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[Document, 1808 August 30]

1. [Document, 1808 August 30]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 (Addressee)
Date: August 30, 1808
Summary: Thanks him for the memoirs of the Agricultural Society. Expresses the satisfaction he has received from retirement and outlines some of his activities. The people of Bedford have been "steady Federalists" since the new Constitution; they live so peace...
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[Document, 1810 February 26]

2. [Document, 1810 February 26]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 (Addressee)
Date: February 26, 1810
Summary: Afflictions make us wiser and better when they produce acquiescence and resignation; the regret we feel at losing a friend now is tempered by the expectation of meeting again "at the End of the Journey." The political sky grows darker and more threate...
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[Document, 1811 January 09]

3. [Document, 1811 January 09]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 (Addressee)
Date: January 09, 1811
Summary: John Jay will take the Tunis sheep; arrangements proposed for bringing them to Bedford. Expects a visit from Dr. Mason soon.
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[Document, 1811 January n.d.]

4. [Document, 1811 January n.d.]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 (Addressee)
Date: 1811 January n.d.
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[Document, 1811 March 29]

5. [Document, 1811 March 29]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 (Addressee)
Date: March 29, 1811
Summary: From his letter has received the first news that a copy of Washington's Farewell Address was found among Hamilton's papers in the latter's handwriting. This is unpleasant and unexpected news, as the address was a personal rather than a public document...
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[Document, 1811 September 16]

6. [Document, 1811 September 16]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 (Addressee)
Date: September 16, 1811
Summary: John Jay will take the Tunis sheep; arrangements proposed for bringing them to Bedford. Expects a visit from Dr. Mason soon.
Number of Images: 1

[Document, 1815 January 09]

7. [Document, 1815 January 09]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 (Addressee)
Date: January 09, 1815
Summary: It is not probable that this will be a happy year for our country while we continue to be misled by the delusions which caused and are prolonging our calamities. We are yet to learn whether the negotiations at Vienna will impede or promote those at Gh...
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[Document, 1815 March 14]

8. [Document, 1815 March 14]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 (Addressee)
Date: March 14, 1815
Summary: Thinks that the peace now concluded will diminish the delusion which caused the war for several reasons. French influence will not soon be very active here, and will therefore not furnish the fuel to feed a flame against England. Also, occurrences suc...
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[Document, 1815 November 20]

9. [Document, 1815 November 20]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 (Addressee)
Date: November 20, 1815
Summary: Asks his help in forwarding the enclosed letter to Mrs. J. Bedford. Her letter to him, requesting information deemed important to her family, was dated at Lombardy Farm, and since it was postmarked at Philadelphia he hopes Peters will be able to direc...
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[Document, 1819 January 11]

10. [Document, 1819 January 11]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 (Addressee)
Date: January 11, 1819
Summary: Has delayed in thanking Peters for his letter of December 12 and the book which accompanied it as an attack of influenza weakened his eyes. Hopes to be able to write a longer letter soon.
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[Document, 1819 January 25]

11. [Document, 1819 January 25]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 (Addressee)
Date: January 25, 1819
Summary: Speaks of his health and of the death of his daughter last spring. Suggests the publication of selected cases from Peters' court prepared by him rather than others. Has read parts of the book he sent. Agricultural societies multiply in New York, and J...
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[Document, 1820 December 26]

12. [Document, 1820 December 26]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 (Addressee)
Date: December 26, 1820
Summary: The "Perversion and Obliquity" to which he refers are neither recent nor unexpected. Men who pursue influence usually remain hostile to those who disapprove of their maneuvers. The statement made at the Massachusetts, Convention was doubtless accommod...
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[Document, 1821 March 12]

13. [Document, 1821 March 12]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 (Addressee)
Date: March 12, 1821
Summary: His letter to Peters of 26 December 1820 remarked on the "Perversions and Obliquities" which were not then explained. They began on receipt of his letter to Congress of 20 Sept. 1781, quoted here. This expresses his unwillingness that the ministers of...
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[Document, 1828 June 20]

14. [Document, 1828 June 20]

Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 (Addressee)
Date: June 20, 1828
Summary: Writes on behalf of his father since the latter has suffered an inflammation of his right hand. General debility confines him to the house. It would give him pleasure if he could commit his ideas to paper to enlarge on the political topics Peters ment...
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