The papers of John Jay

Name: Livingston, Susan (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Date: November 01, 1776
Summary: Received Jay's letter from Mr. Line. Feared the latter would get taken delivering the letter; they had heard the enemy had made rapid progress in New York. Has not heard about Dr. Bailey whom she thought was with the British on Staten Island and think...
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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...
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Name: Livingston, Susan (Author) Jay, Sarah Livingston (Addressee)
Date: 1780 October 21
Summary: News of family and friends. Sends papers concerning Benedict Arnold.
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Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Jay, Sarah Livingston (Addressee) Livingston, Susan (Author)
Date: July 18, 1781
Summary: Text of letter written out for Peter by his aunt, Susan Livingston, but with a neatly printed signature which is presumably Peter's. Is learning his lessons well from his Aunt Susan. Aunt Catharine sends him books from Philadelphia. He has finished th...
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Name: Livingston, Susan (Author) Jay, Sarah Livingston (Addressee)
Date: July 18, 1781
Summary: Every person prefers her or his native land. We "think ourselves happy in not being born amid the gloom of superstition, ignorance, and idolatry, but under the sweet simplicity of the gospel." Washington makes rapid progress toward New York City, and ...
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Name: Livingston, Susan (Author) Jay, Sarah Livingston (Addressee)
Date: May 10, 1781
Summary: The last batch of letters was almost lost due to the carelessness of Dr. Vinans. Hannah is very pleased with the present. Peter Augustus is well. Peter Jay was plundered by a group of robbers, as was Mr. John Reade and Mr. Comfort Sands. It is unfortu...
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Name: Livingston, Susan (Author) Jay, Sarah Livingston (Addressee)
Date: May 27, 1781
Summary: Is concerned that her letters have not reached Sarah. Mentions the enemy occupation of the territory in which they live. Peter Augustus Jay shook hands with a British General who said that he supposed that the child had been taught to think that the B...
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Name: Livingston, Susan (Author) Jay, Sarah Livingston (Addressee)
Date: October 01, 1781
Summary: When Mr. Jay goes to Jersey with Peter, he will return with his wife. It was very natural for her to want to see her relatives, but going into the British lines is very bad for Mr. Jay, since he is a member of the legislature. News of the family. Ever...
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