1To John Jay from Samuel Bayard, 31 March 1795 (Jay Papers)
Agreeably to your request as conveyed to me by your note of the 28 instant, I have now the honor to send you a statement “of the number & description of the classes into which I have divided the cases.” It is necessary however previously to mention that in conformity with your instruction “by all means to avoid delay,” my first attention has been directed to the entry of appeals & the taking...
2To John Jay from Samuel Bayard, 25 February 1796 (Jay Papers)
I had the honor of writing you by the January Packet in answer to your favour of Nov r . last. By the present conveyance (The Hope Cap t . Haley) I have the pleasure to forward you the 3 last parts of Madame Rolands work—& a letter from M r Burke to the Duke of Bedford which made its first appearance yesterday— it is perfectly of a peice with all the productions of this extraordinary man— It...
3To John Jay from Samuel Bayard, 16 May 1796 (Jay Papers)
Your favour of the 25. March reached me on saturday last (the 14 th . ins t .). It came I presume by the packet—or it would probably have been accompanied by the “printed papers” you were so obliging as to propose sending me— Every information from the U. States is exceedingly interesting at all times—but peculiarly so when our national affairs are in so critical a posture as they were when at...