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Document, 1779 December 24

1. Document, 1779 December 24

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 (Author)
  • Date: 1779 December 24
  • Summary: DS. Commission to John Wheelwright as Commander of the privateer ship Neptune. Jay signed as President of Congress. Countersigned by Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Continental Congress, and John Avery, Deputy Secretary of th...
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[Document, 1779 March 12]

2. [Document, 1779 March 12]

  • Name: Graham, William (Author) Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 (Addressee)
  • Date: March 12, 1779
  • Summary: Inquires whether an American ship with American cargo will be allowed to trade in ports of Sweden and Denmark.
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Document, 1779 October 01

3. Document, 1779 October 01

[Document, 1780 February 29]

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Document, 1780 May 27

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Document, 1780 October 12

6. Document, 1780 October 12

  • Name: Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1780 October 12
  • Summary: Congress has called on the states to raise $15 million a month to carry on the war. As a result prices rose with taxes and the paper depreciated even more. Thus, the money coming was not adequate to meet demands. Then Congress ...
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Document, 1780 October 12

7. Document, 1780 October 12

[Document, 1780 October 12]

8. [Document, 1780 October 12]

  • Name: Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: October 12, 1780
  • Summary: Congress has called on the states to raise $15 million a month to carry on the war. As a result prices rose with taxes and the paper depreciated even more. Thus, the money coming was not adequate to meet demands. Then Congress called on the states for...
  • Number of Images: 17
[Document, 1781 April 23]

9. [Document, 1781 April 23]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 23, 1781
  • Summary: Acknowledges receipt of letter of 12 October 1780 on 30 January. So impressed by Thomson's account of American finances that he gave part of it to the minister and to Franklin, who also remarked on its lucidity and usefulness. John Jay wishes "in my h...
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[Document, 1781 April 23]

10. [Document, 1781 April 23]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 23, 1781
  • Summary: Draft version of document 12466. Acknowledges receipt of letter of 12 October 1780 on 30 January. So impressed by Thomson's account of American finances that he gave part of it to the minister and to Franklin, who also remarked on its lucidity and use...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1781 July 11]

11. [Document, 1781 July 11]

  • Name: Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 11, 1781
  • Summary: A long and detailed account of the southern military campaign and of British ravages of the countryside. Huntington has resigned because of ill health and is succeeded by Mr. McKean.
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[Document, 1781 July 11]

12. [Document, 1781 July 11]

  • Name: United States. Continental Congress (Author) Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 11, 1781
  • Summary: Autograph Document signed by Charles Thomson. Superintendent of Finances may act with Jay to obtain loans in Spain or Portugal, and John Jay may send Carmichael to Lisbon as he can be spared in Spain.
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[Document, 1781 July 11]

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[Document, 1783 July 19]

15. [Document, 1783 July 19]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 19, 1783
  • Summary: Urges Thomson to write a political history of the American Revolution, since this will be much subject to misinterpretation in future years. Would probably be improper that it be known that he was engaged in this activity, and book should probably not...
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[Document, 1783 July 19]

16. [Document, 1783 July 19]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 19, 1783
  • Summary: John Jay hopes that Thomson will write an account of the "Rise, Conduct, and Conclusion of the Revolution" for posterity. It need not be full of minute details, which can be left to "voluminous Historians." Thomson should rather concentrate on the pol...
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[Document, 1783 November 14]

17. [Document, 1783 November 14]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 (Addressee)
  • Date: November 14, 1783
  • Summary: Has been in London a month, and has had but two healthy days since arrival. Does not know disposition of British Cabinet toward commerce treaty. Suggests that a judicious Navigation Act by the United States, well drawn and strenuously administered, wo...
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[Document, 1783 November 14]

18. [Document, 1783 November 14]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 (Addressee)
  • Date: November 14, 1783
  • Summary: Complains that he has been well only two days out of a whole month in London because of "a bloody Flux and now a sore throat." In John Jay's opinion, the British cabinet has arrived at no plan of conduct toward America. The Tories in it are convinced ...
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[Document, 1783 September 12]

19. [Document, 1783 September 12]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 (Addressee)
  • Date: September 12, 1783
  • Summary: Hartley tells them that Britain will probably be liberal in regard to commercial treaty. He [John Jay] feels that all commercial treaties should be on the basis of reciprocity, and that United States should not permit Britain to have perpetual carryin...
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[Document, 1783 September 12]

20. [Document, 1783 September 12]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Thomson, Charles, 1729-1824 (Addressee)
  • Date: September 12, 1783
  • Summary: Mr. Thaxter is the bearer of this letter and is also carrying the definitive treaty. Mr. Hartley, who will soon confer with the ministers about commerce, is convinced that Great Britain will be liberal. John Jay feels that the projected treaty of comm...
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