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[Document, 1783 August 08]

1. [Document, 1783 August 08]

Name: Vaughan, Benjamin (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: August 08, 1783
Summary: "Had I written confidentially and the whole of what I knew, I believe you are by this time convinced that I should have done mischief prematurely. "Introduces Mr. Dugald Stewart, "the most remarkable among the literary young men in Scotland."
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[Document, 1783 November 03]

2. [Document, 1783 November 03]

Name: Vaughan, Benjamin (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: November 03, 1783
Summary: Will deliver Jay's message at Bowood Park if he hears nothing further from Jay. Shelburne considers the interests of England and America to be still the same and will give the American Commissioners every mark of regard in his power.
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[Document, 1784 August 05]

3. [Document, 1784 August 05]

Name: Vaughan, Benjamin (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: August 05, 1784
Summary: Discusses merits of various metallic roof coverings. Criticizes the Privy Council's report on the West Indies- the finding that the islands can survive without American commerce is absurd. Newly introduced India bill "the most crude school boy perform...
Number of Images: 4

[Document, 1784 January 20]

4. [Document, 1784 January 20]

Name: Vaughan, Benjamin (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: January 20, 1784
Summary: Encloses copy of letter from Mr. Orde, concerning the attorney general's opinion on the papers submitted by John Jay to the executors of the Peloquin estate. Expects a decision next Friday. It seems hourly more certain that the last group of ministers...
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[Document, 1784 January 30]

5. [Document, 1784 January 30]

Name: Vaughan, Benjamin (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: January 30, 1784
Summary: Still working on Peloquin legacy. Politics in an undecided state, but if Mr. Pitt's supporters had been less candid in the House of Commons, he would have secured a majority.
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[Document, 1784 March 08]

6. [Document, 1784 March 08]

Name: Vaughan, Benjamin (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: March 08, 1784
Summary: Concerning the two queries to the Attorney General, Vaughan has advised Mr. Van Schaack to go to the Commons and consult a proctor there, who could immediately settle Jay's play since he understands wills and the English proceedings with foreign natio...
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[Document, 1789 October 12]

7. [Document, 1789 October 12]

Name: Vaughan, Benjamin (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: October 12, 1789
Summary: Asks Jay to handle a shipment to Yale College. Encloses some solution of terra ponderosa salita in dephlogistical acid. It is expensive but it cures cancer, dropsy and is good for general health. If too much is taken it may cause nausea. Brabant on th...
Number of Images: 4

[Document, 1790 August 04]

8. [Document, 1790 August 04]

Name: Vaughan, Benjamin (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: August 04, 1790
Summary: Acknowledges John Jay's letter. Describes trip to Paris and visit to meeting of French deputies. Occasion badly managed and this due largely to Lafayette. Comments on revolutionary spirit in Paris and other parts of France. . . Struck by "a sort of fa...
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Document, 1797 August 18

9. Document, 1797 August 18

Name: Vaughan, Benjamin (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: 1797 August 18
Summary: Thanks John Jay and Mrs. Jay for their kindness to Mrs. Vaughan while she was in England and in New York. Vaughan has decided to settle in the town of Hallowell on the banks of the Kennebeck River in Maine, upon land received b...
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[Document, 1797 August 18]

10. [Document, 1797 August 18]

Name: Vaughan, Benjamin (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: August 18, 1797
Summary: Thanks John Jay and Mrs. Jay for their kindness to Mrs. Vaughan while she was in England and in New York. Vaughan has decided to settle in the town of Hallowell on the banks of the Kennebeck River in Maine, upon land received by his family from the Pl...
Number of Images: 4

[Document, 1797 August 18]

11. [Document, 1797 August 18]

Name: Vaughan, Benjamin (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: August 18, 1797
Summary: Thanks John Jay and Mrs. Jay for their kindness to Mrs. Vaughan while she was in England and in New York. Vaughan has decided to settle in the town of Hallowell on the banks of the Kennebeck River in Maine, upon land received by his family from the Pl...
Number of Images: 4

[Document, 1818 December 24]

12. [Document, 1818 December 24]

Name: Vaughan, Benjamin (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: December 24, 1818
Summary: Proposes to call on John Jay on a journey to Philadelphia. Will be accompanied by his son, Patty, and his cousin, Robert Hallowell Gardiner, of good education and a very active Episcopalian.
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[Document, 1819 January 06]

13. [Document, 1819 January 06]

Name: Vaughan, Benjamin (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: January 06, 1819
Summary: Wrote previously of his intended visit to Bedford with his son and cousin, Robert Hallowell Gardiner. Now adds that they will set off on Monday and will also be accompanied by the Rev. Dr. Kirkland, President of Harvard College.
Number of Images: 2