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[Document, 1779 March 04]

21. [Document, 1779 March 04]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: March 04, 1779
  • Summary: Protests that he is as active in political affairs as is possible and does not want political courage. There is a bill for impeachment of member of the Council of Revision. Instructions from Orange and Ulster counties that Jay not communicative enough...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1779 October 06]

22. [Document, 1779 October 06]

[Document, 1779 September 06]

23. [Document, 1779 September 06]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: September 06, 1779
  • Summary: Introduces Mr. Tillotson. Morris has not arrived yet. Duane has changed his mind about the delegation and intends to return to Congress. Probably wants the chair if John Jay quits.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1780 February 10]

24. [Document, 1780 February 10]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: February 10, 1780
  • Summary: The cipher Jay sent not difficult enough; encloses one that hopefully will work better. Winter has been very severe, cutting off communications among the states. Henry Clinton sailed with 7000 men from New York; worried since no communication and bad ...
  • Number of Images: 8
[Document, 1781 December 13]

25. [Document, 1781 December 13]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 13, 1781
  • Summary: Livingston's coded letter copied and deciphered by Jay. Apologizes for last letter sent by the Marquis de Lafayette; mistake with the cipher now rectified. The British have since retreated from the fort at Wilmington, North Carolina, leaving their par...
  • Number of Images: 9
[Document, 1781 December 13]

26. [Document, 1781 December 13]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 13, 1781
  • Summary: Letter signed version of document 7926. Ciphered passages not decoded. Endorsed by Jay: " Recd 5 Feb 1781 from Mr Del Campo." This copy of the letter includes this postscript, not present in document 7926: "Be pleased in future to number all your offi...
  • Number of Images: 11
[Document, 1781 July 11]

27. [Document, 1781 July 11]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 11, 1781
  • Summary: A detailed account of campaign in the South from the defeat of Gates until Cornwallis' march to Williamsburg. Observes that the people remained loyal to the Continental standard despite the lack of any established government in North Carolina and Virg...
  • Number of Images: 27
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[Document, 1781 November 01]

29. [Document, 1781 November 01]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: November 01, 1781
  • Summary: Signed letter. Triplicate of 596. Includes material in YESCA cipher. Notations on this document in Jay's Account Book of Letters Received, indicating that it was received on 8 Feb 1782, with two letters dated 28 Nov. 1781 and 20 Oct 1781. These were s...
  • Number of Images: 10
[Document, 1781 November 28]

30. [Document, 1781 November 28]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: November 28, 1781
  • Summary: Cipher is that sent to John Jay by Charles Thomson. Cipher portion--Congress' pride is hurt at the attitude of the Spanish court which treats them as suppliants rather than as independent people. Congress, despite their affection for Spain, begin to t...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1781 November 28]

31. [Document, 1781 November 28]

[Document, 1781 November 28]

32. [Document, 1781 November 28]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: November 28, 1781
  • Summary: Nothing much has happened since the defeat of Cornwallis. [In cipher: Congress is astonished by Jay's treatment in Spain. What does he think of going to France if he cannot obtain a treaty or a loan?]. Congress has dissolved Adams' power to make a tre...
  • Number of Images: 10
[Document, 1781 October 20]

33. [Document, 1781 October 20]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: October 20, 1781
  • Summary: Livingston's appointment as For. Sec. will cement publicly their private friendship. Jay's father cheerful and serene. Be very particular in letters as they will be less public than formerly. Urges Jay to turn his attention to Holland. Adams is zealou...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1782 April 16]

34. [Document, 1782 April 16]

[Document, 1782 April 27]

35. [Document, 1782 April 27]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 27, 1782
  • Summary: Congress surprised at the Spain attitude toward Jay's mission and that after all the insults given to them by Britain they would talk with her at all. The enemies of both countries have endeavored to created distrust and jealousy between them. Congres...
  • Number of Images: 13
[Document, 1782 April 28]

36. [Document, 1782 April 28]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 28, 1782
  • Summary: Spain is extending her claim to land on this side of the Mississippi by virtue of her late conquest. Jay should stress always our right to all the land in question. Use the right of conquest. Our army with the French will consist of about 20,000 men, ...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1782 April 28]

37. [Document, 1782 April 28]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 28, 1782
  • Summary: He agrees with John Jay that Spain does not intend to enter into any engagements with the United States during the war. She seems to expect she will obtain possession of lands east of the Mississippi if she waits until the peacemaking, which France is...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1782 August 08]

38. [Document, 1782 August 08]

[Document, 1782 February 02]

39. [Document, 1782 February 02]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: February 02, 1782
  • Summary: No military action at present. The people in the South detest the British. (Cipher: There is very little reason to hope that either Jay or Adams will be successful in concluding a treaty or a loan.) The army and finances are in good order. (Cipher: Ta...
  • Number of Images: 12
[Document, 1782 July 06]

40. [Document, 1782 July 06]