The papers of John Jay

21. [Document, 1800 January 31]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Mersereau, Joshua, Jr. (Addressee) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author)
Date: January 31, 1800
Summary: Appoint Joshua Mersereau, Jr., of Chenango as attorney to sell to best advantage eight lots of 150 acres each situated in a tract on the Chenengo River, granted to John Jay and John Rutherfurd, to enter into contracts with purchasers in their names, a...
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22. [Document, 1800 July 19]

Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: July 19, 1800
Summary: Details concerning the bankruptcy of Monk and Speyer, and the possibility of collecting the bond from Nicholas or James Roosevelt. Has spoken to Egbert Benson concerning applying for counselor's license, but he is so against it that Peter has decided ...
Number of Images: 2

23. [Document, 1800 March 20]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author)
Date: March 20, 1800
Summary: This is a contract for the sale of real property situated in Chenango, Tioga County, New York, which Jay and Peter Augustus Jay agree to sell to Isaac Page for $725, payable in installments. Contract executed by Joshua Mersereau, attorney in fact for ...
Number of Images: 2

24. Document, 1800 May 03

Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: 1800 May 03
Summary: The election has resulted in a mortifying defeat for the Federalists. Burr sat at the polls of the sixth ward to challenge electors, and Brockholst Livingston harangued the mob. What the end of this will be is hard to say, shou...
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25. [Document, 1801 December 31]

Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: December 31, 1801
Summary: Has seen the original mortgage of Mr. Fowler for 544.19.2. pounds. Mr. Van Cortlandt signed the representation to the Legislature. Augustus Jay has bequeathed his whole estate to Sir James Jay and has named him sole executor. Since there is money due ...
Number of Images: 2

26. [Document, 1801 February 21]

Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: February 21, 1801
Summary: Family news. Recently he spoke with a man named Tallmadge, who informed him that in a conversation with George Clinton, he had learned that Clinton upheld the right of the Governor to nominate officers. Peter was surprised when he heard of the current...
Number of Images: 3

27. [Document, 1801 January 02]

Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: January 02, 1801
Summary: Family news. The French treaty and the election are sole topics of conversation in New York. It is said Hamilton works for ratification of the treaty and the election of Jefferson.
Number of Images: 3

28. [Document, 1807 February 11]

Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Reynolds, Hobby (Author)
Date: February 11, 1807
Summary: Includes building materials, produce, and livestock.
Number of Images: 3

29. [Document, 1814 June 23]

Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Clowes, Timothy, 1787-1847 (Addressee)
Date: June 23, 1814
Summary: Concerns a bond executed by St. Peter's Church at Albany to Trinity Church, binding the former to appropriate certain lands for the support of the rector of St. Peter's. Has discovered on investigation that the vestry of Trinity Church has given a gen...
Number of Images: 2

30. [Document, 1814 March 28]

Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Lefferts, L. (Addressee)
Date: March 28, 1814
Summary: Has been informed that his uncle, William Livingston, has been removed from the office of surrogate of King's County by the Council of Appointment. It is said that public opinion caused the removal, and also that the replacement declines accepting the...
Number of Images: 2

31. [Document, 1814 n.d.]

Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) New York (State). Legislature (Addressee)
Date: 1814 n.d.
Summary: The position of New York City as the chief commercial emporium of the United States necessitates an exchange such as those found in Europe. Though the erection of such an edifice would cost not less than $500,000, an income may be obtained by renting ...
Number of Images: 3

32. Document, 1818 April 11

Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: 1818 April 11
Summary: Sarah Louisa Jay is very ill; requests that Nancy be sent down from Bedford.
Number of Images: 0

33. [Document, 1818 April 21]

Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: April 21, 1818
Summary: Sarah Louisa has grown worse, and there is little ground for hope in her case.
Number of Images: 2

34. [Document, 1820 October 05]

Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: October 05, 1820
Number of Images: 2

35. [Document, 1822 April 10]

Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author)
Date: April 10, 1822
Summary: Two receipts totaling $420 signed by Peter A. Jay and made out to Frederick DePeyster.
Number of Images: 1

36. Document, 1822 January n.d.

Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author)
Date: 1822 January n.d.
Summary: Memorial to Congress from the subscribers, inhabitants of the City of New York. The crime and misery occasioned by traffic in slaves is disgraceful, and its abolition has been decreed by almost every Christian state. It is an h...
Number of Images: 0

37. [Document, 1826 September 24]

Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Jay, Mary Rutherfurd Clarkson (Addressee)
Date: September 24, 1826
Summary: Family news. The fever prevails all over the country; since there is an epidemic around Rye and none in their part of the city, suggests that the whole family return.
Number of Images: 2

38. [Document, 1829 December 09]

Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
Date: December 09, 1829
Summary: (Draft.) News about college election, family, and Sparks' examination of John Jay papers for publication--with reference to John Jay will directing such use.
Number of Images: 2

39. [Document, 1831 April 06]

Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 (Addressee)
Date: April 06, 1831
Summary: At Mrs. Gouverneur Morris's request, he is sending Sparks the book and some letters which she lent him. As the letters are now in the possession of William Jay, he will write for them. Cannot remember any papers of his father which would be useful on ...
Number of Images: 2

40. [Document, 1831 April 06]

Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 (Addressee)
Date: April 06, 1831
Summary: At Mrs. Gouverneur Morris's request, he is sending Sparks the book and some letters which she lent him. As the letters are now in the possession of William Jay, he will write for them. Cannot remember any papers of his father which would be useful on ...
Number of Images: 4

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