1To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 23 November 1791 (Jay Papers)
I had the pleasure of receiving your letter of the 12 th . Inst t . last Saturday. Essex desires me to tell you that he answered your letter to him the next post to that by which I wrote. I go frequently to visit Uncle Fady, & shall continue to pay him every mark of attention, & respect in my power. Agreable to your advice I have read the life of Cicero attentively. I am not able to point out...
2Peter Augustus Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 13 May 1794 (Jay Papers)
We lay still at the same place where M r . Munro left us last night— we made an attempt this morning to get out but the wind obliged us to return— Peter Augustus Jay, by James Sharples Sr., 1797. Pastel and charcoal on blue paper. (Luce Collection, object no. 1952.353, New-York Historical Society) A Boat which has just come along side & brought letters for M r . Scattergood gives us this...
3Peter Augustus Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 13 May 1794 (Jay Papers)
The wind so long unfavorable has at length become propitious— The Moon is near full ^&^ gives us a sufficiency of light & we are under weigh in order to get to sea— As I find the motion increases I have determined at least to begin a letter to go by the Pilot, & to bid you for the Voyage a final adieu— We were ashore this afternoon & bought two additional Sheep and a very large Quantity of...
4Peter Augustus Jay to Peter Jay Munro, 22 June 1794 (Jay Papers)
We arrived here on Sunday after a weeks journey from Falmouth, tho’ the Newspapers had brought us to town several days before, they had likewise had the goodness to shorten our passage to 19 days, the ignorance of the London editors of Papers is really extraordinary; The Times of the other morning informed the public that Papa had already had a conference with M r . Dundas , The Chronicle of...
5Peter Augustus Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 29 June 1794 (Jay Papers)
It is with much mortification that we learn, that the Ship which carries our letters ^&^ which was to have sailed a week ago, will still be detained several days before she can get to sea. A gentleman who is going in her to settle in America has offered to take our letters, & we have accepted his offer— We have experienced very great attentions at this place every body seems at least to wish...
We have for some time past been in daily expectation of hearing from you, by the numerous vessels from America which constantly arrive— we hope however that it will be but a short time before we experience that pleasure— Maria & Nancy wish me to give them a description of London; they will perceive perhaps how impossible it is for me to comply with the request when I tell them that such a...
I had yesterday the pleasure of rec g . your letter of the 15 Nov r . upon my return to town from a very pleasant journey to Edinburgh, where I have been for the purpose of becoming a witness to a deed to Cousin P. Munro from his Father. As I went in the Mail Coach which travels without ceasing even in the night, I stopped a day at York to recover from the fatigue & see the curiosities of the...
8Peter Augustus Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 7 March 1795 (Jay Papers)
I had pleasure of writing to you by the Ohio a few days ago. The Ellice is to sail tommorrow and will carry this We begin now to be a little anxious to hear the fate of the Treaty, which must by this Time have been decided— It has doubtless been productive of much declamation clamor and abuse— And I presume a certain party in New York with a worthy Senator at their head have been the most...
9To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 24 October 1797 (Jay Papers)
On Saturday Cæsar put on board Capt Hanson’s Sloop several Articles which Mama requested me to send viz a Jug of Oil, the Racks for the Spit a Box of Rush-lights & the Safe— in the latter was a Bag containing Salt Petre Isinglass &c and also a small Pot of Ointment for you which Doctor Charlton had given me a day or two before,— The enclosed Letter accompanied it, but I thought it would go...
10To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 26 November 1797 (Jay Papers)
I have been amused for a week past with daily promisses by the Agents of two Furnaces respecting the Stove you wrote for, there being none of that Kind to be had ready made— As I am informed the River is closed for a Distance below Albany, and as from the weather it is doubtful whether it will again be open I do not think it will be prudent to wait any longer— You had better therefore provide...
11To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 15 April 1798 (Jay Papers)
I had the pleasure of rec g : your Letters of the 6th, 7th, & 9th. inst on Friday, & another which accompanied the Pardon for M r . Meeks’s Man yesterday— I shall immediately attend to the different directions contained in them— Most of the Prints are already very neatly boxed; the Cases containing Copies of the U. S. Laws I have put on board Bleeckers Sloop (the same in which Maria came down)...
12To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 19 April 1798 (Jay Papers)
I yesterday rec d . your Letter of the 16th inst: & the Bundle which accompanied it— The latter shall be sent to Rye by the Boat— I am almost sorry you intend to dispose of the Coach, & should prefer parting with the Chariot which in a few years more will be unfit for use, or at any Rate a constant Bill of Cost— Besides that the former will probably sell for much less than its Value— I shall...
13To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 26 April 1798 (Jay Papers)
I have this Afternoon put on board Capt Lansings Sloop 15 Barrels of Wine, 1 Case of Flasks with d o Nine Boxes of Prints & Pictures & small Articles of Glass & China & one small black trunk— I have sent you all the wine except two Barrels whose hoops appeared too insecure to be trusted— I will send you a List of the Contents in a Letter by Capt. Lansing— I have just returned from the Society...
14To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 6 May 1798 (Jay Papers)
I have at length compleated the evacuation of the Gov t . House & taken Possession of my Rooms at M rs . Wests from whence I now write— The Trouble of moving which was much greater than I expected to find it, prevented my writing during the last week. I sent you a number of Articles by Capt: Dusenberry, all those that remain are at M r . Munro’s, who has had one of his unfinished rooms floored...
15To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 13 May 1798 (Jay Papers)
It is now some time since I had the pleasure of hearing from you— this I attribute to your having been at Schenectady where I perceive by the Papers you was present at the Commencement— M r . Seth Marvin some time ago applied to me to purchase your Share of Lot N o . 18 in Cheesecocks Patent (containing as he says 195 Acres) for which he offered 24/pr. Acre, but it appeared during our...
16To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 1 August 1798 (Jay Papers)
I am happy to learn from the Newspapers that you have safely arrived at Albany— I am sorry however that the fatigue of your Journey must too soon be succeeded by the still more unpleasant fatigue of the approaching session of the Legislature— I am told by M r . Ten Broeck that the Democratic Party have a Majority of four in the lower House, & of Course that the next Council of Appointment will...
17To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 1 August 1798 (Jay Papers)
I have already written to you by this Mornings Post since then, I have met Gosman the Mason in the Street who told me that he had been sent for by M r . Church to make another Vault under the Street before the front Door or else to inlarge the old one. I thanked him for the Information & told him that if the thing was to be done at all it must be on M r . Church’s Credit & not yours, but that...
18To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 29 December 1798 (Jay Papers)
I mentioned in my last letter that I was about going to Rye in the your Coach. I accordingly carried it there it where it will be attended to— ^the next day^ From Rye I tr went to Bedford ^where^ the Court sat there on the 17 th —but scarcely any Business was done & it the Term ^it^ was adjourned in less than an hour after it opened— fewer people attended than I remember to have seen on a...
19To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 16 March 1799 (Jay Papers)
I returned yesterday from Rye where & at Bedford I had been detained longer than I intended by foul Weather. The Major has made but small progress towards building, for which a severe Fit of Sickness is some Apology—The Boards are not yet brought from Coscob— No Lime has been procured & only about 20,000 Brick drawn— All the Necessary Timber has been drawn to the Saw mill but not sawed— Two...
20To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 3 May 1799 (Jay Papers)
Yesterday ended the best contested Election I ever remember to have seen in this City the Federalists who till within a few Days were perfectly passive were at length roused by a full Knowledge of the Manhattan Scheme, / & by some well written Publications which appeared in the Papers— The Merchants for the first Time have acted with vigor & used all their Influence with the Cartmen— Indeed...
21To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 22 February 1800 (Jay Papers)
I wrote you a few lines on coming to town— Since then I have agreed with M r Munro to go into partnership with him in his Chancery Business for six Months— I am to to conduct it with his assistance & do all the Labor ^Solicitors Business^—& am to retain one half of the Solicitors fees— If at the end of the six Months both parties are pleased with the Agreement, it will be continued— I have rec...
22To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 17 March 1800 (Jay Papers)
I had determined to compleat several Affairs before I wrote to you, but I have been so much delayed, that I should be guilty of inattention if I postponed it any longer— I have ^made^ many but fruitless Inquiries after D r . Tate. From M r . Ray’s Information I have been long in hopes of finding him in this city, instead of which I have not been able to receive any Accounts of him— He must...
23To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 3 May 1800 (Jay Papers)
I have at length agreed with a Mason who will go to Bedford on Wednesday, I would not send him before, that I might previously give notice to the Major to provide Laborers— The Mason has been employed by M r Russel near twenty years & is highly recommended both by him & by Col. Post. He will take another Mason with him & if he finds that more can be employed to Advantage M r Russel will send...
24To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 11 December 1800 (Jay Papers)
I have this Afternoon rec d your Letter of the 8th. containing the very unpleasant Intelligence of Mama’s Illness— Her former Indispositions had not given me much immediate uneasiness as I supposed them to proceed merely from Debility & excessive Anxiety or Fatigue— This appears to have been of a much more serious Nature tho probably produced by the same Causes—The favorable Symptoms you...
25To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 2 January 1801 (Jay Papers)
Since my last Letter I have not had the Pleasure of rec g . any from you, nor even of hearing from other sources of Mama’s Health— I hope however that the mild weather which has lately prevailed has contributed to restore it— M r Munro who returned a few Days since from Rye mentions that Uncle was well— He has dined by Invitation at M r Pintards which I believe he has never done with any one...
26To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 21 February 1801 (Jay Papers)
I arrived here safely on Thursday Evening The Rain which began to fall on Tuesday destroyed the Snow & made our Journey unpleasant it was however less so than I expected. It has not injured my Health— At ^the Hotel at^ Poughkeepsie I met with a person who I found was the father in law of Col: Bailey (I believe his name is Talmadge). He had a long Conversation with me on political Subjects An...
27To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 5 April 1801 (Jay Papers)
On the 31 st . Ult. I rec d . your Letter of the 21. st by M r Livingston; and M r Miller this Morning brought me one from Nancy. Since I last wrote to you I have seen Uncle Augustus— His Health is very much impaired & his Mind at least as much so as his Health— There is however no immediate Danger to be apprehended— His Disorder is a severe Headache accompanied sometimes with a Derangement or...
28To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 8 March 1802 (Jay Papers)
I had been some time expecting the pleasure of seeing you in town when Sam arrived with the unpleasant Intelligence of your Indisposition— I hope however you will be soon able to compleat your Journey— I send you a Letter from Alderman Lenox, which I presume is on the Subject of your sitting for your picture— VanderLyn, who is to paint it is about departing for Washington— He is said to be one...
29To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 14 May 1803 (Jay Papers)
Since I last wrote to you from Leghorn I have passed from that City to Genoa by Water, & from thence thro Turin to this place without any disagreable Accident— The Rumors of war between France & England prevented the sailing of the English Vessel in which I intended to go to Genoa. I therefore went in a felucca & had a short & pleasant passage of only twenty two hours— From Genoa D r . Seaman...
30To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 21 August 1807 (Jay Papers)
We left New York on Monday last & arrived safely here this Morning in time for Breakfast. Our Accommodations were good, & the passage tho rather long was in every other Respect extremely pleasant. We found Maria as well as usual; indeed I have not for several Years seen her look better—Her little Girl is quite hearty. Nancy’s health continues the same as when you parted with her. Mary’s Cough...