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[Document, 1715 n.d.]

121. [Document, 1715 n.d.]

  • Date: 1715 n.d.
  • Summary: Unsigned manuscript in Jay's papers. Part of a petition concerning trade grievances.
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1715 n.d.]

122. [Document, 1715 n.d.]

  • Name: Trinity Church (New York, N.Y.) (Author) Burnet, William, 1688-1729 (Addressee)
  • Date: 1715 n.d.
  • Summary: The rector and other officials of Trinity Church, New York, congratulate William Burnet's appointment to the post of captain general and governor of the provinces of New York and New Jersey.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1717 April n.d.]

123. [Document, 1717 April n.d.]

  • Date: 1717 April n.d.
  • Summary: List includes "the Reverend Mr. Jay"(?). An accompanying note states that this was among papers acquired by Jay from his uncle John Chambers.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1717 n.d.]

124. [Document, 1717 n.d.]

  • Date: 1717 n.d.
  • Summary: Concerns the payment of debts due the colony by persons listed.
  • Number of Images: 8
[Document, 1717 November 29]

125. [Document, 1717 November 29]

  • Name: DeLancey, Stephen (Author) Hunter, Robert, 1666-1734 (Addressee)
  • Date: November 29, 1717
  • Summary: The act providing for the payment of large sums of money claimed as debts by the issuance of bills of credit to be sunk by continuing the excise on strong liquors after the expiration of its term will be of fatal consequences to the hitherto thriving ...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1717 November 29]

126. [Document, 1717 November 29]

[Document, 1718 May 14]

127. [Document, 1718 May 14]

  • Name: Franklin, William (Author) Smith, Daniel (Author)
  • Date: May 14, 1718
  • Summary: The surveys, of parcels of land along or near the Delaware and Burlington in Gloucester counties, ranging in size from 37 to 15,553 acres, belonging to William Penn, William Burgett, Amos Strettel, John Reading, Peter Frettwell, John Alford, Joseph Ki...
  • Number of Images: 14
[Document, 1718 n.d.]

128. [Document, 1718 n.d.]

  • Date: 1718 n.d.
  • Summary: Case of the Inhabitants of His Majesty's Colony of New York
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1718 n.d.]

129. [Document, 1718 n.d.]

  • Date: 1718 n.d.
  • Summary: Addenda to the main statement of the case.
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1719 August 12]

130. [Document, 1719 August 12]

  • Date: August 12, 1719
  • Summary: The surveys, for 900 acres belonging to Joseph Helby, 500 acres belonging to Joseph Kirkbride, and for the so-called Morris Purchase, consisting of 91,895acres of land along the Delaware, are from Lib. A, Secretary's Office at [Burlington], and from L...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1719 August 12]

131. [Document, 1719 August 12]

  • Date: August 12, 1719
  • Summary: Records surveys made by Edward Kemp, Samuel Green, & John Budd, of parcels of land on the Delaware River, which belong to Thomas Stevenson, Joseph Kirkbride, John Decker, Solomon David, Jacob Kirkandall and Jeremy Westfalia, Cornelius Doucher and Comp...
  • Number of Images: 7
[Document, 1719 August 20]

132. [Document, 1719 August 20]

  • Date: August 20, 1719
  • Summary: The petition of Stephen DeLancey, Lancaster Syms and Henry Whileman for themselves was considered. The petitioners claim that they obtained a grant in 1704 for a tract of land called Minisink, that the Proprietors of New Jersey having heard of it, sai...
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1719 July 25]

133. [Document, 1719 July 25]

  • Name: Jarrat, Allan (Author) Schuyler, Peter, 1657-1724 (Addressee)
  • Date: July 25, 1719
  • Summary: Jarrat does not wish to swear to the accuracy of the latitude determination for New York on the west side of the Hudson because his instrument is not accurate enough to measure it properly. The error in his calculation may be as great as two or three ...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1719 July 25]

134. [Document, 1719 July 25]

[Document, 1719 June 04]

135. [Document, 1719 June 04]

  • Name: Hunter, Robert, 1666-1734 (Author) Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations (Addressee) Peyster, A. D. (Author)
  • Date: June 04, 1719
  • Summary: Robert Hunter and the Council for the Province of New York are distressed to find that "a Number of Men, Strangers to our persons and the Province, and we believe but very little interested in the Trade of it" have become "Advocates of a few Male cont...
  • Number of Images: 9
[Document, 1719 June 04]

136. [Document, 1719 June 04]

  • Name: Lodowick, Charles (Author) Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantations (Addressee)
  • Date: June 04, 1719
  • Summary: If an act of the assembly of the province of New York, passed 23 December 1717, requiring the payment and discharge of several debts due from New York to various, persons, is not disallowed, it will be very destructive to the inhabitants and the trade...
  • Number of Images: 5
[Document, 1719 June 04]

137. [Document, 1719 June 04]

  • Date: June 04, 1719
  • Summary: After consideration of the bill of the New York Assembly dated 23 December 1717 and of the merchants" objections to it, the council recommends that His Majesty confirm the act because it would tend to the great advantage and benefit of the Province of...
  • Number of Images: 9
[Document, 1719 March 01]

138. [Document, 1719 March 01]

  • Date: March 01, 1719
  • Summary: According to an already confirmed act of the General Assembly of New Jersey, George I appoints John Johnston and George Willocks Commissioners of the Eastern Division of New Jersey, Joseph Kirkbride and John Reading Commissioners of the Western Divisi...
  • Number of Images: 9
[Document, 1719 May 01]

139. [Document, 1719 May 01]

  • Date: May 01, 1719
  • Summary: Appoints Robert Walter and Isaac Hicks Commissioners and Allan Jarrat Surveyor for the Province of New York, to act in conjunction with those, appointed for the Province of New Jersey in determining which of the streams is the northernmost branch of t...
  • Number of Images: 5
[Document, 1719 May 02]

140. [Document, 1719 May 02]

  • Date: May 02, 1719
  • Summary: The council, ordered that a commission be given for running and ascertaining the line between the provinces of New York and New Jersey to Isaac Hicks and Robert Walter as Commissioners and Allen Gerard (Allane Jarrat or Jarret) as Surveyor on behalf o...
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1719 n.d.]

141. [Document, 1719 n.d.]

  • Date: 1719 n.d.
  • Summary: A list of the male communicants of Trinity Church
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1719 n.d.]

142. [Document, 1719 n.d.]

  • Date: 1719 n.d.
  • Summary: Acknowledge receipt of 27 August [1718?]. The anonymity of the papers sent is due to the concern of those who drafted them for their liberty and estates. They do not wish to bring down upon themselves the treatment accorded to the inhabitants of Suffo...
  • Number of Images: 4
[Document, 1719 September 24]

143. [Document, 1719 September 24]

  • Date: September 24, 1719
  • Summary: The committee met with Allan Jarrat in the presence of Mr. Alexander, Surveyor General of the Province of New Jersey, and Dr. Johnson, one of the Commissioners for New Jersey, and examined a journal which showed that observations made with Jarrat's qu...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1720 February 13]

144. [Document, 1720 February 13]

  • Date: February 13, 1720
  • Summary: Writ of adjournment of the Supreme Court
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1720 June 24]

145. [Document, 1720 June 24]

  • Name: George I, King of Great Britain, 1660-1727 (Author) Burnet, William, 1688-1729 (Addressee)
  • Date: June 24, 1720
  • Summary: Copy of Governor William Burnet's Commission as Governor of New York, after revocation of Robert Hunter's commission by King George. Sets up his responsibility and manner of governance for the province. Among others: must uphold laws of trade and can ...
  • Number of Images: 22
[Document, 1720 May 19]

146. [Document, 1720 May 19]

  • Date: May 19, 1720
  • Summary: Having considered the act passed in the Colony of New York on 23 December 1717 and the petition of several merchants trading at New York on behalf of themselves and others, the council recommended the act to His Majesty. Nevertheless, their Lordships ...
  • Number of Images: 5
[Document, 1720 n.d.]

147. [Document, 1720 n.d.]

  • Date: 1720 n.d.
  • Summary: Additional instructions to Governor Burnet regarding Trade and Plantations
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1720 n.d.]

148. [Document, 1720 n.d.]

[Document, 1720 n.d.]

149. [Document, 1720 n.d.]

  • Date: 1720 n.d.
  • Summary: List of fifteen bills passed by the Assembly of New York in 1720.
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1720 October 27]

150. [Document, 1720 October 27]

  • Name: Burnet, William, 1688-1729 (Author)
  • Date: October 27, 1720
  • Summary: Quotes pertinent articles from his instructions from the king, and then gives admonition for not attending the summons commanding appearance in council chamber at 11 o'clock in the morning under pain of suspension.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1720 September 30]

151. [Document, 1720 September 30]

  • Name: Clarke, Thomas (Author)
  • Date: September 30, 1720
  • Summary: Audited and signed by Jno. Reade and Jos. Robinson on 25 June 1722.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1721 August 14]

152. [Document, 1721 August 14]

  • Name: Swartwout, Jacobus, Jr. (Author) Burnet, William, 1688-1729 (Addressee) Swartwout, Thomas (Author)
  • Date: August 14, 1721
  • Summary: The petitioners, having lived for about thirty years at a place called Mackaghkamack near the division between the provinces of New York and New Jersey, obtained in 1697 a royal patent from Governor Fletcher of New York for these lands as well as a ti...
  • Number of Images: 3
[Document, 1721 n.d.]

153. [Document, 1721 n.d.]

  • Date: 1721 n.d.
  • Summary: Geographers differ in their opinions concerning the number of miles on the earth which are equivalent to a degree in the heavens. Norwood, who measured the distance between London and York with a perambulator and reckoned 69 1/2 feet or 14 poles (a po...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1721 n.d.]

154. [Document, 1721 n.d.]

  • Name: New York (State). Legislature. Assembly (Author)
  • Date: 1721 n.d.
  • Summary: Draft. Account of the Council and General Assembly of the province of New York and their relationship to the royal governor and Parliament from 1681 to 1721, in order to protest the present inability of the inhabitants of the province to choose their ...
  • Number of Images: 9
[Document, 1722 August 06]

155. [Document, 1722 August 06]

  • Date: August 06, 1722
  • Summary: Invoice for 336 gallons of rum sent from Barbados by Minvielle & Barberie to New York for Augustus Jay and Abraham Tonneau.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1722 December 18]

156. [Document, 1722 December 18]

  • Name: Humphreys, David, 1752-1818 (Addressee)
  • Date: December 18, 1722
  • Summary: Asks that a catechist be sent to help the rector in the instruction of the increased number of children, and of Indian and Negro servants.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1722 March 12]

157. [Document, 1722 March 12]

  • Name: Balmes, Mr. (Author) Trinity Church (New York, N.Y.) (Addressee)
  • Date: March 12, 1722
  • Summary: 1722 March 12 Account of cost of new fencing for Trinity Church farm, in order to make it habitable for a tenant. Followed by report to the Board on the current issues concerning church land -- request to rent land and erect farm buildings, an issue w...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1722 n.d.]

158. [Document, 1722 n.d.]

  • Name: Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Author)
  • Date: 1722 n.d.
  • Summary: Notes on his father, Peter Jay
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1723 October 30]

159. [Document, 1723 October 30]

[Document, 1724 June 11]

160. [Document, 1724 June 11]

  • Date: June 11, 1724
  • Summary: Gives number of new pews sold, names of persons who bought them, and the amounts for which the pews were sold.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1724 June 11]

161. [Document, 1724 June 11]

  • Date: June 11, 1724
  • Summary: Public notice of the sale of new pews in Trinity Church
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1724 March 04]

162. [Document, 1724 March 04]

  • Name: Barberie, John (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee) Minvielle (Author)
  • Date: March 04, 1724
  • Summary: Received Peter Jay's letter and have forwarded it to Captain Stear. Wishes Jay a safe return to New York.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1725 February 22]

163. [Document, 1725 February 22]

  • Name: Jay, Augustus (Author)
  • Date: February 22, 1725
  • Summary: Invoice audited by Minvielle & Barberie.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1725 February 22]

164. [Document, 1725 February 22]

  • Date: February 22, 1725
  • Summary: Invoice audited by Minvielle & Barberie.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1725 June 05]

165. [Document, 1725 June 05]

  • Name: Vallete, Peter (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: June 05, 1725
  • Summary: Greetings to his dear brother. Hopes Peter Jay has left Albany. No news to report from New York City. The family is in good health. A man from southern Long Island came in and reported seeing a ship manned by young men and battered by the winds, which...
  • Number of Images: 1
Document, 1725 n.d.

166. Document, 1725 n.d.

  • Name: Jay, Peter (Author)
  • Date: 1725 n.d.
  • Summary: Two leaves of a ledger with entries 1725-1744; two daybook leaves with entries for 1725
  • Number of Images: 0
[Document, 1725 n.d.]

167. [Document, 1725 n.d.]

  • Date: 1725 n.d.
  • Summary: Report of a Trinity Church Committee inquiring into Mr. Cosyne's lease
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1725 n.d.]

168. [Document, 1725 n.d.]

  • Date: 1725 n.d.
  • Summary: Names of persons who have had patents for pews at Trinity Church
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1725 October 21]

169. [Document, 1725 October 21]

  • Date: October 21, 1725
  • Summary: Audited by Minvielle & Barberie.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1725 September 08]

170. [Document, 1725 September 08]

  • Date: September 08, 1725
  • Summary: Invoice of articles sent from Bristol to New York for Peter Jay
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1726 August 23]

171. [Document, 1726 August 23]

  • Date: August 23, 1726
  • Summary: Invoice audited by Minvielle & Barberie.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1726 June 28]

172. [Document, 1726 June 28]

  • Name: Jay, Peter (Author) Peloquin, Francoise (Addressee)
  • Date: June 28, 1726
  • Summary: Received his Aunt Peloquin's letter and viewed her portrait with great satisfaction. Doesn't often find himself in Bristol, with her and her family, but looks often at the portrait, and remembers his time with them. Saddened by the separation but resi...
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1726 October 31]

173. [Document, 1726 October 31]

  • Date: October 31, 1726
  • Summary: Audited in Barbados on 17 August 1727 by Minvielle & Barberie.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1727 June 07]

174. [Document, 1727 June 07]

  • Name: Jay, Augustus (Addressee)
  • Date: June 07, 1727
  • Summary: Invoice for 451 gallons of rum sent from Barbados to Augustus Jay.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1727 June 28]

175. [Document, 1727 June 28]

  • Name: Mastin, Captain (Author) Byfield, William (Addressee)
  • Date: June 28, 1727
  • Summary: For rum and sugar, at a cost of thirteen shillings six pence.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1727 n.d.]

176. [Document, 1727 n.d.]

  • Date: 1727 n.d.
  • Summary: Invoice of articles shipped from New York by Augustus Jay, Peter Vallette, Enoch Stephenson & Capt. John Marston to Surinam
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1728 n.d. - 1747...

177. [Document, 1728 n.d. - 1747 n.d.]

  • Date: 1728 n.d. - 1747 n.d.
  • Summary: Accounts of legal fees, beginning in 1728 for cases before the New York Supreme Court.
  • Number of Images: 107
[Document, 1728 October 22]

178. [Document, 1728 October 22]

  • Name: Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: October 22, 1728
  • Summary: Audited by David Minvielle on 18 November 1728.
  • Number of Images: 2
[Document, 1728 October 26]

179. [Document, 1728 October 26]

  • Name: Watts, Robert (Author) Jay, Peter (Addressee)
  • Date: October 26, 1728
  • Summary: Note includes price list of 6 September 1728, and alterations to it.
  • Number of Images: 1
[Document, 1729 April 15]

180. [Document, 1729 April 15]