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I have been fav[ore] d . with yours of the 14 ult. and also with the one which accompanied the Set of your Geography, for which be pleased to accept my Thanks.— It gives me Pleasure to learn that you will endeavour at least to prepare for a History of the American Revolution. To obtain competent and exact Information on the Subject, is not the least arduous part of the Task— it will require...
Accept my Thanks for your Letters of the 15 and 17 Instant, which together with a Copy of the Report of the Committee respecting the Fortifications of Ports & Harbours, I rec[eive]d. this morning. It appears to me probable that no measures very effectual will be taken on this Subject by the present Congress—but it is to be hoped that the succeeding one will attend to it. The Nation will have...
I have been fav d . with yours of the 27 of last month. I wish it was in our power and consistent with Prudence to ^we could^ give Relief to all who may be ^are^ in need of it— but if this State should attempt to provide for all the French Refugees without Distinction ; those who reside in other States where the like Provision is not made, who would remove to our City for the Purpose of...
Accept my Thanks for your obliging Favor of the 23 d . Instant, enclosing a Copy of your interesting Letter to M r . Pinckney, which is read here with great avidity and satisfaction— it enables our Citizens to form a correct Judgment of the Conduct Claims and Complaints of France, relative to this Country; and to appreciate the wisdom, abilities and virtue with which our Govern t is...
I was by the last post favored with yours of the 23 d . ult mentioning that you purpose to publish, by Subscription, a work on the Subject of preserving Houses from external Fire, and the Means of removing Goods from such as may be in Danger from it. That you would bestow one half of the Subscription money on the Sufferers by the late Fire at Savannah, and that one Copy shall be sent to those...
It gives me pleasure to inform you that the Legislature has been pleased to appropriate 2500 Dollars for the Relief of the French Refugees in our City, whose complicated Distresses recommend them so strongly to our Beneficence & humane Attentions. You will find herewith enclosed a Warrant on the Treasurer for 1000 Doll s . and a Copy of the Act lately passed on this Subject. The Directions and...
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...
I received Yesterday a letter from General Van Cortlandt of the 26 ult with a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16 ult. appointing a Committee relative to Fortifications of which the enclosed are Copies—. You will perceive from these Papers the Importance of conveying to the Committee accurate Information respecting the State of our Fortifications and the Expediency of...
By His Excellency John Jay Governor of the State of New York & ca & ca To all & every the Sheriffs Constables & other Ministerial officers of Justice within the said State— Whereas pursuant to a Statute of the Congress of the U.S.: in such case made and provided, his Excell cy Thomas Mifflin Governor of the Commonw[ealt] h . of Penns[ylvani] a . has transmitted to me an Affidavit made by Sarah...
When it is considered how greatly the Happiness of of every Nation depends on the Wisdom with which their Government is administered, the occasion which has called you together at this early Season, cannot but be regarded as unusually important. The Period fixed for the Election of a President of the United States is approaching, and the Measures preparatory to it in this State, are now to be...
I have had the Pleasure of recieving your Letter of the 5 th . ult: mentioning that the British Garrisons had retired from Oswego and Niagara, and that our Troops were in Possession of those Posts— I am happy to learn that this Business was conducted in a manner so satisfactory to both Parties— The officers on both Sides deserve Credit for the Decorum & Propriety which they observed on the...
It occurs to me that it may not be perfectly prudent to say that we are never to expect Favors from a nation, for that assertion seems to imply that nations always are , or always ought to be moved only by interested motives. It is true that disinterested Favors are so rare, that on that account they are not to be expected between nations; and if that Sentiment turned on that Reason vizt their...
It occurs to me that it may not be perfectly prudent to say that we are never to expect Favors from a Nation, for that assertion seems to imply that Nations always are , or always ought to be moved only by interested motives. It is true that disinterested Favors are so rare, that on that account they are not to be expected between nations; and if that Sentiment turned on that Reason viz t ....
I rec d . Yesterday the Letter which you did me the Honor to write on the 20 th . of June last, relative to Lands held by the late Sir Henry Clinton in this State, and which during the late War were confiscated by an act of the Legislature. At that Time I was in Europe, and have little Information respecting the Principles on which several of the Persons affected by that act, were named in it—...
I have been favored with your Excellency’s Letter of 27 th July containing a number of Papers respecting certain Intruders on the Lands of Pennsylvania, and intimating a wish that such measures may be taken as our Law should warrant to restrain and punish their assembling in or retreating to this State — I should have written to you sooner but waited for the Result of certain Enquiries which...
Your Letter of the 1 st . Instant was last Week left at my House—presuming from that Circumstance that your Son was in town, I sent my Son to enquire for him at our principal Lodging Houses, and at other Places—but without Success. I regret ^my^ not having had the Pleasure of seeing him, and evincing by friendly attentions my Esteem and Regard both for You and for him— It is happy for the...
I wrote you a few Lines some Days ago— M rs . Danbery will be the Bearer of them; but I understand she is still here, & will not set out untill Tomorrow or the next Day— M rs . Ridley has also written by her, and sent you one or two umbrellas Your kind Letters of the 27 & 28 of last Month have come to Hand, and I thank you for them very sincerely— It gives me pleasure to assure You that the...
I was favored the Day before Yesterday with your Letter of the 24 th . June respecting Compensation from this State for Lands Claimed by the Mohawks— Not possessing sufficient Information I cannot at present form a Judgment of the Merits of those claims, whatever they may be I think it would be advisable for the Claimants to unite in appointing and sending here at the next Session of the...
I hope this Letter will find you at Lebanon in better Health than when you left us— The Passage, the Journey, Change of air, and Leisure will all aid the Waters in the Recovery of your Health— While I was from Home this morning M rs . Ridley was informed of a Sloop just about to sail for Kinderhook and in Haste wrote you a few Lines. It is said that another will sail this Evening and by her...
I had last Evening a Conversation with Col. Hamilton on the Subject of your Letter to him of the 16 th . Instant—a Copy of which was enclosed in yours to me of the same Date— He will I presume state to you particularly our opinions on the three Questions mentioned in it— It appears to me adviseable that, prior to the Nomination by either Party of a third Commissioner, M r Howell should...
On my Return from England I took the earliest opportunity of communi catinge d to M r Randolph the Memorandum ^w h ^ your Lordship had given me relative to your Estate in Virginia— he very readily understood ^promised^ to make the necessary Inquiries and to write to you Lordship respecting the Result of them— Thinking that the Business could not be in better Train, I omitted to take a Copy of...
I had this moment the Pleasure of recieving your Letter of the 5 th . of this month. Your Mama and Brother have lately written to You, and a little Bundle was sent at the same Time— You will probably recieve them before this Letter will come to your Hands. Your apprehensions relative to a Fever prevailing here are not well founded. I have no Information nor Reason to beleive, that any Credit...
Considering the Works erected on Governors Island and the obvious objections to having a Lazaretto near a Garrison I am solicitous to procure some other place for that purpose You are apprized of the difficulty or rather impossibility of purchasing from individuals any ground in a convenient situation for a Lazaretto on account of the popular prejudices against having such an establishment in...
I was this Moment favored with your’s of the 4 Instant. under the last article any further arrangements which might become desireable or mutually beneficial may be made in an easy & convenient Manner— it enables the parties to bring into negociation any Propositions of that kind which they may think proper. You will observe that the 3 d article admits us to navigate in small vessels trading...
As I see you every Day, it may seem singular that I sh d communicate to you by Letter any thing w h I might with more Ease be mentioned to you in Conversation. In times when it is so common for Men and Measures to be misrepresented, more than ordinary Caution is adviseable; and that Consideration induces me to commit to paper, what I sh d otherwise say to you personally in conversation on the...
The Governor has taken into Consideration the request signified to him by a Committee of the Tammany Society in this City “That he would order the Flags on Governor’s Island, and also on the Battery, to be hoisted on the day of their Anniversary, viz t . the 12 May Instant.”— It appears to him that if such a Compliment be paid to the Tammany, it ought not to be refused to any other of the...
The Gov r . presents his Comp ts . to M r Liston— The enclosed affidavit of Rich d . Van Dyke respecting certain Americans whom he mentions to have been impressed, and to be now detained on Board the Assistance , was delivered to the Governor last night. M r Liston will readily percieve the Influence w h . such Complaints never fail to have on public opinion and Sensibility, and how strongly...
The great Questions which have agitated this Country since my arrival, may I think be considered as determined: I will therefore no longer postpone thanking your Lordship for the Letter which you did me the Honor to write on the 11 th . of may last; respecting which I shall omit saying any thing further by this opportunity. The Treaty will go into operation, and be supported by a great...
I have been honored with Yours of the 25 th . Instant— The Chiefs have just left me— They insist on their having plenary powers, & seem much to regret that the Instrument expressing those powers cannot be found— The Interpreter as well as the Chiefs are certain that it was presented to the President. For my own part I perceive no reason to doubt, but on the contrary I beleive that they are...
I take the liberty of enclosing a Plan of a Lazaretto shown by D r . Bard with his Letters to me on the subject— Be so obliging as the lay them before the Medical Society, and request them to favor me without delay with their opinion and Plan of such a Building as they may judge the best calculated for the purpose; in case the one offered by D r . Bard should be thought defective.— This is a...
private You can have very little Time for private Letters, and therefore I am the more obliged by the one you honored me with on the 31 of last month. I was not without apprehensions that on Enquiry it might not appear adviseable to gratify Mr Pickman’s wishes; for altho’ Integrity and amiable manners are great, yet they are not the only Qualifications for office. Your answer to the Call for...
John Jay, by Ellen Sharples (probably after James Sharples), c. 1795. Pencil on paper. (£ Bristol Culture/Bristol Museum & Art Gallery) You can have very little Time for private Letters, and therefore I am the more obliged by the one you honored me with on the 31 of last Month. I was not without apprehensions that on Inquiry it might not appear adviseable to gratify M r Pickman’s wishes, for...
The Gov r presents his Comp ts . to M r Robertson & would with great pleasure comply with his Request, and is so far constantly engaged but the Session being just concluded so many public affairs remain to be dispatched that he fears it he will not for some time yet be sufficiently at Leisure— The Gov r . has two Portraits drawn by Stewart, one of which is finished, and M r Robertson may at...
An Act of the Legislature of this State to prevent the bringing in and spreading of infectious Diseases in this State, authorizes the Governor to assign the Stations where vessels made subject to Quarantine shall come to Anchor and remain, until visited by the Health Officer and reported to be free from Infection. As difficulties and embarrassments of a delicate nature would arise in case it...
The Letter which You did me the Honor to write, respecting the claim of the S t . Regis Indians to Lands in this State together with the Report of the Secretary of State on that Subject were immediately laid before the Legislature; and give occasion to a Concurrent Resolution of which the enclosed is a Copy. But as the Chiefs of those Indians who were with You have represented to me that they...
M r Jay presents his respectful comp ts . to Lady Amherst, and returns many thanks to her Ladyship for the prints which she did him the Honor to send. it was not untill last week that they came to his Hands. The Respect entertained in this Country for his Lordships Character & Services renders them ^very^ interesting. Among the agreable Hours ^moments^ which Mr Jay passed in London his...
The Letter you did me the Honor to write on the 27 Sept r . last was ^here^ delivered to me a few weeks ago by M r Austin— He was He was unfortunate in his voyage, and yet happy in surviving the many disast erous occurrances ^[disast] ers^ he met with— He seems an amiable young man, and is now on his way to Canada— Our Legislature being in Session I have endeavoured but without Success to...
In pursuance of what passed between us the Day before Yesterday, I now enclose the Boundaries of the Tract granted to L d . amherst. It has been so long neglected, that I sh d . not be surprized if a number of Intruders have settled on it. I think with You that the best Way of obtaining correct Information will be to employ a Surveyor to visit it, and to instruct him to ascertain and report...
On the 28 of last month ^Ult:^ I had the pleasure of rec g your friendly Letter of the 14 of Nov r . last by M r Bewsher who arrived at Norfolk on the 16 of last Month & from thence sent it to me by post— on his arrival here it will give me pleasure to manifest my Respect for your Recommend [atio] n . by attentions to him— The Letter that you enclosed for General Schuyler was immediately deliv...
Govr Jay presents his respectful Compliments to the president of the United States, & takes the Liberty of sending the enclosed Copy of a Letter which he this Day recd from Mr S. Bayard. AL , DLC:GW . In his letter from London of 6 Jan., Samuel Bayard informed Jay “of the favourable disposition which has lately been evinced both in Court of appeals and of admiralty in cases where our citizens...
Gov r . Jay presents his respectful Compliments to the President of the United States, & takes the Liberty of sending the enclosed Copy of a Letter which he this Day rec d . from M r S. Bayard. I am honored with your favour of the 11 Nov r . for which I beg you will accept my acknowledg ts : the one enclosed for Col: Trumbull I sent immediately to Mr. Deas, who has almost daily opportunities...
I had this afternoon the pleasure of recieving your obliging Letter of the 6 th . Jan y last, and am happy to learn from it that the Decrees in the Capture Cases will probably be satisfactory— This Information appeared to me to be interesting, and therefore I have communicated it to the President : altho I presume you have written fully to the Secretary of State about it, either by the packet...
Whereas the Honorable the House of Assembly now in Session were pleased on the tenth day of this month to declare and resolve in the words following, to wit, [“]Whereas the Deliberations of this House were interrupted by the tumultous Shouts and clamors of People within the Bar of the same on the ninth day of March instant. And Whereas an Attempt to controul the proceedings of the...
In pursuance of a concurrent Resolution of the two Houses of the Legislature of the third and fourth instant I desire You as a Counsellor at Law to defend in behalf of this State a certain Suit brought against Lewis Cornwall by or in behalf of Alexander Colden for the Recovery of a Farm sold to the said Lewis by the Commissioners of Forfeitures for the Southern District. You will herewith...
I have been fav[ore] d . with your’s of the 15 Inst: by Mr Parkman, and am much pleased with him and his fellow Traveller Mr. Coolidge. Their Representation of the State of Things in Massachusetts, corresponds with the Hints on that Head suggested in your Letter. There is too much Intelligence in the northern States to admit of their being greatly and long decieved and misled; and I hope the...
I was this morning fav d . with your’s of the 21 Inst: requesting me as one of the Commissioners of the Land Office to inform you, if you are not entitled to a Grant of Lands for your military Services? Officially circumstanced as I am in Relation to the Legislature and to the Land Office, I doubt the propriety of my expressing any opinion on the merits of claims which as a ^if pursued I may...
I was this morning favored with your obliging Letter of the 31 ult.—D’Ivernois is very industrious.—I hear no more of his plan of transplanting the University of Geneva into the united States. He is a sensible diligent man, and I suspect that his Correspondence with Mr Gallatin has done no Harm— It gives me pleasure to find that in your opinion no great mischief will be done by the combustable...
the British Ratification of the Treaty not having arrived and consequently the Time for appointing the Commissioners mentioned in it not being come, I have thus long postponed replying to yours of the 21 of last month. It certainly is important that the Commissioners relative to the Debts, and also the captures, be men the best qualified for those places. Probably it would be adviseable to...
The British Ratification of the Treaty not having arrived and consequently the time for appointing the Commissioners mentioned in it not being come, I have this long postponed replying to yours of 21 last month. It certainly is important that the Commissioners relative to the Debts, and also the Captures, be men the best qualified for those places. Probably it would be adviseable to appoint...
My Friendship for Doct. Bancroft has enduced me to turn my attention consider with great attention the Plan most adviseable to adopt relative to the placing of ^preparing^ his Son in a Lawyers office, ^for the Profession of the Law^ and for especially the place where. The Doct r ., for whose Judgm t . I have great Respect, appearing to prefer some Place at a Distance from our Capital, was is a...