1From John Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 19 April 1794 (Jay Papers)
I refer you to the last two Letters which I wrote to you this Week — It was expected that the Senate would Yesterday have decided on the nomination of an Envoy to the Court of London; but measures respecting the Embargo occupied them thro’ the Day— To Day that Business is to be resumed; and you shall have the earliest Notice of the Result. So far as I am personally concerned, my feelings are...
2From John Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 20 April 1794 (Jay Papers)
I this moment rec d . yours by Gen. Schuyler— As yet I have not seen him— it found ^me^ alone and not a little pensive. your own Feelings will best suggest an Idea of mine— God’s will be done— to him I resign— in him I confide— do the like— any other Philosophy applicable to this occasion is delusive— away with it— Your Indisposition affects me— resist Despondency— hope for the best— When we...
3From John Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 20 May 1790 (Jay Papers)
I arrived here last Evening, and this morning rec d . your Favor of the 13 th . Instant, together with the Packets mentioned in it, and which I am glad were sent on; there being among them some Dispatches of a public Nature which are interesting. I had hoped that you and our little ones would have escaped the Influenza; and feel no little anxiety at learning that has not been the case. The Day...
4From John Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 15 April 1794 (Jay Papers)
I was this Ev[enin] g fav[ore] d . with yours of the 14. p r post— It is now between 8 & 9 oC k . and I am just returned from Court— I am uninformed whether the Miss Allens are arrived. I expect my Dear Sally to see you sooner than we expected—there is here a serious Determination to send me to England, if possible to avert a War—the object is so interesting to our country and the combination...
5From John Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 9 April 1794 (Jay Papers)
The last thing I did at Trenton was to write a few Lines to you, which you have doubtless rec d .—I arrived here on monday Even g . and Yesterday dined with the Presid t — M rs : Washington made very friendly Enquiries about You and the children— The Question of war or peace seems to be as much in Suspence here as in NYork when I left you. I am rather inclined to think that peace will...
6From John Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 16 April 1794 (Jay Papers)
I wrote to you a few Lines last Night — they were written in Haste— This Day the nomination alluded to in that Letter was made— the Decision will be made Tomorrow. I will then write to you again The Letters by the Miss Allens reached me this Morning— I am pleased with them, and with those who wrote them. it is not in my power now to write to the Children, having scarce a moment unoccupied— The...