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Document, 1776 July 28

1. Document, 1776 July 28

Livingston, Catharine

1. Document, 1776 July 28

  • Name: Livingston, Catharine; Jay, John, 1745-1829
  • Date: 1776 July 28
  • Summary: Typescript. Personal letter. Mentions that the surrounding area is filled with troops.
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1776 November 08

2. Document, 1776 November 08

Jay, John, 1745-1829

2. Document, 1776 November 08

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829; Livingston, Catharine
  • Date: 1776 November 08
  • Summary: Jay's father's family now at Fill Kill. Sally in better health than before. The British are retreating to more advantageous quarters (less mountainous country). Brockholst at Livingston manor before Sally left and in very good ...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1777 December 21

3. Document, 1777 December 21

Jay, John, 1745-1829

3. Document, 1777 December 21

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829; Livingston, Catharine
  • Date: 1777 December 21
  • Summary: Glad that their son is with Kitty and her family where he can be cared for while he is not well. Hopes that they will not indulge him; it would be unfortunate to encourage him in passions which he will have to unlearn later in ...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1777 January 20

4. Document, 1777 January 20

Jay, John, 1745-1829

4. Document, 1777 January 20

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829; Livingston, Catharine
  • Date: 1777 January 20
  • Summary: Mrs. Jay says to tell Kitty she is very well. John Jay says she is much better and almost over her rheumatism. She has learned to spin on the great wheel and exercises her fingers. She will give proof of her improvement by writ...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1777 November 01

5. Document, 1777 November 01

Livingston, Catharine

5. Document, 1777 November 01

  • Name: Livingston, Catharine; Livingston, Susan; Jay, John, 1745-1829; Jay, Sarah Livingston
  • Date: 1777 November 01
  • Summary: Post irregular; some shipments of personal effects presumed lost. Action of troops in the area. Neither the Whigs nor Tories like the articles of capitulation published in the London papers. Peter to be inoculated against small...
  • Number of Images: 4
Document, 1777 November 21

6. Document, 1777 November 21

Livingston, Catharine

6. Document, 1777 November 21

  • Name: Livingston, Catharine; Jay, John, 1745-1829; Jay, Sarah Livingston
  • Date: 1777 November 21
  • Summary: Fort Mifflin surrendered and all our troops escaped after setting fire to the barracks. General Washington reinforced with 2,500 troops. Philadelphia has lent General Howe 20,000 pounds and he has given the old money of Pennsyl...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1777 November n.d.

7. Document, 1777 November n.d.

Livingston, Catharine

7. Document, 1777 November n.d.

  • Name: Livingston, Catharine; Jay, Sarah Livingston
  • Date: 1777 November n.d.
  • Summary: Peter has had a light case of small pox. P. Troop has taken the oath to the state and has been released from his miserable imprisonment. Betsey Livingston and Captain Dandridge are to be married soon. Trade with enemy continues...
  • Number of Images: 3
Document, 1779 December 12-...

8. Document, 1779 December 12-1781 March 14

Jay, Sarah Livingston

8. Document, 1779 December 12-1781 March 14

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston; Jay, Peter; Livingston, Catharine; Livingston, Susan; Livingston, Susannah French; Livingston, William, 1723-1790
  • Date: 1779 December 12 - 1781 March 14
  • Summary: Volume of manuscript copies of nine letters from Mrs. Jay to members of her family, 12 December 1779- 14 March 1781, prepared by her older sister, Catharine Livingston. The unnumbered pages preceding the letters' texts contain ...
  • Number of Images: 99
Document, 1779 December 26

9. Document, 1779 December 26

Livingston, Catharine

9. Document, 1779 December 26

  • Name: Livingston, Catharine; Jay, Sarah Livingston
  • Date: 1779 December 26
  • Summary: Gives a list of the winter quarters of the American troops. Well situated and more troops than at any time before. Mrs. Washington goes to camp tomorrow to meet the General. Christmas dinner with her.
  • Number of Images: 0
Document, 1779 February 27

10. Document, 1779 February 27

Jay, John, 1745-1829

10. Document, 1779 February 27

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829; Livingston, Catharine
  • Date: 1779 February 27
  • Summary: Happy that Sally has been in better health. Hopes to have a house soon so Sally can come to Philadelphia. Attention should be paid to the health and constitution of Jay's son. Sorry to hear that Kitty's mother is not well. The ...
  • Number of Images: 3
Document, 1780 April 26

11. Document, 1780 April 26

Livingston, Catharine

11. Document, 1780 April 26

  • Name: Livingston, Catharine; Jay, Sarah Livingston
  • Date: 1780 April 26
  • Summary:
  • Number of Images: 4
Document, 1780 December 01

12. Document, 1780 December 01

Jay, Sarah Livingston

12. Document, 1780 December 01

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston; Livingston, Catharine
  • Date: 1780 December 01
  • Summary: Praises Kitty for her faithfulness in writing and criticizes the silence of family and friends. Hopes that the "bets" between Kitty and the Chevalier are "considerable" since Kitty is certainly entitled to the "stakes." Sends h...
  • Number of Images: 4
Document, 1780 December 17

13. Document, 1780 December 17

Jay, John, 1745-1829

13. Document, 1780 December 17

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829; Livingston, Catharine
  • Date: 1780 December 17
  • Summary: Jay has received no mail for a long time. Everyone talking about Arnold. Brockholst in Bilbao. Asks about his little boy.
  • Number of Images: 0
Document, 1780 November 23

14. Document, 1780 November 23

Jay, John, 1745-1829

14. Document, 1780 November 23

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829; Livingston, Catharine
  • Date: 1780 November 23
  • Summary: Carnegie Book Shop Catalogue (1973). Complains about the lack of mail. Has requested R. Morris to give K. 20 pounds sterling. Cautions that his son is to be treated as a boy and should begin to learn to read. Do not let him be ...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1780 November n.d.

15. Document, 1780 November n.d.

Jay, John, 1745-1829

15. Document, 1780 November n.d.

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829; Livingston, Catharine
  • Date: 1780 November n.d.
  • Summary:
  • Number of Images: 4
Document, 1780 September 19

16. Document, 1780 September 19

Jay, John, 1745-1829

16. Document, 1780 September 19

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829; Livingston, Catharine
  • Date: 1780 September 19
  • Summary: Expresses esteem and affection. Sally (Sarah Livingston Jay) is in Madrid. They hope to be able to come back to America soon. He often thinks of their pleasant times together in Philadelphia but does not wish to put her (Cather...
  • Number of Images: 0
Document, 1781 February 3

17. Document, 1781 February 3

Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823

17. Document, 1781 February 3

  • Name: Livingston, Brockholst, 1757-1823; Livingston, Catharine; Livingston, Susan
  • Date: 1781 February 3
  • 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...
  • Number of Images: 5
Document, 1781 July 22

18. Document, 1781 July 22

Jay, Sarah Livingston

18. Document, 1781 July 22

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston; Livingston, Catharine
  • Date: 1781 July 22
  • Summary: Autograph Letter, lacking its last page and signature. Received Kitty's letter of 6 June and Susan's of 27 May. All of her sisters' letters have reached her. Glad that Kitty has decided to leave Elizabethtown -- wishes "the res...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1781 July 25

19. Document, 1781 July 25

Jay, Sarah Livingston

19. Document, 1781 July 25

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston; Livingston, Catharine
  • Date: 1781 July 25
  • Summary: Often Carmichael does not inform the Jays of vessels sailing from Cadiz, and their letters often miss the sailings as a result. "I've already explained to you my ideas of that gentleman and of his conduct towards us has not cea...
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1781 March 29

20. Document, 1781 March 29

Livingston, Catharine

20. Document, 1781 March 29

  • Name: Livingston, Catharine; Jay, John, 1745-1829
  • Date: 1781 March 29
  • Summary: Document and typescript. Acknowledges receipt of his letter of 19 September. Assures him that Peter Augustus is well. Frederick Jay will take him to visit Jay's father in the spring. Recounts wedding of Henry Beekman Livingston...
  • Number of Images: 10