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[Document, 1792 April 05]

1. [Document, 1792 April 05]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Miller, William (Addressee)
Date: April 05, 1792
Summary: Has letter of April 2nd and would answer his questions if his position on the bench did not preclude giving legal advice. If he should see Peter Jay Munro put the case to him.
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[Document, 1811 January 28]

2. [Document, 1811 January 28]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Miller, William (Addressee)
Date: January 28, 1811
Summary: Regrets his departure from the neighborhood, but hopes it will prove advantageous. The prospects before Miller's son and daughter are excellent, and his latter days will probably be tranquil and pleasant.
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[Document, 1811 November 07]

3. [Document, 1811 November 07]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Miller, William (Addressee)
Date: November 07, 1811
Summary: Is glad to hear things are going well. Cannot supply him with money as previously mentioned until he is in receipt of certain sums. Miller has been through many difficulties, but if there were no trials in the world it would not be what it now is: a s...
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[Document, 1812 December 30]

4. [Document, 1812 December 30]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Miller, William (Addressee)
Date: December 30, 1812
Summary: News of the family and farm at Bedford.
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[Document, 1813 March 30]

5. [Document, 1813 March 30]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Miller, William (Addressee)
Date: March 30, 1813
Summary: Judge Benson has been elected, but the illegal management of certain inspectors in Suffolk County make Peter's election questionable. Fever again prevails there, not as severely, however, as last winter. The present minister of the church has been rel...
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[Document, 1814 May 17]

6. [Document, 1814 May 17]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Miller, William (Addressee)
Date: May 17, 1814
Summary: News of the family. Is glad Miller is going on prosperously. Is less desirous of receiving remittances than he is that they may be made without inconvenience. He and his daughter Sarah have been victims of influenza.
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[Document, 1814 September 20]

7. [Document, 1814 September 20]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Miller, William (Addressee)
Date: September 20, 1814
Summary: Does not wonder at Miller's anxiety for the consequences of the war. National misrule is sometimes corrected by making it instrumental to national chastisement. Though we may meet with troubles in our lifetime, they tend to excite our diligence and qu...
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[Document, 1815 November 24]

8. [Document, 1815 November 24]

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) Miller, William (Addressee)
Date: November 24, 1815
Summary: John Jay and Miller have arrived at the ordinary term of human life, and additional time is not to be expected. Nevertheless they can take comfort in the reflection that there is a better world for those who accept it "on the Terms on which it is merc...
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