The papers of John Jay

1. [Document, 1765 October 31]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
Date: October 31, 1765
Summary: Profuse thanks for Livingston's actions. "I think myself extremely happy in an assurance from you (whom I can't suspect of dissimulation) that no other material deficiency marks my character than the one you mention: and I thankfully acknowledge endea...
Number of Images: 2

2. [Document, 1776 February 25]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
Date: February 25, 1776
Summary: Advice on how to overcome his "indifference." Livingston ought to engage in "amusement and exercise." Jay did not give notice to the ridiculous story of Livingston's having given intelligence to Governor Tryon. Such a report has been circulating conce...
Number of Images: 3

3. [Document, 1776 January 06]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
Date: January 06, 1776
Summary: Consolation on death of Judge Livingston. "Resignation to the dispensations of a benevolent as well as omnipotent being can alone administer relief." Admonition to Livingston to serve his country. Assurance of continuance of his friendship.
Number of Images: 2

4. [Document, 1776 July 16]

Name: New York (Colony). Provincial Congress (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Livingston, Gilbert (Addressee) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee) Tappen, Christopher, 1742-1826 (Addressee) Yates, Robert, 1738-1801 (Addressee)
Date: July 16, 1776
Summary: Resolutions of the Provincial Convention naming Jay, et al. a secret committee to find ways to obstruct the Hudson River against British ships. And resolutions empowering the committee in various ways to expedite its task.
Number of Images: 3

5. [Document, 1776 March 04]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
Date: March 04, 1776
Summary: Jay has been despondent because of the misfortunes of family and friends, but "I hope I shall meet every severe stroke of fate with firmness and resignation, tho not with sullen indifference." If Jay had been present when the Committee for Canada was ...
Number of Images: 4

6. [Document, 1776 May 29]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
Date: May 29, 1776
Summary: Jay thinks that the convention will institute a better government than the present one.
Number of Images: 2

7. [Document, 1777 April 19]

Name: Duane, James, 1733-1797 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee) Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816 (Addressee) Yates, Robert, 1738-1801 (Addressee)
Date: April 19, 1777
Summary: Arrived in Philadelphia. People of Pennsylvania speak of Howe's expected arrival but act with tranquillity; they deplore the depreciation of money but suggest no reform. State's government too apprehensive of controversy to function well. The Pennsylv...
Number of Images: 3

8. [Document, 1777 May 02]

Name: Duane, James, 1733-1797 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee) Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816 (Addressee) Yates, Robert, 1738-1801 (Addressee)
Date: May 02, 1777
Summary: Principal design of letter, to introduce Colonel Thornton who will pass through Kingston on way to New Hampshire from Congress. He is a delegate and will inform Jay of Congressional events. 4,000 troops joining General George Washington in the south; ...
Number of Images: 2

9. [Document, 1779 February 16]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
Date: February 16, 1779
Summary: Cautions Livingston for having "a mind unbraced and nerves relaxed." Morris is busy with affairs of Congress and with "making oblations to Venus and sacrifices to Aesculapius -- Remember this is to be translated in the best sense -- and not so constru...
Number of Images: 3

10. [Document, 1779 January 13]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
Date: January 13, 1779
Summary: Advises Livingston to attend his Legislature regularly. Jay may propose Livingston for a foreign post.
Number of Images: 2

11. [Document, 1779 March 14]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
Date: March 14, 1779
Summary: "You have never been thrown out or distanced in the pursuit of virtue, but like some game horses you sometimes want the whip." Jay thinks that some of Livingston's political measures were too harsh.
Number of Images: 2

12. [Document, 1780 February 19]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
Date: February 19, 1780
Summary: Stayed ten days in Martinique. The people hospitable and clean. The island is hilly and highly cultivated. Description of bees and honey making in the island. Now in Spain and has contacted the Spanish authorities. Sends a new cypher. Wants to know if...
Number of Images: 2

13. [Document, 1781 April 25]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
Date: April 25, 1781
Summary: Draft version of document 809. Jay likes to indulge in the reverie of remembering past scenes. Sorry the American bills have been drawn on him. They give the impression that America is a pauper. Has done his best and will continue to follow his instru...
Number of Images: 3

14. [Document, 1781 April 25]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
Date: April 25, 1781
Summary: Key to YESCA and "XZA" codes and verbal instructions for their use.
Number of Images: 3

15. [Document, 1781 Aprilt 25]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
Date: Aprilt 25, 1781
Summary: The key to the "YESCA" code sent to Livingston in Jay's letter of this date (document 809) along with Jay's detailed explanation of its use.
Number of Images: 1

16. [Document, 1782 August 13]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
Date: August 13, 1782
Summary: Jay's family sick ever since coming to Paris. Jay sad about his father's death but it is but a temporary separation. Asks Livingston to give certain sums of money to his family in America. Aranda wants to limit our territory to about half way from the...
Number of Images: 3

17. [Document, 1782 December 07]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
Date: December 07, 1782
Summary: Asks Livingston to pay F. Jay 50 pounds every three months out of state rents. Deduct the money from each of Jay's quarter salaries.
Number of Images: 1

18. [Document, 1782 December 14]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
Date: December 14, 1782
Summary: Thinks Britain wanted to make a good peace. But we must not trust them. Disappointed violence and mortified ambition are dangerous foundations on which to place confidence. We should mind our own business in foreign affairs. Jay does not believe it po...
Number of Images: 2

19. [Document, 1782 February 13]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
Date: February 13, 1782
Summary: Jay's dispatches had been sent to Congress before he had heard of Livingston's appointment. Jay authorizes Livingston to treat them exactly as if they had been sent to him originally.
Number of Images: 1

20. [Document, 1782 June 14]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
Date: June 14, 1782
Summary: The journey to Bordeaux has been pleasant. Livingston has been named god-father to their new child. Everyone is very pleasant. Bayonne is soon to be declared a free port.
Number of Images: 2

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