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[Document, 1779 March 28]

1. [Document, 1779 March 28]

[Document, 1779 February 20]

2. [Document, 1779 February 20]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786 (Addressee)
  • Date: February 20, 1779
  • Summary: General Washington has been put in charge of all departments of the Army and will do everything possible for the protection of New York.
  • Number of Images: 2
Document, 1776 March 13

3. Document, 1776 March 13

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1776 March 13
  • Summary: ALS. Wishes to restrain the military from "offering oaths by way of test to [th]e inhabitants... when the Army becomes our Legislators, the people that moment become slaves." Typescript at 11924.
  • Number of Images: 0
[Document, 1776 April 27]

4. [Document, 1776 April 27]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 27, 1776
  • Summary: Acknowledges receipt of 16 April. Congratulates New York on her diligence in providing for defense. Jay agrees with McDougall that it would not be wise to tax New York City at this time. Jay cannot understand the results of the latest election. Perhap...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1776 March 23]

5. [Document, 1776 March 23]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786 (Addressee)
  • Date: March 23, 1776
  • Summary: Writes that Congress has not decided upon continental colors. Some naval officers have used a rattlesnake flag. Use Committee of Safety vigorously to suppress licentiousness. Commends his discernment and soldierly attitude toward Lord Stirling's advan...
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1776 February 17]

6. [Document, 1776 February 17]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786 (Addressee) Nicoll, Edward (Addressee)
  • Date: February 17, 1776
  • Summary: Draft: Directs Nicoll to deliver a 2 drafts on one page letter to McDougall which Troup will give him. Requests Nicoll avoid future improprieties while forgetting their past differences. Draft of letter to McDougall identifies Nicoll as a college acqu...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1776 March 23]

7. [Document, 1776 March 23]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786 (Addressee)
  • Date: March 23, 1776
  • Summary: The Congress has made no decision on the continental colors. Licentiousness must be suppressed by your Convention or the Committee of Safety. We should end our support of certain wild people who are supposedly on our side but who may be aiding the ene...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1776 March 27]

8. [Document, 1776 March 27]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786 (Addressee)
  • Date: March 27, 1776
  • Summary: In 1757 New York had 39 privateers and 4060 men employed in that business. Wants the province to outdo itself in privateering. Glad that McDougall's appointment will allow him to stay in New York City. Boyd has not fulfilled his contract to deliver mu...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1776 March 21]

9. [Document, 1776 March 21]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786 (Addressee)
  • Date: March 21, 1776
  • Summary: Refers to McDougall's fitting out an armed vessel. Congress has passed are solution for privateering. Jay against any future subscriptions to associations. Fear and motives of interest and convenience would induce many to sign it who might be unfriend...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1776 April 27]

10. [Document, 1776 April 27]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 27, 1776
  • Summary: Acknowledges receipt of 16 April. Congratulates New York on her diligence in providing for defense. Jay agrees with McDougall that it would not be wise to tax New York City at this time. Jay cannot understand the results of the latest election. Perhap...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1776 April 11]

11. [Document, 1776 April 11]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 11, 1776
  • Summary: Jay wishes to know the state of the Army. Thinks it would be useless and unseasonable to change the mode of selecting the delegates to the Congress. All power originates with the people and no harm can come from giving their elected representative the...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1776 March 13]

12. [Document, 1776 March 13]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786 (Addressee)
  • Date: March 13, 1776
  • Summary: Typed copy. Mentions enclosure furnishing answers to McDougall's questions about seaman's wages (the enclosure has been lost). Tells McDougall that a "Model of a Pike" (probably refers to a type of lance used by foot soldiers) would be sent to him. Ja...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1776 April 27]

13. [Document, 1776 April 27]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 27, 1776
  • Summary: Acknowledges receipt of 16 April. Congratulates New York on her diligence in providing for defense. Jay agrees with McDougall's arguments on the unwisdom of taxing at this time. Cannot understand the late election results in regard to McDougall except...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1776 March 23]

14. [Document, 1776 March 23]

[Document, 1775 December 13]

15. [Document, 1775 December 13]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 13, 1775
  • Summary: Will follow McDougall's advice respecting the command of a certain post even though there may be dissent. Glad that the convention now considers the New York delegation to Congress. Its number could be reduced without injuring its effectiveness and wo...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1775 October 26]

16. [Document, 1775 October 26]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786 (Addressee)
  • Date: October 26, 1775
  • Summary: Jay will pay attention to the recommendation made by McDougall in his last letter. A Congressional resolve has given a Mr. Fine a commission to sail to the West Indies and purchase ammunition. You may take advantage of Fine's contract and allow him su...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1775 October 17]

17. [Document, 1775 October 17]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786 (Addressee)
  • Date: October 17, 1775
  • Summary: Hopes McDougall's apprehensions are without foundation. Care should be taken in writing letters and in committing them to the right hands. You should not restrain exports permitted by the association. Your seamen will go over to the enemy. Hopes that ...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1775 December 23]

18. [Document, 1775 December 23]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 23, 1775
  • Summary: Congress it seems will not adjourn even for the holy days. Wishes that the absent members of the New York delegation would return. There is just a quorum. What has become of Queens and Richmond counties? Rival governments in politics are solecisms. Li...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1775 December 04]

19. [Document, 1775 December 04]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 04, 1775
  • Summary: The Congress has determined against the tea holders in a decision neither just nor politic. The officers of a New York garrison have protested against being separated after their capitulation. Jay has had no information that such an arrangement was ma...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1775 December 22]

20. [Document, 1775 December 22]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) McDougall, Alexander, 1732-1786 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 22, 1775
  • Summary: Jay took great pleasure in McDougall's address on Lord North proposition. Thinks the pecuniary provision for the delegates to Congress is rather small but will never quit the field on such a consideration. Can get along with a little retrenchment. Ent...
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