1From 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...
2From 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...
3From 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...
4From 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...
5From 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...
6From 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...