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[Document, 1782 September 17]

121. [Document, 1782 September 17]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: September 17, 1782
  • Summary: Thanks Jay for his letter and is glad to know that they are all right. Jay's brother James is in England. Only imprudent. Duane has taken his seat in New York delegation. Benson and Hamilton have returned to the practice of the law.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1782 September 18]

122. [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 Congress 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: 2
[Document, 1782 September 18]

123. [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]

124. [Document, 1782 September 18]

[Document, 1783 January 04]

125. [Document, 1783 January 04]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: January 04, 1783
  • Summary: Livingston hopes that Jay's conjectures concerning France are unfounded. France knows too well the condition of the United States to suppose that we might consider a separate peace. It would be to the advantage of France to allow England to acknowledg...
  • Number of Images: 10
[Document, 1783 January 04]

126. [Document, 1783 January 04]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: January 04, 1783
  • Summary: Livingston hopes that Jay's conjectures concerning France are unfounded. France knows too well the condition of the United States to suppose that we might consider a separate peace. It would be to the advantage of France to allow England to acknowledg...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1783 March 17]

127. [Document, 1783 March 17]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 (Addressee)
  • Date: March 17, 1783
  • Summary: Congress will have to come to a decision concerning whether to accept the treaty negotiated as it was without the knowledge of France and one article of which is still concealed from our ally. Our negotiators felt they had reason to suspect the sincer...
  • Number of Images: 14
[Document, 1783 March 24]

128. [Document, 1783 March 24]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Weare, Meshech, 1713-1786 (Addressee)
  • Date: March 24, 1783
  • Summary: Sends Weare a copy of the preliminary articles. We will be a happy and flourishing country when we have re-established our credit and strengthened the union.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1783 March 25]

129. [Document, 1783 March 25]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: March 25, 1783
  • Summary: Warmest congratulations on the treaty. The article on the loyalists will be difficult to enforce. Thinks the concealment from France of the negotiation and even now of the secret article is wholly unnecessary. This article shows enmity to Spain and a ...
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1783 March 25]

130. [Document, 1783 March 25]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: March 25, 1783
  • Summary: Acknowledges joint letter; discusses points of treaty (boundaries, fisheries, debts, phrasing of the treaty, etc.)Warmest congratulations on the treaty. The article on the loyalists will be difficult to enforce. Thinks the concealment from France of t...
  • Number of Images: 10
[Document, 1783 March 25]

131. [Document, 1783 March 25]

[Document, 1783 May 01]

132. [Document, 1783 May 01]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: May 01, 1783
  • Summary: Personal matters. He looks forward to acceptance of his resignation as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, but does not know who his successor will be. Requests John Jay refund to Franklin the amounts advanced to him; this is necessary for Departmental acco...
  • Number of Images: 5
[Document, 1783 May 01]

133. [Document, 1783 May 01]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: May 01, 1783
  • Summary: Livingston determined to retire. Duane and Scott have tried to hurt Livingston in New York politics but have not succeeded. Glad Jay's health better. Many more people here anti-France than Livingston would like to see. Adams has written a public lette...
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1783 May 01]

134. [Document, 1783 May 01]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: May 01, 1783
  • Summary: Livingston's accounts begin on first of January and wants Jay to settle with BF by repaying him out of the bills sent him and Jay. Jay's receipt for the amount he has received will close Livingston's accounts. (Rest of the letter a copy of NN: 2742.)
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1783 May 05]

135. [Document, 1783 May 05]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author) Boudinot, Elias, 1740-1821 (Addressee)
  • Date: May 05, 1783
  • Summary: Congress formerly (7 Aug. 1782) ordered Jay to forbear making any overtures to Spain because of their unreasonableness and his treatment there. There now seems to be a change in their system and Congress may want to remove this obstacle to formation o...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1783 November 29]

136. [Document, 1783 November 29]

[Document, 1783 November 29]

137. [Document, 1783 November 29]

[Document, 1783 November 29]

138. [Document, 1783 November 29]

[Document, 1783 September n...

139. [Document, 1783 September n.d.]

  • Name: Livingston, Robert R., 1746-1813 (Author)
  • Date: 1783 September n.d.
  • Summary: When Livingston resigned as Secretary for Foreign Affairs, the department owed over $3000. At request of Congress, Livingston stayed in office until summer of 1783 at a considerable extra expense. Livingston acted as the agent to remit the salaries of...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1784 August 26]

140. [Document, 1784 August 26]