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[Document, 1782 June 12]

81. [Document, 1782 June 12]

[Document, 1782 November 23]

82. [Document, 1782 November 23]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: November 23, 1782
  • Summary: Glad Jay is at Paris. Hopes he will write more fully as Congress does not have enough information on the European negotiation. The Congress will not negotiate with commissioners here. Most people here would want no alliance with the British. France wo...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1782 December 16]

83. [Document, 1782 December 16]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 16, 1782
  • Summary: Encloses a letter from Jay on the difficulty with Oswald's commission. Also sends information on Spain minister's lack of commission to treat formally with Jay.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1782 April 16]

84. [Document, 1782 April 16]

[Document, 1782 July 06]

85. [Document, 1782 July 06]

[Document, 1782 April 28]

86. [Document, 1782 April 28]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 28, 1782
  • Summary: Believes with Jay that Spain will not enter negotiations with the United States during the war and has designs on more land east of the Mississippi than just the Floridas. Must show right of the United States to those lands; mention Willing's expediti...
  • Number of Images: 6
[Document, 1782 July 06]

87. [Document, 1782 July 06]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 06, 1782
  • Summary: Troops sent by Spain to be used against the United States. Perhaps these measures are merely the result of the inattention of the officer and if Jay will bring the matter to the attention of the Spain minister it will be prevented in the future. Has s...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1782 September 12]

88. [Document, 1782 September 12]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: September 12, 1782
  • Summary: Livingston very irritated at lack of information from the American ministers abroad. Thinks recognition of our independence was a premature hope. Try to get direct trade with the West Indies. We cannot purchase foreign manufactures without a place to ...
  • Number of Images: 7
[Document, 1782 September 18]

89. [Document, 1782 September 18]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: September 18, 1782
  • Summary: Sends Jay the latest Congressional resolutions on his powers to negotiate. Jay thinks the negotiation will go slowly. Sends a new cipher to Jay and Franklin because every few of their letters reach him unciphered.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1782 September 18]

90. [Document, 1782 September 18]

[Document, 1782 April 20]

91. [Document, 1782 April 20]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 20, 1782
  • Summary: Has had no letters from Jay for many months. The French fleet is to be reinforced. The British are planning to evacuate South Carolina Sends a letter from Jay's brother. Jay's father very ill but his little boy fine. Congress very satisfied with Jay's...
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1782 April 26]

92. [Document, 1782 April 26]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 26, 1782
  • Summary: Will express sentiments of Congress towards Jay's conduct and that of Spain. Congress had expectations of that country. Has heard that Spanish king is honest and dignified, and believes that the fate of the United States is important for a sovereign w...
  • Number of Images: 9
[Document, 1782 June 23]

93. [Document, 1782 June 23]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: June 23, 1782
  • Summary: Thanks Jay for his account of the surrender of Fort Saint Philip. Havana trade meets with many interruptions. Bahama islands have surrendered to Spain. Surprised that Holland has acknowledged us before Spain America is irrevocably attached to the alli...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1782 August 08]

94. [Document, 1782 August 08]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: August 08, 1782
  • Summary: Many members of Congress were very resentful about Jay's treatment in Spain. Passed a resolution on what they expected after having such a big concession to Spain. Spanish trade valuable to America. Wishes we could form a commercial treaty with Spain ...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1781 October 20]

95. [Document, 1781 October 20]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: October 20, 1781
  • Summary: Livingston's appointment as For. Sec. will cement publicly their private friendship. Jay's father cheerful and serene. Be very particular in letters as they will be less public than formerly. Urges Jay to turn his attention to Holland. Adams is zealou...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1781 December 13]

96. [Document, 1781 December 13]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 13, 1781
  • Summary: Coded letter. Also lists the four copies, and names of ships on which sent. Apologizes for last letter sent by the Marquis de Lafayette; mistake with the cipher now rectified. The British have since retreated from the fort at Wilmington, North Carolin...
  • Number of Images: 5
[Document, 1781 November 01]

97. [Document, 1781 November 01]

[Document, 1781 October 20]

98. [Document, 1781 October 20]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: October 20, 1781
  • Summary: Decrypted section of letter from Livingston to Jay, 1781 October 20. Fears minister in Holland is not prudent and bears watching.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1781 November 28]

99. [Document, 1781 November 28]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: November 28, 1781
  • Summary: Partially printed in Johnston II 453, Wharton V 153, except cipher portion. Cipher is that sent to John Jay by Charles Thomson. Cipher portion--Congress' pride is hurt at the attitude of the Spanish court which treats them as suppliants rather than as...
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1781 November 01]

100. [Document, 1781 November 01]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: November 01, 1781
  • Summary: Draft of material in YESCA cipher from NHi: 812, concerning instructions regarding loans and treaties, discussions with Spain, and possible negotiations for peace."
  • Number of Images: 5