The papers of John Jay

[Document, 1830 July 15]

1. [Document, 1830 July 15]

Name: Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
Date: July 15, 1830
Summary: Begins to think of returning to America with his family, though the youngest children are just beginning to reap advantages from their travels. Preferred Italy and finds Germany "tame." The commonest items in New York are luxuries on the Continent. Eu...
Number of Images: 2

[Document, 1832 January 02]

2. [Document, 1832 January 02]

Name: Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
Date: January 02, 1832
Summary: Offers to buy wine for him as duties will be reduced under the new treaty. Will send a Rembrandt copy made by Mr. Nurse; has bought for $8 a portrait of a woman of the time of Louis XIV, artist undetermined. The political atmosphere grows dark: Russia...
Number of Images: 2

[Document, 1843 February 27]

3. [Document, 1843 February 27]

Name: Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 (Author) Jay, John C. (John Clarkson), 1808-1891 (Addressee)
Date: February 27, 1843
Summary: Jay's father was too good a friend for him to omit a communication to his children on the occasion of his death. Never knew a man whose principles and conduct more fully commanded his respect. Few men can point to such a father and grandfather; he has...
Number of Images: 1