1From John Jay to Peter Jay Munro, 20 June 1791 (Jay Papers)
The publication made by M r . Edwards in the enclosed newspaper, needs no Remarks. I think it probable that the one to whch it is an answer has been published in some , if not all of your Papers. [ illegible ] be so good as to see that this answer be also published, at least in those Papers. Inquire, & on my Return, inform me whether that Slander was omitted to be published by any & which of...
2From John Jay to Peter Jay Munro, 20 July 1818 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letter of the 17 Inst —and am pleased to find from it, that the Portrait of our excellent & common ancestor is so acceptable to you. Peter and William also have Copies of it. These Portraits will tend to remind us of our Consanguinity, and to cherish an habitual Disposition to mutual & cordial Attentions and good offices— such as you have manifested on sundry interesting...
3From John Jay to Peter Jay Munro, 18 April 1809 (Jay Papers)
I rec d . your Letter by W m ., and am happy in having rec d . so favourable an Acc t . respecting Maria— it corresponds with the Information given me by Wil m .— He also mentioned in strong Terms, your friendly attentions to him. I am much less unwell than I have been, but my Strength returns slowly— The Report you sent me, I have read— it certainly contains some valuable Provisions.—...
4From John Jay to Peter Jay Munro, 26 October 1783 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d ., and am pleased with, your Letter of the 16 Instant—it is well written as to Matter and Stile, and tolerably as to hand writing and spelling—in both of which however—there is still Room for Improvement. You will learn from my Letters to your Aunt, that I have been sick, and that I am recovered. As you say nothing of your own Health, I presume it is good, and you have my best...
5From John Jay to Peter Jay Munro, 21 January 1797 (Jay Papers)
I was Yesterday favored with your’s of the 14 th . of this month. I congratulate you and M rs . Munro on the Addition lately made to your Family, and am happy to learn that her Health is re-establishing so fast. The Demeanour of a certain Person was probably assumed for the Purposes you allude to— He sometimes calculates with more Reliance on Probabilities than they warrant. Affairs here go on...
6From John Jay to Peter Jay Munro, 14 September 1794 (Jay Papers)
As yet I have rec d . but one Letter from you: which by the next vessel that sailed I answered. I was disappointed in not recieving a Line either from your Aunt or you or any of the Family by the Sansom Cap t . Smith who sailed from N York— When we arrived here M rs . White was at Southhampton, from whence she very lately Return d .— just before she left it, John came to Town & made us a...
7From John Jay to Peter Jay Munro, 2 March 1812 (Jay Papers)
It is said that the manufacturing Company at Mamaroneck, have applied to the Legislature for an Act to empower them (on paying Damages) to overflow and drown as much of the adjacent Farms, and without the Consent of the owners, as may be necessary to make a Pond, that will afford a more ample Supply of water, than they can otherwise obtain there. The Country abounds in plentiful Streams— Why...
8From John Jay to Peter Jay Munro, 24 April 1785 (Jay Papers)
The Letters which I have lately had the Pleasure of recieving from you should have been regularly answered, had not the State of my public and private Business been such as to engage all my Time and Attention—I hope by Degrees to reduce both to order, and th at en and not before I may expect to enjoy a little Leisure. M r Strang tells me you grow industrious—This is a good Report and if...