

  • Name: Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: February 5, 1781
  • Summary: Autograph letter signed in cipher, with Jay's deciphering of the encoded passages. Vessels have not yet sailed from L'Orient because the wind still, blows from the west. Although Livingston does not doubt the honesty of the captains, he does not think...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1781 March 1]

15. [Document, 1781 March 1]

  • Name: Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823 (Author) Jay, Sarah Livingston (Addressee)
  • Date: March 1, 1781
  • Summary: Writes from Nantes. Mrs. Joshua Johnson has been too unwell to execute Sarah's commission, but she soon will. She has shown Brockholst a riding suit for Mrs. Bingham. "Our affairs must be in a promising train while the ladies can afford such extravaga...
  • Number of Images: 5
[Document, 1781 March 16]

16. [Document, 1781 March 16]

  • Name: Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: March 16, 1781
  • Summary: Will return from Bordeaux on the carriage from Bayonne. Some say that Holland has offered a million sterling to the French on the condition that France will send a fleet to protect their East India settlements. Other accounts say that England and Holl...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1781 March 17]

17. [Document, 1781 March 17]

  • Name: Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: March 17, 1781
  • Summary: Col. Laurens has arrived in L'Orient. Maryland has acceded to the Confederation. Virginia has given up her claims to the back lands, where two new states are to be formed. The army is completely reconciled. A gale of wind damaged the English fleet in ...
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1781 March 21]

18. [Document, 1781 March 21]

  • Name: Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: March 21, 1781
  • Summary: Remarks on writing letters. Has found Chambaud's exercises but has not been able to locate Buchan. Has sent letters from Susan and Kitty. Johnny has left the sea and written a journal of his adventures. Billy is no longer in the army.
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1781 March 5]

19. [Document, 1781 March 5]

  • Name: Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: March 5, 1781
  • Summary: Because of their clothing, the Pennsylvania troops determined to march home in body. They reached Princeton, where President of Congress Joseph Reed and Lafayette found means to appease them. It can be inferred that they returned. Enemy forces are sti...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1781 September 22]

20. [Document, 1781 September 22]