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[Document, 1775 January 26]

1. [Document, 1775 January 26]

  • Name: Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: January 26, 1775
  • Summary: Morris intended to take Jay into partnership concerning some acres along the New Jersey land, but was constrained in doing so because he learned Jay was interested in the conflicting Checquake grant because of the Estate of Anne Chambers. Offers Jay o...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1776 September 23]

2. [Document, 1776 September 23]

  • Name: Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: September 23, 1776
  • Summary: Encloses both of Deane's letters. Is it morally right to involve all Europe in a war? Why is Jay not in Congress?
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1777 April 01]

3. [Document, 1777 April 01]

  • Name: Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 01, 1777
  • Summary: Encloses letters which came by a French Ship to New Hampshire under cover to Morris by Mr. Livingston; Morris believes the letters are from England. Lists the supplies which have arrived: 6,800 muskets and 2,100 gun locks in Philadelphia. 633 bbls pow...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1777 April 01]

4. [Document, 1777 April 01]

  • Name: Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 01, 1777
  • Summary: Encloses letters which came by a French Ship to New Hampshire under cover to Morris by Mr. Livingston; Morris believes the letters are from England. Lists the supplies which have arrived: 6,800 muskets and 2,100 gun locks in Philadelphia. 633 bbls pow...
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1777 February 04]

5. [Document, 1777 February 04]

  • Name: Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: February 04, 1777
  • Summary: Has received John Jay's of January 7, 1777 (not located). Timothy Jones is agreeable; his letter of September 17, 1777 showed him a cold man though John Jay's observation more acute than that of "a Sea Captain" Morris handed "a copy of your discovery"...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1777 January 12]

6. [Document, 1777 January 12]

  • Name: Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: January 12, 1777
  • Summary: Congress removed to Baltimore. Morris has been appointed to a committee to transact all continental affairs. Had the removal from Philadelphia taken place earlier the Pennsylvania constitution would be wholesome; now the people are divided and weak. I...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1778 April 14]

7. [Document, 1778 April 14]

  • Name: Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 14, 1778
  • Summary: Sends information one Captain George Stewart of New York, who has been absent since 1775. Requests Jay's assistance in locating Stewart's family. Stewart had bills of exchange drawn on Congress, which are now being presented for payment.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1778 September 08]

8. [Document, 1778 September 08]

[Document, 1779 October 18]

9. [Document, 1779 October 18]

  • Name: Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: October 18, 1779
  • Summary: The enclosed letter should produce "an agreeable intercourse between your family and those it is addressed to. Sorry to lose John Jay and his family.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1780 July 06]

10. [Document, 1780 July 06]

  • Name: Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 06, 1780
  • Summary: Apologizes for not writing sooner. Encloses a letter for Mrs. Jay from Mrs. Meredith at Trenton. Regrets that they did not agree on a cypher. The lack of it prevents Morris from writing about many matters. The Livingston family had moved to Elizabeth ...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1781 August 15]

11. [Document, 1781 August 15]

  • Name: Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: August 15, 1781
  • Summary: Letterbook copy. Encloses a list of bills of exchange drawn on Jay (not present). Jay must disregard Morris's letter of 9 July because of changed circumstances. Progress of war in America.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1781 ca. July 13]

12. [Document, 1781 ca. July 13]

  • Name: Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 (Author) Gálvez, José de, 1720-1787 (Addressee)
  • Date: ca. July 13, 1781
  • Summary: Copy, largely in cipher, in Jay's papers. Informs Galvez of Morris's appointment as Superintendent of Finance and of the plan to erect a national bank through which the credit of Continental currency will be sustained. Asks Galvez's aid in obtaining s...
  • Number of Images: 6
[Document, 1781 July 07]

13. [Document, 1781 July 07]

[Document, 1781 July 13]

14. [Document, 1781 July 13]

  • Name: Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 13, 1781
  • Summary: Autograph Letter Signed "Private." Morris is sending Major Franks to Europe. It is said that a fleet was coming into Chesapeake Bay, but it is not known yet who they are. Only wild rumors have arrived concerning a battle between the fleets in the West...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1781 July 13]

15. [Document, 1781 July 13]

  • Name: Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 13, 1781
  • Summary: Letter signed. Encloses the plan for a national bank (not present). Reasons for its establishment. Morris has written to Franklin and has asked him to persuade the French to further Jay's negotiation. Jay can communicate with Franklin through Major Fr...
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1781 July 13]

16. [Document, 1781 July 13]

  • Name: Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 13, 1781
  • Summary: Letterbook copy of document 7007. Encloses the plan for a national bank. (not present) Reasons for its establishment. Morris has written to Franklin and has asked him to persuade the French to further Jay's negotiation. Jay can communicate with Frankl...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1781 July 17]

17. [Document, 1781 July 17]

  • Name: Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 (Author) Smith, Robert (Addressee)
  • Date: July 17, 1781
  • Summary: A copy, entirely in code. Sends Smith his commission as Continental agent in Havana. In Jay's papers. Enclosure in Morris's letter to Jay of 29 July (document 7009).
  • Number of Images: 5
[Document, 1781 July 29]

18. [Document, 1781 July 29]

  • Name: Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 29, 1781
  • Summary: Deciphered version of documents 7008 and 10231. Transmits copies of his letters to Galvez, the Governor of Havana, and to Robert Smith ( documents 7667 and 7668). Letter to Galvez was first shown to Francisco Rendon. Encloses a copy of Rendon's note a...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1781 July 29]

19. [Document, 1781 July 29]

  • Name: Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 29, 1781
  • Summary: Cipher version of document 7009, letter signed by Morris. Transmits copies of his letters to Galvez, the Governor of Havana, and to Robert Smith (documents 7667 and 7668). Letter to Galvez was first shown to Francisco Rendon. Encloses a copy of Rendon...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1781 July 29]

20. [Document, 1781 July 29]

  • Name: Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 29, 1781
  • Summary: Letterbook copy in cipher of document 7009. Transmits copies of his letters to Galvez, the Governor of Havana, and to Robert Smith ( documents 7667 and 7668). Letter to Galvez was first shown to Francisco Rendon. Encloses a copy of Rendon's note appro...
  • Number of Images: 1