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[Document, 1777 March 22]

1. [Document, 1777 March 22]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
  • Date: March 22, 1777
  • Summary: Comments on Livingston's letters of the 18th and 3rd. Livingston's "panegyric" on king will stimulate the prince to "exalt you at the first opportunity." It is to be regretted that at such a time measures should be feeble. The convention is now consid...
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[Document, 1778 December 18]

2. [Document, 1778 December 18]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 18, 1778
  • Summary: Thanks for congratulations on his election to Presidency of Congress. Commends New Jersey militia's enthusiasm. Brockholst Livingston will be Jay's personal secretary.
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[Document, 1778 December 18]

3. [Document, 1778 December 18]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 18, 1778
  • Summary: Thanks Livingston for his congratulations at Jay's being elected President of Congress. Glad that New Jersey is now undertaking naval operations. Sends the Commission's instructions and bonds.
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[Document, 1779 April 07]

4. [Document, 1779 April 07]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 07, 1779
  • Summary: Sends Livingston two acts of Congress: 1. one of March 23 regulating the clothing department. 2. one of April 5 providing for pay of officers employed in the department. The men will be appointed by the several states and paid by them. Hopes the acts ...
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[Document, 1779 June 07]

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[Document, 1779 June 16]

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[Document, 1779 June 29]

7. [Document, 1779 June 29]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
  • Date: June 29, 1779
  • Summary: Sends two copies of acts of Congress of June 28: 1. directions on how to fill vacancies in regiments raised by states for the continental Army; 2. directing the states to bill up their battalions as quickly as possible.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1779 May 10]

8. [Document, 1779 May 10]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
  • Date: May 10, 1779
  • Summary: Communicated Livingston's letter of May 8 and his memorial to Congress and sends him their resolution in reply. Also sends a copy of an act of Congress of May 5 for facilitating the settlement of the late Commissary General Trumbull's and other public...
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[Document, 1780 July 14]

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[Document, 1780 November 22]

10. [Document, 1780 November 22]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
  • Date: November 22, 1780
  • Summary: John Jay's daughter has died. Discusses the relative worth of Spanish melons, garden herbs and roots (cabbages, cauliflowers, and onions), and grapes. He and Mrs. Jay are pleased at Judith's marriage to John Watkins.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1781 April 25]

11. [Document, 1781 April 25]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 25, 1781
  • Summary: Letter of introduction for Jean Toscan, the new French Nice Consul at Boston. The have been acquainted with Toscan almost since their arrival in Madrid.
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[Document, 1782 October 13]

12. [Document, 1782 October 13]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
  • Date: October 13, 1782
  • Summary: Maria was very ill but is now recovered. All the Jays have been quite ill. Jay still has little strength and a pain in his breast. France is a nice country, almost as nice as the U.S. Art has done more for France and nature for the U.S. Summer cool he...
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[Document, 1783 July 19]

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[Document, 1783 July 19]

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[Document, 1783 May 21]

15. [Document, 1783 May 21]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
  • Date: May 21, 1783
  • Summary: Will send seeds in the fall. Wants Livingston to take care of Peter. None of the Jays too well. Spain was especially bad for them. The boundaries of the states should be settled. Our credit must be restored. Europe especially skeptical on this point. ...
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[Document, 1783 May 21]

16. [Document, 1783 May 21]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
  • Date: May 21, 1783
  • Summary: Will send seeds in the fall. Wants Livingston to take care of Peter. None of the Jays too well. Spain was especially bad for them. The boundaries of the states should be settled. Our credit must be restored. Europe especially skeptical on this point. ...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1783 September 12]

17. [Document, 1783 September 12]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
  • Date: September 12, 1783
  • Summary: The new baby has been named Ann. Sends pictures of the globes invented by Monsieur Montgolfier. Sends a seed of a flowering shrub.
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[Document, 1784 December 30]

18. [Document, 1784 December 30]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 30, 1784
  • Summary: Notes the difficult state of his strained relations with Brockholst Livingston. A speedy reconciliation would be least likely to leave lasting wounds. [Notes in John Jay's hand indicate letter mailed 2 January 1785.]
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[Document, 1785 April 01]

19. [Document, 1785 April 01]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 01, 1785
  • Summary: Has purchased a cask of sherry for Livingston. Sends a book for Peter. Does not think he will find it interesting but should find this out for himself.
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[Document, 1785 April 28]

20. [Document, 1785 April 28]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Livingston, William, 1723-1790 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 28, 1785
  • Summary: Sends Livingston a copy of an act of Congress of 18 April recognizing Herman Le Roy as Consul for New York and New Jersey and Calling on those states to furnish him with his notification of quality.
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