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[Document, 1786 October 23]

1. [Document, 1786 October 23]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Collins, John, -1795 (Addressee)
Date: October 23, 1786
Summary: Transmits a list of Negroes who appear to have been carried away from New York upon British evacuation, and which appear to have been from Rhode Island.
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[Document, 1787 July 28]

2. [Document, 1787 July 28]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Collins, John, -1795 (Addressee)
Date: July 28, 1787
Summary: Acknowledges receipt of Collins' letter of July 23. Returns documents enclosed in Collins' letter and advises him on Congress's action on case and instructions to Jefferson.
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[Document, 1787 July 28]

3. [Document, 1787 July 28]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Collins, John, -1795 (Addressee)
Date: July 28, 1787
Summary: Acknowledges receipt of Collins' letter of July 23. Returns documents enclosed in Collins' letter and advises him on Congress's action on case and instructions to Jefferson.
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[Document, 1787 July 28]

4. [Document, 1787 July 28]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Collins, John, -1795 (Addressee)
Date: July 28, 1787
Summary: Acknowledges receipt of Collins' letter of July 23. Returns documents enclosed in Collins' letter and advises him on Congress's action on case and instructions to Jefferson.
Number of Images: 1

[Document, 1787 October 11]

5. [Document, 1787 October 11]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Collins, John, -1795 (Addressee)
Date: October 11, 1787
Summary: Draft Letter to Governors transmitting Act of Congress.
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[Document, 1787 October 25]

6. [Document, 1787 October 25]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Collins, John, -1795 (Addressee)
Date: October 25, 1787
Summary: Has sent contents of Collins letter of 26 August to Jefferson; however Jay feels that Jefferson's position will not permit him to advocate the justice of the claim, and Jay suggests that the claimants retain legal counsel for that purpose.
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[Document, 1788 May 17]

7. [Document, 1788 May 17]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Collins, John, -1795 (Addressee)
Date: May 17, 1788
Summary: Transmits copy of the Franco-American commercial accord passed 29 December 1787 together with a letter on the subject from the French Comptroller General of Finance to Jefferson of the same date. Act and letter from M. Lambert enclosed.
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[Document, 1788 May 26]

8. [Document, 1788 May 26]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Collins, John, -1795 (Addressee)
Date: May 26, 1788
Summary: Encloses letter from Schultz Von Ascheraden, Swedish envoy at the Hague, transmitted to John Jay by Dumas. Swedish letter asks for cooperation of American States in the capture of a Captain Dahlberg who has run away with the merchant ship he commanded...
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