From John Jay to Daniel Coxe, 4 April 1796
To Daniel Coxe
NYork 4 Ap 1796
Dr Sr
On the 28 of last month ^Ult:^ I had the pleasure of recg your friendly Letter of the 14 of Novr. last by Mr Bewsher who arrived at Norfolk on the 16 of last Month & from thence sent it to me by post—1 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 delivd to him, and you will find his answer to it herewith enclosed—2
Accept my thanks my Dr. Sir for the friendly Congratulations expressed in your Letter. The opposition made to the Treaty was no Surprize upon me— I was prepared to expect and to meet it. as you doubtless have seen our public papers, the moderation and Firmness of the President as well as the Sentiments expressed by the par greater part of the State Legislatures a cannot be unknown to you. The Transactions relative to this Treaty will form an interesting page in our History— I have Reason to hope that the opposition Be pleased to present my best compliments to Mrs. Coxe — with the best Wishes for yeur ^the^ Health and Happiness and of yourself & Family I am Dr Sr your most obt. & hble Servt
Danl Coxe Esqr
Dft, NNC (EJ: 08953). New Jersey-born Daniel Coxe (1741–1826) of London, cousin of Tench Coxe, was a prominent Loyalist lawyer and landowner whose property was attainted in 1778–79. He lived in Philadelphia and then New York, and served in the British Army during the war of independence before fleeing to England in 1783. While in London, Coxe joined several philanthropic societies and served on the Common Council for Tower Ward. In 1798, he edited and distributed Robert Goodloe Harper’s pamphlet Observations on the Dispute between the United States and France. Coxe’s inheritance claim on the New Jersey estate of his deceased aunt was argued before the U.S. Supreme Court in 1804. Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Governors, Pennsylvania Society of Colonial Governors, vol. 1 (Philadelphia, 1916), 152; Oracle and Public Advertiser (London), 22 Dec. 1795; True Briton (London), 19 June 1798; William Cranch, Reports of Cases argued and adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States, in February Term, 1804, and February Term, 1805, 2nd ed. (New York, 1812), 279–336.
1. Daniel Coxe to JJ, 14 Nov. 1795, ALS, NNC (EJ: 05532). Possibly Joseph Bewsher, a prize-winning student of mathematics at Cambridge University in 1789.
2. Coxe’s letter to Schuyler regarding lands in New York, and Schuyler’s reply, have not been found. See, however, Coxe’s letter to JJ of 30 Nov. 1796, below.