The papers of John Jay

1. [Document, 1774 January 31]

Name: Jay, Peter (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: January 31, 1774
Summary: Despite the fact that they have not met Sarah Livingston, Peter Jay and his wife concur in Jay's selection of a wife and send best wishes for their happiness.
Number of Images: 1

2. [Document, 1777 March 03]

Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: March 03, 1777
Summary: Master Peter has departed, "one of his grandfathers will go home with a heavy heart" on account of his being gone. General Howe lately arrived at Brunswick and enemy reinforced with 3-4,000 men. They will probably make a bold push to "retrieve their l...
Number of Images: 2

3. [Document, 1777 March 22]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: March 22, 1777
Summary: Comments on Livingston's letters of the 18th and 3rd. Livingston's "panegyric" on king will stimulate the prince to "exalt you at the first opportunity." It is to be regretted that at such a time measures should be feeble. The convention is now consid...
Number of Images: 2

4. [Document, 1778 December 18]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: December 18, 1778
Summary: Thanks for congratulations on his election to Presidency of Congress. Commends New Jersey militia's enthusiasm. Brockholst Livingston will be Jay's personal secretary.
Number of Images: 1

5. [Document, 1778 December 21]

Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: December 21, 1778
Summary: Agrees to Brockholst Livingston staying with Jay as Jay's private secretary.
Number of Images: 1

6. [Document, 1779 December 12-1781 March 14]

Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee) Livingston, Susan (Addressee) Livingston, Susannah French, 1723-1789 (Addressee) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: December 12, 1779 - March 14, 1781
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 a leaf to which Sarah Ja...
Number of Images: 99

7. [Document, 1779 October 07]

Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, Sarah Livingston (Addressee)
Date: October 07, 1779
Summary: Livingston is pained that he will be separated from his daughter by the wide ocean. In case he should never see her again, he asks God's blessing for a safe voyage and happy return for her. He entreats her not to allow "the Gaieties and Amusements of ...
Number of Images: 2

8. Document, 1779 October 16

Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, Sarah Livingston (Addressee)
Date: 1779 October 16
Summary: Congratulations and praise to John Jay for being chosen. Sarah has made the wisest decision in accompanying him. The family expects to receive news from abroad.
Number of Images: 0

9. [Document, 1780 July 14]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: July 14, 1780
Summary: Announces birth of a daughter and discusses possible reasons for naming a child.
Number of Images: 2

10. [Document, 1780 March 17]

Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: March 17, 1780
Number of Images: 4

11. [Document, 1780 November 22]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: November 22, 1780
Summary: John Jay's daughter has died. Discusses the relative worth of Spanish melons, garden herbs and roots (cabbages, cauliflowers, and onions), and grapes. He and Mrs. Jay are pleased at Judith's marriage to John Watkins.
Number of Images: 2

12. [Document, 1781 April 25]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: April 25, 1781
Summary: Letter of introduction for Jean Toscan, the new French Nice Consul at Boston. The have been acquainted with Toscan almost since their arrival in Madrid.
Number of Images: 1

13. [Document, 1781 February 8]

Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
Date: February 8, 1781
Summary: Chides Peter Augustus for forgetting to write his grandfather. Account of the battle between Morgan and Tarleton the preceding month, with losses stated. Report was made to Congress in a letter from General Greene.
Number of Images: 2

14. [Document, 1781 January 14]

Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, Sarah Livingston (Addressee)
Date: January 14, 1781
Summary: "Duplicate" autograph letter signed. Condolences on death of Sarah's baby girl. Has sent Peter Augustus Jay a primer as requested. Peter is "a very fine boy" who has written a letter with the help of his aunt Susan Livingston.
Number of Images: 2

15. [Document, 1781 June 24]

Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: June 24, 1781
Summary: "Duplicate" Autograph Letter Signed. Confides the details of her brother Brockholst's behavior in Spain. "Constant captiosness & sulkiness" have marked his bearing since their arrival. Gives specific instances of his insolence and indescretion. Goes o...
Number of Images: 16

16. [Document, 1781 March 10]

Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: March 10, 1781
Summary: Duplicate Autograph Letter signed of March 10 portion of document 6887.
Number of Images: 3

17. [Document, 1781 March 10 and 20]

Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: March 10 and 20, 1781
Summary: News of military victories in South. News that Cornwallis is in retreat -- "We shall soon drive the scoundrels from that country." Generals Mughlenburgh and Nelson laying siege to Arnold at Portsmouth, but he can escape unless the French fleet interve...
Number of Images: 2

18. [Document, 1781 March 20]

Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: March 20, 1781
Summary: Writing from Trenton, reports that the French fleet has set out in pursuit of Arnold, and may succeed in catching him because of the superiority of their naval forces. Congress has at last consented to "what I know was agreeable to your Idea before yo...
Number of Images: 1

19. [Document, 1782 December 14]

Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: December 14, 1782
Summary: Has not received a letter for 14 months. Peace is approaching.
Number of Images: 4

20. [Document, 1782 January 31]

Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: January 31, 1782
Summary: Jay's wife was alarmed by the paragraph in her father's letter about her brother. Inquiries of friends in Europe have been unsuccessful. The Marquis deBouilli has been given great praise for his brilliant enterprise against St. Eustatia. Count de Mont...
Number of Images: 2

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