The papers of John Jay

21. [Document, 1782 October 14]

Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: October 14, 1782
Number of Images: 2

22. [Document, 1782 October 14]

Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: October 14, 1782
Summary: Apologizes for not writing sooner. The sons of Mrs. Morris are well.
Number of Images: 2

23. [Document, 1783 December 06]

Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
Date: December 06, 1783
Summary: Admonishes Peter to practice penmanship and to continue writing to him.
Number of Images: 2

24. [Document, 1783 December 12]

Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
Date: December 12, 1783
Summary: Approves Peter's shaking his head in the church when King George is prayed for. Encourages practice of penmanship and gives message for Peter's grandmother.
Number of Images: 2

25. [Document, 1783 December 16]

Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
Date: December 16, 1783
Summary: Has received his letter and 2 boxes of pills and a paper with the account of the "self-created military knights." Desires to have a reading glass made. The instructions which Chase mentioned should have been accompanied with a commission to avoid dela...
Number of Images: 2

26. [Document, 1783 December 16]

Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: December 16, 1783
Summary: He would write more often to his dear grandfather but he cannot write a small hand, and hopes his grandfather will permit him this excuse. An inserted passage is in the hand of another person.
Number of Images: 2

27. [Document, 1783 February 13]

Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: February 13, 1783
Number of Images: 2

28. [Document, 1783 January 08]

Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: January 08, 1783
Summary: Comments on the sagacity of Master Peter Augustus Jay. Asks Jay to send seeds of plants which do not exist in America. If this seems an odd commission for an ambassador, consider its diversion from the circuitous paths through which Oswald's diplomacy...
Number of Images: 2

29. [Document, 1783 January 08]

Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, Sarah Livingston (Addressee)
Date: January 08, 1783
Summary: Addressed to "My dear Mrs. Jay." Praises the behavior and training of Peter Augustus Jay. Details as to his difficulties in pronouncing words. He will be sent to Poughkeepsie as soon as his uncle calls for him.
Number of Images: 2

30. [Document, 1783 July 18]

Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: July 18, 1783
Summary: She will send seeds in time for Spring planting; only Spanish melons and grapes are superior to the fruits grown in Livingston's garden. Troubled why Maria does not begin to speak; perhaps it is the conglomerate of tongues she has heard from birth. Sh...
Number of Images: 2

31. [Document, 1783 July 18]

Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: July 18, 1783
Summary: She will send seeds in time for Spring planting; only Spanish melons and grapes are superior to the fruits grown in Livingston's garden. Troubled why Maria does not begin to speak; perhaps it is the conglomerate of tongues she has heard from birth. Sh...
Number of Images: 4

32. [Document, 1783 July 18]

Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: July 18, 1783
Summary: She will send seeds in time for Spring planting; only Spanish melons and grapes are superior to the fruits grown in Livingston's garden. Troubled why Maria does not begin to speak; perhaps it is the conglomerate of tongues she has heard from birth. Sh...
Number of Images: 2

33. [Document, 1783 July 19]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: July 19, 1783
Summary: Draft
Number of Images: 2

34. [Document, 1783 July 19]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: July 19, 1783
Number of Images: 4

35. [Document, 1783 May 21]

Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: May 21, 1783
Summary: Treaty universally applauded, hopes John Jay on way home soon. Whigs are opposed to receiving back the refugees; many also are reluctant to pay taxes.
Number of Images: 2

36. [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. ...
Number of Images: 2

37. [Document, 1783 November 24]

Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: November 24, 1783
Number of Images: 2

38. [Document, 1783 September 12]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: September 12, 1783
Summary: The new baby has been named Ann. Sends pictures of the globes invented by Monsieur Montgolfier. Sends a seed of a flowering shrub.
Number of Images: 2

39. [Document, 1784 December 30]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: December 30, 1784
Summary: Notes the difficult state of his strained relations with Brockholst Livingston. A speedy reconciliation would be least likely to leave lasting wounds. [Notes in John Jay's hand indicate letter mailed 2 January 1785.]
Number of Images: 1

40. [Document, 1785 February 13]

Name: Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: February 13, 1785
Summary: Brockholst has persuaded him into a reconciliation.
Number of Images: 1

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