1To John Jay from Timothy Pickering, 17 February 1810 (Jay Papers)
I have just received and read your letter of the 9th. On the 13th I acknowledged the receipt of your letter of the 7th. I pray you to accept of my thanks for these favours. Should further questions occur, I will use the liberty you give to request your answers. The bill which has passed the House of Representatives, under the name of Macon’s Bill (and which the Government paper here...
2To John Jay from Timothy Pickering, 5 February 1811 (Jay Papers)
The conduct of the Government towards Spain and her territories has produced animadversions from various quarters; and in divers instances it has been asserted, that of all the European powers, Spain was the first to give us aid in our revolutionary war. I do not know on what authority this assertion inst is made. You, if any one, must know the facts in the case; with which, [if your health...