The papers of John Jay

[Document, 1786 May 06]

21. [Document, 1786 May 06]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: May 06, 1786
Summary: Jay looking for another carpenter.
Number of Images: 1

Document, 1786 May 08

22. Document, 1786 May 08

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: 1786 May 08
Summary: Letter of introduction for John Quinn who is to work for Livingston for a year. Autograph letter.
Number of Images: 0

[Document, 1786 May 08]

23. [Document, 1786 May 08]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: May 08, 1786
Summary: John Quinn, who bears this letter, comes highly recommended. Jay has engaged him for a month; if Livingston finds him worthy, he will be available for the year at 25 dollars.
Number of Images: 1

[Document, 1787 August 09]

24. [Document, 1787 August 09]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: August 09, 1787
Summary: By now Livingston will have returned to Philadelphia from Susquehanna. Believes Colonel George Mason, who delivered his letter, is a man of ability and agreeable manners. SLJ had severe attack of inflammatory rheumatism; she is in Elizabeth and is rec...
Number of Images: 1

[Document, 1787 July 27]

25. [Document, 1787 July 27]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: July 27, 1787
Summary: Encloses copy of signals agreed upon between U.S. and Morocco by which their ships may salute each other and be recognized as to nationality.
Number of Images: 2

[Document, 1787 September 06]

26. [Document, 1787 September 06]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: September 06, 1787
Summary: The Convention has deliberated long, and apparently given ample discussion to the points before it. Look forward to its rising. Has letters sent on 28 August, will forward them. Family fine, look forward to seeing Livingston.
Number of Images: 1

[Document, 1787 September 07]

27. [Document, 1787 September 07]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: September 07, 1787
Summary: Their last letters crossed in mails. Family news.
Number of Images: 1

[Document, 1788 December 22]

28. [Document, 1788 December 22]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: December 22, 1788
Summary: Reply to Livingston letter of the 16th. Reflects on joys and responsibilities of parenthood: "Whether children will prove comforts or thorns to their parents, cannot be foreseen. Nature certainly has much Influence, and so have Education and Example.....
Number of Images: 1

[Document, 1788 March 06]

29. [Document, 1788 March 06]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: March 06, 1788
Summary: Encloses early cauliflower seed and lettuce seed. If letter goes by boat, he will also send a tub of pickled salmon. Family anxious to see Livingstons will do so as soon as bay clear of ice.
Number of Images: 1

[Document, 1789 August 06]

30. [Document, 1789 August 06]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: August 06, 1789
Summary: He has written to Thomas to collect interest on the bond. Sarah Jay's health mends slowly.
Number of Images: 1

[Document, 1789 November 18]

31. [Document, 1789 November 18]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: November 18, 1789
Summary: Encloses a letter from a Mr. Seton indicating that Matthew Ridley is gravely ill and that Catherine Ridley has been sent for.
Number of Images: 2

[Document, 1790 January 25]

32. [Document, 1790 January 25]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: January 25, 1790
Summary: Jay lists various discrepancies in the sailor's story that make it highly improbable that John Livingston is at Algiers. The men he is said to have served with on the captured ship, do not appear on the list of the ship in which he sailed. Nevertheles...
Number of Images: 2

[Document, 1790 January 26]

33. [Document, 1790 January 26]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: January 26, 1790
Summary: Encloses answer to Mr. Jones, which is left open for Livingston's perusal. Family news. Supreme Court opens next week.
Number of Images: 1

[Document, 1790 March 01]

34. [Document, 1790 March 01]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: March 01, 1790
Summary: He will get Livingston's fish. Will Livingston please send Father Paul's History of the Council of Trent, Vice President Adams would like to read it.
Number of Images: 1

Document, 1790 May 28

35. Document, 1790 May 28

Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
Date: 1790 May 28
Summary: Hopes that William Livingston will be able to visit New York when the N.J. legislature adjourns. Congress has voted to move to Philadelphia. Essex Ridley is invited to visit New York for the summer.
Number of Images: 0

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