1To John Jay from Sarah Livingston Jay, 22 April 1794 (Jay Papers)
Yesterday I received y r . two kind letters of Saturday & Sunday. I do indeed judge of your feelings by my own & for that reason forebore writing while under the first impression of surprize & grief— Your superiority in fortitude as well as every other virtue I am aware of, yet I know too well your tenderness for your family to doubt the pangs of separation— Your own conflicts are sufficient:...
2To John Jay from Sarah Livingston Jay, 21 January 1783 (Jay Papers)
Immediately upon the rec t . of your letter of the 18 th ., I sent to request the favor of M r . Whitford’s company a few minutes & communicated to him y r . sentiments of the horse. he promised to mount him & give me his opinion after the tryal, but as the signing the preliminary articles yesterday was an interesting event, he seem’d himself too much agitated to execute his intention— This...
3To John Jay from Sarah Livingston Jay, 4 June 1792 (Jay Papers)
I sent my packet for you yesterday to Cap tn . Cahoon, but as he does not sail until this day I send you Loudon’s paper which contains some farther accounts respecting the Otsego votes. It is M r . Jones’s opinion that the legality of them does not admit a question — The people of Otsego, alarmed at what they think are attempts to violate ^their^ rights have deputized Jacob Morris to come to...
4To John Jay from Sarah Livingston Jay, 14 November 1790 (Jay Papers)
Last thursday evening Gov r . Langdon waited upon me to give me tidings of you— he told me that himself & Lady had but just arrived & were to leave N. York on saturday— as I thought his early attention ^to me^ proceeded from his regard for you, I was solicitous to shew them civility in return; & therefore waited upon M rs . L[angdon] in the morning, & requested them to take tea & pass that...
5To John Jay from Sarah Livingston Jay, [18 April 1794] (Jay Papers)
Your letter of yesterday gave me reason to think that one from me w d . hardly reach you before you left Philadelphia from the one I’ve this inst t . received you think I may write how my d r . M r . Jay is it possible? The Utmost exertion I can make is to be silent— excuse me if I have not philosophy or Patriotism to do more— I heard of the nomination yesterday— so did the Children— the paper...
6To John Jay from Sarah Livingston Jay, 10 December 1784 (Jay Papers)
Since your letter of the 28 th . of Novb r ., I’ve not rec d . a single line from you; and tho’ I doubt not but your silence is constrain’d, yet for my life I cannot divest myself of a very disagreeable sensation upon the occasion.—half a doz. times at least have I sent upon the arrival of the Post for letters, & as often been disappointed.— When I wrote you last, Maria was still ill, tho’...
7To John Jay from Sarah Livingston Jay, 18 February 1779 (Jay Papers)
I thank you my dear M r . Jay, for your kind letters of the 31 st . of Jan y . & 5 th . of Feb y .— be assurd the advice contain’d in them was as welcome as indeed it was requisite—continue your I beseech you y: r friendly admonitions, for really no one ever required that aid from friendship more than I do in my present circumstances. For am I not prevented from indulging the pleasing prospect...
8To John Jay from Sarah Livingston Jay, 7 December 1783 (Jay Papers)
As I have written ^ wrote you three letters last week, I’ve ^ & having now ^ nothing ^ new to tell you, & therefore could ^ I might only ^
9To John Jay from Sarah Livingston Jay, 19 June 1788 (Jay Papers)
The morning we left you, we arriv’d at Eliz. Town after a pleasant passage and found our Parents in good health—the Children continue very well and I am myself much better than when I left N: York. By this time I suppose you have arrived at Poughkeepsie & arranged your affairs so as to be tollerably settled—the ride I flatter myself has been beneficial to you & hope to find from your letters...
10To John Jay from Sarah Livingston Jay, 17 May 1792 (Jay Papers)
M r . Dalton has just left me; he sets out to morrow for Massachusetts, & is to take charge of this letter— We still are all well— Yesterday in Company I was told that your brother Fred k . had been married three weeks; I replied that I had not been inform’d of it— to-day P. Munro came here to let me know that it was a fact tho he had not had ^it^ from your brother. Peggy Munro & myself wish...