1From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 5 November 1816 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letter of the 1 Inst. and am indeed sorry to learn from it that M r . G. Morris was then thought to be at the point of Death— it would be an Event which I should for many Reasons greatly regret— not having as yet heard of his Decease, there seems to be some little Probability of his being still alive, and perhaps of his being convalescent.— the next mail I presume will...
2From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 13 August 1816 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letter of the 9 th . Inst— on Saturday last M r . Hach [alia] h Bailey was here, & paid the Int[eres] t . that was due— He mentioned his having intended to pay the Principal, and that a Sum to the amount ^of it,^ had probably been paid to you on his acct.; but that certain Circumstances induced him to apprehend that it would be convenient to him to postpone the Payment— It...
3From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 23 April 1816 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letter of the 15 Inst: and am glad that your legislative Labors are terminated— some good has been done, and more might have been. I hope your Health continues unimpaired— if there be even any Doubts of this, let not professional Business tempt you to neglect it, and thereby render yourself more and more unable to endure the Fatigue of applying closely to such Affairs.— It...
4From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 18 March 1816 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letter of the 10 Inst:, but am yet uninformed whether mine of the 27 ult: to Maria, has come to her Hands. The Continuance of her Head Aches gives me the more Concern, as they render the Success of the Doctor’s Plan less certain than I had supposed— I think the Doct r . should be apprized of it, that he may alter or add to his Prescriptions, as he may think it adviseable....
5From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 12 March 1816 (Jay Papers)
My last Letter to you was dated the 5 Inst— William rec d . one from you last Saturday, and I had one from Maria of the 5 th . Inst.— I wrote to Maria last Week on the Subject on which she had requested my advice. I hope she has rec d . it— One or other of us write weekly to you or Maria— Tell ^her^ that M r . Silkman having already taken a Boy, has no occasion for another— at present I do not...
6From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 16 October 1815 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letter of this morning, informing me of the Death of S r . James. This event excites Feelings & Reflections too natural not to be obvious. The Temper respecting me, in which he died should extinguish Resentments on our part, and lead us to a conciliatory Deportment toward his Family.— The Bearer I suppose will set out early in the morning— and I write this in some haste,...
7From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 4 May 1813 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letter of the 30 Ult: but none from Albany. The Sums to be paid to S r . James and M rs . ^F. Jay^ were I think 58–25, to each of them— Your Letter says 58–21— perhaps the Error was in my Letter to you— but it is not very important— Altho there is a Ballance due to me from your uncle Peter, yet I wish to close the Account in Question— pay therefore to M r . Munro for him,...
8From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 30 March 1813 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letter of the 26 Inst.— You observe that you had rec d . and paid for the Christian Observer sent by D r . Morse— I presume it must be the Panoplyst. — In answer to S r . James’s Question “when he first sent me some of his invisible Ink?” tell him that I cannot recollect the Time exactly, but that I think it was as early as 1773 or 1774. The Impression on my mind is, that...
9From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 22 March 1813 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letter of the 19 th . Inst:— Care must be taken to make adequate Provision for my Expenses here, which are not inconsiderable— when the monies payable to S r . James, and to Nicholl, are deducted, the Ballance remaining will not be great— M r Felch lately wrote a Letter to the Vestry signifying that he could not continue in their Service for less than $500 a Year— They...
10From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 9 February 1813 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letter of the 5 th . Inst— and considered the Question stated in it.— To me it appears probable that the Leading Men among your Electors, and others in different parts of the State, desire and Expect a Petition to Congress. —If so— Can a satisfactory Reason from for declining it be given? or would it be discreet to be, and appear to be, passive and indifferent. If such...