The papers of John Jay

1. [Document, 1777 n.d.]

Name: Tronson du Coudray, Charles, 1738-1777 (Author) United States. Continental Congress (Addressee)
Date: 1777 n.d.
Summary: Details various munitions, supplies and money France has given American to this date for the prosecution of the war.
Number of Images: 1

2. [Document, 1777 n.d.]

Name: United States. Continental Congress (Addressee)
Date: 1777 n.d.
Summary: Enumeration of munitions and war supplies (in French).
Number of Images: 2

3. [Document, 1778 December 06]

Name: Gérard, Conrad Alexandre, 1729-1790 (Author) United States. Continental Congress (Addressee)
Date: December 06, 1778
Summary: Submits to Congress a plan for premiums to be given to producers of ships' masts to keep these necessary pieces of equipment from British Navy and its ships now under repair.
Number of Images: 3

4. [Document, 1778 December 18]

Name: Hooghkirk, John (Author) United States. Continental Congress (Addressee)
Date: December 18, 1778
Summary: Although superceded by lieutenants junior in rank, he remained with the Army. Now his family is in desperate state, and he must resign to enable him to relieve their hardship.
Number of Images: 4

5. Document, 1778 December 19

Name: Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793 (Author) Vergennes, Charles Gravier, comte de, 1719-1787 (Author) United States. Continental Congress (Addressee)
Date: 1778 December 19
Summary: Announcing birth of Louis' daughter, in French.
Number of Images: 0

6. [Document, 1778 December 22]

Name: Grayson, William (Author) United States. Continental Congress (Addressee)
Date: December 22, 1778
Summary: Declines appointment to Board of War.
Number of Images: 2

7. Document, 1778 n.d.

Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author) United States. Continental Congress (Addressee)
Date: 1778 n.d.
Summary: State of the revenues & expenses of Spain in 1778.
Number of Images: 0

8. [Document, 1779 April 20]

Name: Ewing, George (Author) United States. Continental Congress (Addressee)
Date: April 20, 1779
Summary: He wishes to resign from his office as Commissary General of Hides. Throughout his term in office he has suffered from an inadequate staff, and constant confusion through general officers making extraordinary arrangements for the manufacture of shoes ...
Number of Images: 3

9. [Document, 1779 April 23]

Name: Trumbull, Jonathan, 1740-1809 (Author) United States. Continental Congress (Addressee)
Date: April 23, 1779
Summary: Resigns from his post as Comptroller of the Treasury.
Number of Images: 2

10. Document, 1779 April 24

Name: Gérard, Conrad Alexandre, 1729-1790 (Author) United States. Continental Congress (Addressee)
Date: 1779 April 24
Summary: Memorial in French enclosing five-page memorial from Miralles dated 21 April 1779 relative to two Spanish vessels carried into Massachusetts.
Number of Images: 0

11. Document, 1779 August 05

Name: Gérard, Conrad Alexandre, 1729-1790 (Author) United States. Continental Congress (Addressee)
Date: 1779 August 05
Summary: Memorial in French.
Number of Images: 0

12. [Document, 1779 August 06]

Name: Knoblauch, Baron de (Author) United States. Continental Congress (Addressee)
Date: August 06, 1779
Summary: He wishes to rely upon the report of the Committee appointed to investigate his claim for the indulgence of Congress. Cites his personal accomplishments and his reputation in Europe. Cannot understand why the Board of War refused to receive from him t...
Number of Images: 3

13. [Document, 1779 August 29]

Name: Hazelwood, John (Author) United States. Continental Congress (Addressee)
Date: August 29, 1779
Summary: Asks Board of War to release gunpowder for use of Hazelwood and his associates in proposed privateering venture.
Number of Images: 2

14. [Document, 1779 August n.d.]

Name: Knoblauch, Baron de (Author) United States. Continental Congress (Addressee)
Date: 1779 August n.d.
Summary: It is possible to purchase arms and manufactured goods from the Prussian consul at Nantes. This may lead to a commercial treaty even though Prussia has not recognized the independence of the United States. When last at Berlin, Knoblauch learned that t...
Number of Images: 3

15. [Document, 1779 February 01]

Name: Cambray-Digny, Louis-Antoine-Jean-Baptiste, chevalier de, 1751-1822 (Author) United States. Continental Congress (Addressee)
Date: February 01, 1779
Summary: Asks that he be allowed 2,000 dollars for the expenses he will incur in travelling from Philadelphia to Charlestown, South Carolina, with his engineering equipment and reference books. As he is cut off from his family and friends, and has consistently...
Number of Images: 2

16. Document, 1779 February 03

Name: Gérard, Conrad Alexandre, 1729-1790 (Author) United States. Continental Congress (Addressee)
Date: 1779 February 03
Summary: Brief memorial, in French, having to do with Gulf of Mexico, and navies leaving for Martinique.
Number of Images: 0

17. [Document, 1779 February 03]

Name: Girard (Author) United States. Continental Congress (Addressee)
Date: February 03, 1779
Summary: Girard is serving under Pulaski. Asks for Commission of Captain from Congress.
Number of Images: 2

18. Document, 1779 February 08

Name: Gérard, Conrad Alexandre, 1729-1790 (Author) United States. Continental Congress (Addressee)
Date: 1779 February 08
Summary: In French, brief statement that Gerard had important matters to communicate to Congress.
Number of Images: 0

19. Document, 1779 February 09

Name: Gérard, Conrad Alexandre, 1729-1790 (Author) United States. Continental Congress (Addressee)
Date: 1779 February 09
Summary: Memorial in French.
Number of Images: 0

20. Document, 1779 February 09

Name: Gérard, Conrad Alexandre, 1729-1790 (Author) United States. Continental Congress (Addressee)
Date: 1779 February 09
Summary: Memorial in French.
Number of Images: 0

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