The papers of John Jay

Name: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (Addressee) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
Date: June 15, 1781
Summary: Letterbook copy. Instructions to the peace commissioners. They are authorized to accept the mediation of Germany and Russia. Terms: United States must have full and complete independence and keep in force the treaties with France. Follow Adams' instru...
Number of Images: 3

Name: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (Addressee) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
Date: June 15, 1781
Summary: Copy of document 7368. Commission to Jay, Franklin, Adams, Laurens, and Jefferson to represent the United States as commissioners to negotiate a treaty of peace. Copy of note at close by which Jay certifies that this is a true copy of the commission p...
Number of Images: 3

Name: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (Addressee) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
Date: June 15, 1781
Summary: Copy. Instructions to the peace commissioners. They are authorized to accept the mediation of Germany and Russia. Terms: U.S. must have full and complete independence and keep in force the treaties with France. Follow Adams' instructions of 14 August ...
Number of Images: 2

Name: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (Addressee) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
Date: June 15, 1781
Summary: Copy of document 7368. Commission to Jay, Franklin, Adams, Laurens, and Jefferson to represent the United States as commissioners to negotiate a treaty of peace. Copy of note at close by which Jay certifies that this is a true copy of the commission p...
Number of Images: 5

Name: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (Addressee) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
Date: June 15, 1781
Summary: Copy, in the hand of Charles Thomson, of document 7368. Commission to Jay, Franklin, Adams, Laurens, and Jefferson to represent the United States as commissioners to negotiate a treaty of peace.
Number of Images: 4

Name: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (Addressee) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
Date: June 15, 1781
Summary: Letterbook copy. Instructions to the peace commissioners. They are authorized to accept the mediation of Germany and Russia. Terms: United States must have full and complete independence and keep in force the treaties with France. Follow Adams' instru...
Number of Images: 1

Name: Huntington, Samuel, 1731-1796 (Author) Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Addressee) Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (Addressee) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 (Addressee) Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792 (Addressee)
Date: June 15, 1781
Summary: Description from Kenneth Rendell catalogue of Jay's decoding of the instructions to the peace commissioners. They are authorized to accept the mediation of Germany and Russia. Terms: United States must have full and complete independence and keep in f...
Number of Images: 2

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