The papers of John Jay

You Searched For

[Document, 1775 November 30]

1. [Document, 1775 November 30]

Name: United States. Continental Congress (Author) Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804 (Addressee)
Date: November 30, 1775
Summary: Congratulations on his past successes and an urgent supplication that he withdraw his request for leave to retire from the service.
Number of Images: 2

[Document, 1777 June 30]

2. [Document, 1777 June 30]

Name: United States. Continental Congress (Author)
Date: June 30, 1777
Summary: A resolution rejecting Vermont's claims to independence and her right to admission to the Continental Congress on that basis.
Number of Images: 5

Document, 1780 December 21

3. Document, 1780 December 21

Name: United States. Continental Congress (Author) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
Date: 1780 December 21
Summary: "In Congress, 21st Dec. 1780. Ordered, That the President write to our Ministers Plenipotentiary at the Courts of Versailles and Madrid desiring them to apply to the Courts at which they respectively reside to use means for obt...
Number of Images: 0

Document, 1780 May 19

4. Document, 1780 May 19

Name: United States. Continental Congress (Author)
Date: 1780 May 19
Summary: Bills to be drawn on Jay and Franklin for 25,000 dollars each. In a dictionary cypher from Charles Thomson, recorded in John Jay's hand.
Number of Images: 0

Document, 1780 October 02

5. Document, 1780 October 02

Name: United States. Continental Congress (Author)
Date: 1780 October 02
Summary: Bills to amount of 10,000 pounds sterling are to be drawn on Henry Laurens, and an additional 10,000 on John Jay. Tenor-90 days sight.
Number of Images: 0

[Document, 1781 ca. June 28}

6. [Document, 1781 ca. June 28}

Name: United States. Continental Congress (Author) Ross, John (Addressee)
Date: ca. June 28}, 1781
Summary: Bills drawn by Congress in Ross's favor on Henry Laurens and on John Jay at Madrid. Probably enclosed in document 7002.
Number of Images: 1

[Document, 1781 July 11]

7. [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.
Number of Images: 1

[Document, 1782 April 30]

8. [Document, 1782 April 30]

Name: United States. Continental Congress (Author)
Date: April 30, 1782
Summary: Congress completely approves of Jay's conduct in Spain The concession on the Mississippi was an important one and if Spain is not now willing to make a treaty with us, the sacrifice is no longer necessary. Spain must be more liberal with such a conces...
Number of Images: 3