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[Document, 1782 August 13]

41. [Document, 1782 August 13]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
  • Date: August 13, 1782
  • Summary: Jay's family sick ever since coming to Paris. Jay sad about his father's death but it is but a temporary separation. Asks Livingston to give certain sums of money to his family in America. Aranda wants to limit our territory to about half way from the...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1782 December 07]

42. [Document, 1782 December 07]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 07, 1782
  • Summary: Asks Livingston to pay F. Jay 50 pounds every three months out of state rents. Deduct the money from each of Jay's quarter salaries.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1782 December 07]

43. [Document, 1782 December 07]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 07, 1782
  • Summary: Asks Livingston to pay Franklin Jay 50 pounds every three months out of state rents. Deduct the money from each of Jay's quarter salaries.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1782 December 12]

44. [Document, 1782 December 12]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 12, 1782
  • Summary: Has sent a letter with a copy of the preliminaries. Negotiations with Spain are at a standstill. The Commissioners in Paris are perfectly harmonious. There has not been the least division. "Mr. Adams was particularly useful respecting the eastern boun...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1782 December 14]

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[Document, 1782 December 14]

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[Document, 1782 December 14]

47. [Document, 1782 December 14]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 14, 1782
  • Summary: Thinks Britain wanted to make a good peace. But we must not trust them. Disappointed violence and mortified ambition are dangerous foundations on which to place confidence. We should mind our own business in foreign affairs. Jay does not believe it po...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1782 December 14]

48. [Document, 1782 December 14]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 14, 1782
  • Summary: Thinks Britain wanted to make a good peace. But we must not trust them. Disappointed violence and mortified ambition are dangerous foundations on which to place confidence. We should mind our own business in foreign affairs. Jay does not believe it po...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1782 December 14]

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[Document, 1782 December 14]

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[Document, 1782 December 20]

51. [Document, 1782 December 20]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 20, 1782
  • Summary: Sends a project for introducing copper coins into the U.S. Will mill copper coins in Britain for the American states at 1d per lb. and will have them struck there for 1d more per lb. if the 1st order is for not less than 50 tons. Will also be willing ...
  • Number of Images: 7
[Document, 1782 December 20]

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[Document, 1782 February 06]

53. [Document, 1782 February 06]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
  • Date: February 06, 1782
  • Summary: Jay had received Livingston's letter of 13 December with the enclosures but cannot read them for want of a cipher. Thomson's cipher has been inspected by the post office here. We must use couriers rather than post office. Jay plans to write many lette...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1782 February 06]

54. [Document, 1782 February 06]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
  • Date: February 06, 1782
  • Summary: Yesterday received [from Del Campo] Livingston's letter from December 13th including a number of other documents from November and December -- a copy of an earlier letter, newspapers and several resolutions of Congress on: money, enforcing the Law of ...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1782 February 13]

55. [Document, 1782 February 13]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
  • Date: February 13, 1782
  • Summary: Jay's dispatches had been sent to Congress before he had heard of Livingston's appointment. Jay authorizes Livingston to treat them exactly as if they had been sent to him originally.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1782 February 16]

56. [Document, 1782 February 16]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
  • Date: February 16, 1782
  • Summary: The Castle of St. Philip surrendered to Duke de Crillon on 4 February. Goes to the Prado tonight for an interview. Things look more hopeful at the present.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1782 February 16]

57. [Document, 1782 February 16]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
  • Date: February 16, 1782
  • Summary: Still no word from the Marquis de Lafayette. Learned that the castle of St. Philip surrendered to the Duke de Crillon on February 4. The soldiers are to go to England as prisoners of war. Hopes to learn more from [Floridablanca] that evening.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1782 February 18]

58. [Document, 1782 February 18]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
  • Date: February 18, 1782
  • Summary: Sends gazette with article on capitulation of St. Philip. Things begin to look more promising. Will wait to see what reliance may be placed on present appearances.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1782 February 18]

59. [Document, 1782 February 18]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
  • Date: February 18, 1782
  • Summary: Still no word from the Marquis de Lafayette. Encloses copy of the Gazette to be published the following day with details on the capture of Fort St. Philip. Opportune event; looks promising but is cautious until further news.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1782 June 14]

60. [Document, 1782 June 14]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Addressee)
  • Date: June 14, 1782
  • Summary: The journey to Bordeaux has been pleasant. Livingston has been named god-father to their new child. Everyone is very pleasant. Bayonne is soon to be declared a free port.
  • Number of Images: 2