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1. [Document, 1779 December 12-1781 March 14]

[Document, 1779 February 27]

2. [Document, 1779 February 27]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
  • Date: February 27, 1779
  • Summary: Happy that Sally has been in better health. Hopes to have a house soon so Sally can come to Philadelphia. Attention should be paid to the health and constitution of Jay's son. Sorry to hear that Kitty's mother is not well. The city is very gay but Jay...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1780 December 01]

3. [Document, 1780 December 01]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
  • Date: December 01, 1780
  • Summary: Praises Kitty for her faithfulness in writing and criticizes the silence of family and friends. Hopes that the "bets" between Kitty and the Chevalier are "considerable" since Kitty is certainly entitled to the "stakes." Sends her compliments to the Ch...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1780 November n.d.]

4. [Document, 1780 November n.d.]

[Document, 1780 September 18]

5. [Document, 1780 September 18]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
  • Date: September 18, 1780
  • Summary: Expresses esteem and affection. Sally (Sarah Livingston Jay) is in Madrid. They hope to be able to come back to America soon. He often thinks of their pleasant times together in Philadelphia but does not wish to put her (Catherine Livingston) into the...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1781 April 23]

6. [Document, 1781 April 23]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
  • Date: April 23, 1781
  • Summary: Sends "Picture of an old acquaintance" (Probably a Du Simitiere print.). Hopes she will use her cipher. Many letters from himself & Sally on their way to America.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1781 July 22]

7. [Document, 1781 July 22]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
  • Date: July 22, 1781
  • Summary: Autograph Letter, lacking its last page and signature. Received Kitty's letter of 6 June and Susan's of 27 May. All of her sisters' letters have reached her. Glad that Kitty has decided to leave Elizabethtown -- wishes "the rest of the family were equ...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1781 July 25]

8. [Document, 1781 July 25]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
  • Date: July 25, 1781
  • Summary: Often Carmichael does not inform the Jays of vessels sailing from Cadiz, and their letters often miss the sailings as a result. "I've already explained to you my ideas of that gentleman and of his conduct towards us has not ceased to give us more pain...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1781 May 18]

9. [Document, 1781 May 18]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
  • Date: May 18, 1781
  • Summary: Autograph Letter signed. Writes from Aranjuez. Describes their conduct at Cadiz. Sarah was ill and had great difficulty in paying the necessary visits. Kitty did well in mentioning the contents of the letter in which they were accused of disrespect to...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1781 October 23]

10. [Document, 1781 October 23]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
  • Date: October 23, 1781
  • Summary: Personal letter. Asks that she relieve Robert Morris of trouble concerning goods consigned to him on behalf of the family of Peter Jay.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1781 September 28]

11. [Document, 1781 September 28]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
  • Date: September 28, 1781
  • Summary: Glad she continues to stay with Robert Morris family, because of the amiability of that household and the danger in which her family home at Elizabethtown is constantly subjected to. Forget about the portrait, as insisting upon obtaining it will only ...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1782 August 14]

12. [Document, 1782 August 14]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
  • Date: August 14, 1782
  • Summary: Personal letter containing details on illness of Sarah Jay and baby Maris. Poor weather in Paris, hospitality and character of Madame Lafayette.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1782 December 14]

13. [Document, 1782 December 14]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
  • Date: December 14, 1782
  • Summary: Nothing has happened in domestic affairs, although "our public affairs indeed wear a different aspect." News of friends. Sarah is distressed that there is no chaplain in Paris so that there might be public worship, particularly for the young Americans...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1782 November 16]

14. [Document, 1782 November 16]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
  • Date: November 16, 1782
  • Summary: Family's health. Condolences on death of Judith Watkins' child. Questions concerning letters sent at various dates and not acknowledged.
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1783 April 15]

15. [Document, 1783 April 15]

[Document, 1783 April 24]

16. [Document, 1783 April 24]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
  • Date: April 24, 1783
  • Summary: Personal letter. If definitive treaty signed before June they will return to Spain. Continue to send letters in care of Dr. Franklin as mail should not reach Spain before they do.
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1783 August 26]

17. [Document, 1783 August 26]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
  • Date: August 26, 1783
  • Summary: Birth of child, Anne; mother and daughter fine. Miss Sophia Penn, Egbert Benson and Margaret Jay (wife of Frederick), are sponsors.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1783 December 24]

18. [Document, 1783 December 24]

[Document, 1783 July 16]

19. [Document, 1783 July 16]

  • Name: Jay, Sarah Livingston (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
  • Date: July 16, 1783
  • Summary: Describes Fourth of July celebration at Passy. Encloses copy of toast John Jay proposed on the occasion. (NNC: 13109). Mrs. Izard on her way to the United States. Sorry Kitty was disturbed by "that gentlemans" hints that the Jays would return to Spain...
  • Number of Images: 8
[Document, 1783 July 20]

20. [Document, 1783 July 20]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Catherine (Addressee)
  • Date: July 20, 1783
  • Summary: Expects to return next June or August. Glad Robert Morris postponed his resignation.
  • Number of Images: 2