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[Document, 1827 March 12]

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[Document, 1827 March 15]

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[Document, 1827 March 28]

13323. [Document, 1827 March 28]

[Document, 1827 October 08]

13324. [Document, 1827 October 08]

[Document, 1827 October 11]

13325. [Document, 1827 October 11]

[Document, 1827 October 12]

13326. [Document, 1827 October 12]

[Document, 1828 April 12]

13327. [Document, 1828 April 12]

  • Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 12, 1828
  • Summary: Family and business news, including statement that there is a demand for money in the area. William says his own commission has not expired as judge. And since Judge Tompkins did not choose to resign his commission, his party, perhaps reluctantly, has...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1828 April 21]

13328. [Document, 1828 April 21]

  • Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Whitelaw, James, 1748-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 21, 1828
  • Summary: Acknowledges receipt of Whitelaw's letter of March 25, 1828. Indicates that he has already written to Mr. Tolman about the records of the several partitions in which he acted as Proprietor's Clerk; and to General Mattocks about the claims by possessio...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1828 August 31]

13329. [Document, 1828 August 31]

[Document, 1828 December 16]

13330. [Document, 1828 December 16]

[Document, 1828 February 17]

13331. [Document, 1828 February 17]

[Document, 1828 January 05]

13332. [Document, 1828 January 05]

  • Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
  • Date: January 05, 1828
  • Summary: Family and business matters. Mentions that he had attended a meeting of the managers of his Bible Society and had found an unusual number of families without a Bible. The Society will supply them all with a Bible.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1828 January 22]

13333. [Document, 1828 January 22]

  • Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Whitelaw, James, 1748-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: January 22, 1828
  • Summary: Acknowledges receipt of Whitelaw's letter of February 11, 1828. Says that he has heard from Mr. Hovey, who informs him that there are several settlers on his father's land who intend to claim it by possession. In case of a suit, William Jay asks White...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1828 January 30]

13334. [Document, 1828 January 30]

  • Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Varick, Richard, 1753-1831 (Addressee)
  • Date: January 30, 1828
  • Summary: His father, unable to write due to a hand injury, asks that his resignation of the presidency of the American Bible Society be laid before the Board of Managers. His attachment to the institution is unabated but the state of his health renders him una...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1828 July 07]

13335. [Document, 1828 July 07]

[Document, 1828 June 10]

13336. [Document, 1828 June 10]

  • Name: Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: June 10, 1828
  • Summary: He is 85 years old today. Is free of envy, hatred and malice, and will leave this world with no enmities. Has no desire to write pamphlets on political or personal dissensions as an "old revolutionary friend" continues to do. His passage through life ...
  • Number of Images: 5
[Document, 1828 June 10]

13337. [Document, 1828 June 10]

  • Name: Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: June 10, 1828
  • Summary: He is 85 years old today. Is free of envy, hatred and malice, and will leave this world with no enmities. Has no desire to write pamphlets on political or personal dissensions as an "old revolutionary friend" continues to do. His passage through life ...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1828 June 20]

13338. [Document, 1828 June 20]

  • Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Peters, Richard, 1743-1828 (Addressee)
  • Date: June 20, 1828
  • Summary: Writes on behalf of his father since the latter has suffered an inflammation of his right hand. General debility confines him to the house. It would give him pleasure if he could commit his ideas to paper to enlarge on the political topics Peters ment...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1828 March 08]

13339. [Document, 1828 March 08]

  • Name: Troup, Robert, 1757-1832 (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee) Varick, Richard, 1753-1831 (Author)
  • Date: March 08, 1828
  • Summary: In obedience to his request they enclose a copy of the proceedings of the Board of Managers of the American Bible Society relative to his resignation. Express their regret for the necessity which has led him to retire, especially as the Society will f...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1828 March 13]

13340. [Document, 1828 March 13]

[Document, 1828 March 6]

13341. [Document, 1828 March 6]

  • Name: American Bible Society (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: March 6, 1828
  • Summary: Extract from the minutes of the Society, 6 march 1828, Announcing the Society's acceptances of the resignation of "our revered President," John Jay.
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1828 May 14]

13342. [Document, 1828 May 14]

  • Name: Remington, Anson (Author) Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
  • Date: May 14, 1828
  • Summary: Has been informed Jay had made inquiries for a musician to play violin for the relief of Mr.[____], who is suffering from "The Magrams." He would be available for a short time. He lives in Pound Ridge, the first house west of Mr. I. Brown's brick hous...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1828 October 05]

13343. [Document, 1828 October 05]

[Document, 1828 October 15]

13344. [Document, 1828 October 15]

[Document, 1828 October 20]

13345. [Document, 1828 October 20]

[Document, 1828 September 05]

13346. [Document, 1828 September 05]

[Document, 1828 September 29]

13347. [Document, 1828 September 29]

  • Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author) Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Addressee)
  • Date: September 29, 1828
  • Summary: Enclosing copy of letter dated 29 Sept 1828 from William Jay to Jonathan Lyon William tells Peter of the court work in his county, a surprising number of criminal cases and seemingly related to Bedford's proximity to New York City. Sends copy of lette...
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1829 April 18]

13348. [Document, 1829 April 18]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
  • Date: April 18, 1829
  • Summary: Thanks God for all blessings. Requests a decent funeral but without ostentation, instead giving $200 to a deserving widow or orphan of the town. Gives all manuscripts, books and papers other than such as respect his own or others' estate to his sons j...
  • Number of Images: 7
[Document, 1829 April 19]

13349. [Document, 1829 April 19]

[Document, 1829 April 26]

13350. [Document, 1829 April 26]

[Document, 1829 December 09]

13351. [Document, 1829 December 09]

[Document, 1829 December 30]

13352. [Document, 1829 December 30]

  • Name: Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832 (Author) Monod, Frédéric, 1794-1863 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 30, 1829
  • Summary: Has learned with satisfaction of Monod's trip to St. Quentin and the conciliation between his brother and the assembly of that church. Hopes his brother and the assembly of that church. Hopes his brother will profit by the experience he has just had a...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1829 January 11]

13353. [Document, 1829 January 11]

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[Document, 1829 June 01]

13355. [Document, 1829 June 01]

[Document, 1829 June 13]

13356. [Document, 1829 June 13]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
  • Date: June 13, 1829
  • Summary: Proof of John Jay's will; administration of all goods, chattels, and credits granted to Peter A. and William Jay. Signed by Jonathan Ward, surrogate.
  • Number of Images: 5
[Document, 1829 June 13]

13357. [Document, 1829 June 13]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
  • Date: June 13, 1829
  • Summary: Letter from Jonathan Ward, surrogate, about John Jay's will. William Jay and Peter Augustus Jay both executors of the estate.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1829 March 02]

13358. [Document, 1829 March 02]

[Document, 1829 March 03]

13359. [Document, 1829 March 03]

[Document, 1829 March 18]

13360. [Document, 1829 March 18]

[Document, 1829 n.d.]

13361. [Document, 1829 n.d.]

[Document, 1829 n.d.]

13362. [Document, 1829 n.d.]

  • Name: Jay, Ann (Author) Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1829 n.d.
  • Summary: Has learned that her brother plans to make an "abridged edition of the memoirs of our dear father." Furnishes him with copy of diary which she kept during John Jay's serious illness in 1827. Illness resulted from bruised hand which led to gangrene.
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1829 n.d.]

13363. [Document, 1829 n.d.]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
  • Date: 1829 n.d.
  • Summary: Jay's manuscript notes on popular superstitions on the influence of the moon.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1829 October 10]

13364. [Document, 1829 October 10]

[Document, 1829 October 18]

13365. [Document, 1829 October 18]

[Document, 1829 September 03]

13366. [Document, 1829 September 03]

[Document, 1829 September 22]

13367. [Document, 1829 September 22]

[Document, 1830 April 03]

13368. [Document, 1830 April 03]

  • Name: Jay, Augusta McVickar (Author) Jay, Maria (Addressee)
  • Date: April 03, 1830
  • Summary: Personal and family news. Religious admonition. Brief P.S. from William Jay.
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1830 April 08]

13369. [Document, 1830 April 08]

  • Name: Stephen, James, 1758-1832 (Author) Winslow, Edward (Addressee)
  • Date: April 08, 1830
  • Summary: Encloses a letter which a messenger was unable to deliver to him at the House of Lords. Has decided to risk blame for acting without consulting his "official brethren;" has therefore reverted to his first plan and asks that the enclosed letter be laid...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1830 August 07]

13370. [Document, 1830 August 07]

[Document, 1830 August 11]

13371. [Document, 1830 August 11]

[Document, 1830 December 07]

13372. [Document, 1830 December 07]

[Document, 1830 December 13]

13373. [Document, 1830 December 13]

[Document, 1830 December 18]

13374. [Document, 1830 December 18]

[Document, 1830 January 12]

13375. [Document, 1830 January 12]

  • Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 (Addressee)
  • Date: January 12, 1830
  • Summary: Peter Augustus writes in response to Sparks' request for access to John Jay's papers. The request was refused until Peter and William could go through and arrange the papers in accordance with John Jay's will and request. John Jay's reasoning for dest...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1830 July 15]

13376. [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, 1830 March 31]

13377. [Document, 1830 March 31]

  • Name: Jay, Augusta McVickar (Author) Jay, Maria (Addressee)
  • Date: March 31, 1830
  • Summary: Personal and family news. Religious admonitions, with the advice to remember that New York City may bewilder and "turn" her head, but that the things of men are only temporal, and not eternal.
  • Number of Images: 3
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13378. Document, 1830 n.d. - 1840 n.d.

  • Name: Jay, William, 1789-1858 (Author)
  • Date: 1830 n.d. - 1840 n.d.
  • Summary: Map of Westchester County, featuring Croton River
  • Number of Images: 0
[Document, 1830 November 26]

13379. [Document, 1830 November 26]

  • Name: Jay, Augusta McVickar (Author) Jay, Maria (Addressee)
  • Date: November 26, 1830
  • Summary: Enclosure: William Jay to Maria Jay Personal and family news. Comments on celebration of British evacuation of New York, made especially joyous this year "on account of the late revolution in France."
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1831 April 06]

13380. [Document, 1831 April 06]

  • Name: Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1776-1843 (Author) Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 (Addressee)
  • Date: April 06, 1831
  • Summary: At Mrs. Gouverneur Morris's request, he is sending Sparks the book and some letters which she lent him. As the letters are now in the possession of William Jay, he will write for them. Cannot remember any papers of his father which would be useful on ...
  • Number of Images: 2