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[Document, 1778 December 18]

1. [Document, 1778 December 18]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 18, 1778
  • Summary: Thanks Livingston for his congratulations at Jay's being elected President of Congress. Glad that New Jersey is now undertaking naval operations. Sends the Commission's instructions and bonds.
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[Document, 1779 April 07]

2. [Document, 1779 April 07]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 07, 1779
  • Summary: Sends Livingston two acts of Congress: 1. one of March 23 regulating the clothing department. 2. one of April 5 providing for pay of officers employed in the department. The men will be appointed by the several states and paid by them. Hopes the acts ...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1779 April 23]

3. [Document, 1779 April 23]

  • Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 23, 1779
  • Summary: Livingston sends a letter to be filed with the papers of the Continental Congress. 2 August 1775. Dartmouth to Earl of Dunmore: Dunmore is now returning to England. Earlier had proposed to form a force of Indians and Negroes sufficient to subdue the r...
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[Document, 1779 June 07]

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[Document, 1779 June 16]

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[Document, 1779 June 29]

6. [Document, 1779 June 29]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
  • Date: June 29, 1779
  • Summary: Sends two copies of acts of Congress of June 28: 1. directions on how to fill vacancies in regiments raised by states for the continental Army; 2. directing the states to bill up their battalions as quickly as possible.
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[Document, 1779 May 10]

7. [Document, 1779 May 10]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
  • Date: May 10, 1779
  • Summary: Communicated Livingston's letter of May 8 and his memorial to Congress and sends him their resolution in reply. Also sends a copy of an act of Congress of May 5 for facilitating the settlement of the late Commissary General Trumbull's and other public...
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Document, 1779 September 20

8. Document, 1779 September 20

  • Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1779 September 20
  • Summary: Encloses: James Tagart to William A. Livingston, 30 Aug. 1779; William A. Livingston to William Livingston, 8 Sept. 1779. As he is unacquainted with Tagart, thinks it best to refer his request for a pass to Congress. Thinks it ...
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Document, 1780 July 12

9. Document, 1780 July 12

[Document, 1781 August 21]

10. [Document, 1781 August 21]

  • Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, Sarah Livingston (Addressee)
  • Date: August 21, 1781
  • Summary: "Duplicate" autograph letter signed. Robert Morris is in charge of finance, and there are high hopes that he will put them on an even keel. The British have lost all of their possessions in South Carolina except Charleston, and in Georgia, they hold o...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1781 January 14]

11. [Document, 1781 January 14]

  • Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: January 14, 1781
  • Summary: Sweet Catalog #141, item 89. Description of autograph letter signed. Military successes in South. Mutiny of Pennsylvania line. Description of mutineers' march to Princeton. General Clinton's attempts to take advantage of situation. Spies sent to mutin...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1782 October 13]

12. [Document, 1782 October 13]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
  • Date: October 13, 1782
  • Summary: Maria was very ill but is now recovered. All the Jays have been quite ill. Jay still has little strength and a pain in his breast. France is a nice country, almost as nice as the U.S. Art has done more for France and nature for the U.S. Summer cool he...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1783 June 23]

13. [Document, 1783 June 23]

  • Name: Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
  • Date: June 23, 1783
  • Summary: Describes the movement of the army against Congress in Philadelphia. The Congressmen finally allowed to leave unmolested when General St. Clair got the soldiers to return to their barracks. No aid received from militia of Pennsylvania. The Congress wa...
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[Document, 1783 May 21]

14. [Document, 1783 May 21]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
  • Date: May 21, 1783
  • Summary: Will send seeds in the fall. Wants Livingston to take care of Peter. None of the Jays too well. Spain was especially bad for them. The boundaries of the states should be settled. Our credit must be restored. Europe especially skeptical on this point. ...
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[Document, 1785 April 01]

15. [Document, 1785 April 01]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 01, 1785
  • Summary: Has purchased a cask of sherry for Livingston. Sends a book for Peter. Does not think he will find it interesting but should find this out for himself.
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[Document, 1785 April 28]

16. [Document, 1785 April 28]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 28, 1785
  • Summary: Sends Livingston a copy of an act of Congress of 18 April recognizing Herman Le Roy as Consul for New York and New Jersey and Calling on those states to furnish him with his notification of quality.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1785 April 28]

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[Document, 1785 February 12]

18. [Document, 1785 February 12]

  • Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: February 12, 1785
  • Summary: Congratulates Jay on his appointment as Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Looks forward to corresponding with Jay. Is sending a copy of the laws of his state and will send copies of laws as they are passed in the future.
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[Document, 1785 June 14]

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Document, 1785 March 21

20. Document, 1785 March 21

  • Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Stewart, Charles (Addressee)
  • Date: 1785 March 21
  • Summary: Hopes that Stewart will drop his support of Livingston's candidacy for minister to the Hague. Outlines his reasons for declining the prospective honor: advanced age and feeling of obligation to the state of N.J.C. Enclosure in ...
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