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[Document, 1784 July 03]

1. [Document, 1784 July 03]

Name: Trumbull, John, 1756-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: July 03, 1784
Summary: A letter forwarded by Thomas Jefferson to him, intended for John Jay was apparently lost in passage.
Number of Images: 2

[Document, 1789 July 03]

2. [Document, 1789 July 03]

Name: Trumbull, John, 1756-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: July 03, 1789
Number of Images: 3

[Document, 1794 April 21]

3. [Document, 1794 April 21]

Name: Trumbull, John, 1756-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: April 21, 1794
Summary: Accepts post as John Jay's secretary on London mission. Hopes that he may serve John Jay and nation well.
Number of Images: 1

[Document, 1794 December 10]

4. [Document, 1794 December 10]

Name: Trumbull, John, 1756-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: December 10, 1794
Summary: Has given Mr. Burges pound 10 for the two clerks who copied the Treaty. Burges told Trumbull that it was customary for the Foreign Minister who concluded a Treaty to receive a portrait of the King and a proportional gift to the Secretary of such a Min...
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[Document, 1795 February 23]

5. [Document, 1795 February 23]

Name: Trumbull, John, 1756-1843 (Author)
Date: February 23, 1795
Summary: Accounts for month of February, 1795.
Number of Images: 1

[Document, 1795 July 02]

6. [Document, 1795 July 02]

Name: Trumbull, John, 1756-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: July 02, 1795
Summary: Encloses newly prepared project for State Constitution. Glad Jay arrived safely at New York.
Number of Images: 1

[Document, 1795 July 23]

7. [Document, 1795 July 23]

Name: Trumbull, John, 1756-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: July 23, 1795
Summary: Travels in France convinced him that there is great jealousy of the treaty with Britain, despite the fact that the provisions have not been promulgated. At a meeting with Sir William Scott he pointed out the effect which continued seizures of American...
Number of Images: 3

[Document, 1795 March 24]

8. [Document, 1795 March 24]

Name: Trumbull, John, 1756-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: March 24, 1795
Summary: Arrival at Havre. Condition of English women and children in France. Paris tranquil. No political news to report.
Number of Images: 2

[Document, 1796 July 21]

9. [Document, 1796 July 21]

Name: Trumbull, John, 1756-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: July 21, 1796
Summary: Wheat harvest in France is abundant, and American wheat cannot compete with European wheat in the marketplaces of Europe. He has shipped a ship full of brandy- since he understands tippling is not out of style, the cargo should sell well. Armies of Fr...
Number of Images: 2

[Document, 1796 September 07]

10. [Document, 1796 September 07]

Name: Trumbull, John, 1756-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: September 07, 1796
Summary: Monroe has done an excellent job in presenting the U.S. position on the Jay Treaty before the French government. He deserves to be commended for his work, which is rendered especially meritorious since Monroe himself is against the treaty. Trumbull ha...
Number of Images: 2

[Document, 1797 July 20]

11. [Document, 1797 July 20]

Name: Trumbull, John, 1756-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: July 20, 1797
Summary: Autograph Letter signed version of document 10356 (letterbook copy), lacking the postscript of August 7 present in document 12819 (another Autograph Letter signed)..
Number of Images: 2

[Document, 1797 July 20 and...

12. [Document, 1797 July 20 and August 7]

Name: Trumbull, John, 1756-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: July 20 and August 7, 1797
Summary: Autograph Letter signed, with postscript of August 7. In letter of July, Trumbull acknowledges Jay's letters of June 3 and duplicate of October 20. Particularly grateful for "wise reflexions and Councils" in the October letter. Trumbull's expectations...
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[Document, 1797 June 10]

13. [Document, 1797 June 10]

Name: Trumbull, John, 1756-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: June 10, 1797
Summary: Introduces the bearer of this letter, Mr. Neimsiwitz, who is accompanying General Kosciusko to America.
Number of Images: 1

[Document, 1798 March 06]

14. [Document, 1798 March 06]

Name: Trumbull, John, 1756-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: March 06, 1798
Summary: The American Commissioners have not been received at Paris; because of the offensive nature of the decrees that have been passed, it appears to Trumbull "that we are in fact at war." The two American plates are finished, and a pair of proofs is being ...
Number of Images: 1

[Document, 1798 September 20]

15. [Document, 1798 September 20]

Name: Trumbull, John, 1756-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: September 20, 1798
Summary: A rule has been established by the Commission under which their business will be entirely concluded within two years. France, "finding that bullying does not succeed," have begun to flatter the American Commissioners. However, the two propositions to ...
Number of Images: 3

[Document, 1799 June 03]

16. [Document, 1799 June 03]

Name: Trumbull, John, 1756-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: June 03, 1799
Summary: Britain has learned of the suspension of the American claims commission. The British commissioners have been guided by the rule that resort to ordinary judicial proceedings are conditions precedent to recovery before the commission; they have also avo...
Number of Images: 2

[Document, 1799 March 25]

17. [Document, 1799 March 25]

Name: Trumbull, John, 1756-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: March 25, 1799
Summary: Business of the Jay Treaty commissioners proceeds slowly, but they will eventually reach their goal. British success in the Nile Valley is reported to have been received joyously in America. Napoleon, having succeeded in overturning the Kings of Naple...
Number of Images: 2

[Document, 1801 October 22]

18. [Document, 1801 October 22]

Name: Trumbull, John, 1756-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: October 22, 1801
Summary: Asks forgiveness of the delay in answering John Jay's last letter, which was occasioned by Trumbull's marriage. Preliminaries of peace have been concluded between Great Britain and France. Hopes this will extinguish the flame of political discord in t...
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