11From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 15 January 1779 (Jay Papers)
As the Secretary has neglected to furnish me (as usual) with the dates of your late Letters to Congress, and your Express Sets out early in the Morning I must describe them by the Subject-Matter.— The one on the Subject of your Resignation still remains under consideration— The one respecting the Request of the Oneidas is referred to a Committee appointed to confer with General Washington who...
12From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 21 March 1779 (Jay Papers)
So uncertain has been the Fate of Letters during the Course of this War, that I very seldom write one without adverting to the Possibility & Consequences of its Miscarriage and Publication. This Caution has on a late occasion given me much Consolation. Two of my Letters to M rs . Jay fell into the Enemy’s Hands at Elizabeth Town. They contained nothing that would give me Uneasiness if...
13From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 19 February 1780 (Jay Papers)
Altho my Correspondents have necessarily become numerous I shall nevertheless think the number too small, till your name be added to the List. It has long been my wish to cherish in private Life, the Connection which commenced between us when public Men; and to render that reciprocal Regard which attached us to each other in Times of Danger and Commotion, the manner of subservient to our...
14From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 25 November 1780 (Jay Papers)
I have the Satisfaction of finding by the Return of the Vessel which carried my Dispatches of June last to Congress, that the Duplicate of a Letter written to you on my arrival at Cadiz and sent by her has probably reached You. As there is Reason to believe that you are still in Congress, I refer you for the political State of Affairs here to my public Letter which You will find long and...