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[Document, 1776 January n.d.]

1. [Document, 1776 January n.d.]

  • Name: Livingston, Catherine (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1776 January n.d.
  • Summary: Received his letter of 28th. Colonel Harry promises to take her to New York in February. Jay's friend Van Schaack is going to "pay his addresses to Miss Susan Van Brugh Livingston."
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1776 July 28]

2. [Document, 1776 July 28]

  • Name: Livingston, Catherine (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 28, 1776
  • Summary: Typescript. Personal letter. Mentions that the surrounding area is filled with troops.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1777 November 01]

3. [Document, 1777 November 01]

  • Name: Livingston, Catherine (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Livingston, Susan (Author) Jay, Sarah Livingston (Addressee)
  • Date: November 01, 1777
  • Summary: Post irregular; some shipments of personal effects presumed lost. Action of troops in the area. Neither the Whigs nor Tories like the articles of capitulation published in the London papers. Peter to be inoculated against small pox. Brockholst not hea...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1777 November 21]

4. [Document, 1777 November 21]

  • Name: Livingston, Catherine (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Jay, Sarah Livingston (Addressee)
  • Date: November 21, 1777
  • Summary: Peter's recovery from smallpox. He is well but shy of speaking. Troop evacuation of Ft. Mifflin. General Washington reinforced by 2,500 men. News of troop movements. The Elizabethtown house occupied for six weeks. Petitions for permits to change resid...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1777 November n.d.]

5. [Document, 1777 November n.d.]

  • Name: Livingston, Catherine (Author) Jay, Sarah Livingston (Addressee)
  • Date: 1777 November n.d.
  • Summary: Peter has had a light case of small pox. P. Troop has taken the oath to the state and has been released from his miserable imprisonment. Betsey Livingston and Captain Dandridge are to be married soon. Trade with enemy continues, with less secrecy than...
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1778 January 07]

6. [Document, 1778 January 07]

  • Name: Livingston, Catherine (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: January 07, 1778
  • Summary: New Year's greetings. Hopes Jay will not accept Schuyler's offer of a farm at Saratoga, as it will mean a long separation from Sarah Jay.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1779 December 26]

7. [Document, 1779 December 26]

[Document, 1779 February 20]

8. [Document, 1779 February 20]

  • Name: Livingston, Catherine (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: February 20, 1779
  • Summary: Can write a clean bill of health for her sister (Sarah Livingston Jay) but her spirits are beginning to flag after the winter. Thought the fireworks and entertainment would have helped her but she would not come. Tells some anecdotes of little Peter J...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1779 July 28]

9. [Document, 1779 July 28]

  • Name: Livingston, Catherine (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 28, 1779
  • Summary: Has just recovered her own health but cannot give a good report on Sally's (Sarah Livingston Jay). Jones says she must continue the cold baths. Is not supporting John Jay's absence very well; hopes it will not do her harm. Peter Jay has grown greatly....
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1780 April 26]

10. [Document, 1780 April 26]

[Document, 1780 February 13]

11. [Document, 1780 February 13]

[Document, 1780 July 10]

12. [Document, 1780 July 10]

[Document, 1781 June 30]

13. [Document, 1781 June 30]

  • Name: Livingston, Catherine (Author) Jay, Sarah Livingston (Addressee)
  • Date: June 30, 1781
  • Summary: Autograph Letter Signed. Birth of Judith Livingston Watkins's son Sir James reports on Jay family at Poughkeepsie where they fled after British raid. John Jay's commission as peace commissioner. Mrs. Benezet's bereavement. No word from Saratoga. Broth...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1781 March 29]

14. [Document, 1781 March 29]

  • Name: Livingston, Catherine (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: March 29, 1781
  • Summary: Document and typescript. Acknowledges receipt of his letter of 19 September. Assures him that Peter Augustus is well. Frederick Jay will take him to visit Jay's father in the spring. Recounts wedding of Henry Beekman Livingston to Nancy Shippen. Mrs. ...
  • Number of Images: 10
[Document, 1781 May 12]

15. [Document, 1781 May 12]

  • Name: Livingston, Catherine (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: May 12, 1781
  • Summary: Autograph Letter. Personal Letter. Painter Du Simitiere did her portrait, but refuses to give it up. Information on raid on John Jay farm at Rye. Ball on French frigate Hemoine.
  • Number of Images: 11
[Document, 1781 November 18]

16. [Document, 1781 November 18]

  • Name: Livingston, Catherine (Author) Jay, Sarah Livingston (Addressee)
  • Date: November 18, 1781
  • Summary: Personal letter. What do they think of Deane's letters. Defeat of Cornwallis gave her the pleasurable thought that they would be home soon. The lack of terms for Loyalists in Cornwallis' capitulation make the Tories uneasy, and they are leaving for Eu...
  • Number of Images: 5
[Document, 1781 October 18]

17. [Document, 1781 October 18]

  • Name: Livingston, Catherine (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: October 18, 1781
  • Summary: Kind comments about Matthew Ridley (whom she later married), and news that he sails with Robert Morris' two sons to secure them educations in Europe. Praise of General Greene, defeat of Lord Cornwallis. Capture of John Livingston and hopes for his pro...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1782 August 12]

18. [Document, 1782 August 12]

  • Name: Livingston, Catherine (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: August 12, 1782
  • Summary: Has seen David Franks, but not had an opportunity to talk with him. Galvan's suicide and Mrs. Allen's refusal of his love. John Vaughan is in Virginia to look for property for his father and family. Asks that John Jay tale "flattering" notice of Matth...
  • Number of Images: 7
[Document, 1783 December 30]

19. [Document, 1783 December 30]

  • Name: Livingston, Catherine (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 30, 1783
  • Summary: Church controversy rages on. Whigs intend to deprive Mr. Moore, a Tory, of the rectorship, which is perfectly right during this critical situation. Election for city legislature yesterday; not all candidates equal to the task. Dancing assembly opposed...
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1783 February 03]

20. [Document, 1783 February 03]

  • Name: Livingston, Catherine (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: February 03, 1783
  • Summary: Mr. Mc Clenachan's only son proposes to go to Europe for his education. Is sending letters by Mr. Vaughan and also Mr. Edward Shippen, Mrs. Arnold's brother. Wishes the Jay family would return to America soon; did not realize until they left how much ...
  • Number of Images: 4