1From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 4 December 1790 (Jay Papers)
I had the Pleasure of recieving by the last post your Letter of the 24 th . of last month. Your Punctuality, and Attention to my wishes, are pleasing Circumstances— They make Impressions on my Mind, which you will have no Reason to regret— Permit me however to observe that your Letter was written rather in too great Haste— Hence I presume it happened, that the hand writing was not your best;...
2From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 29 October 1791 (Jay Papers)
You will probably be in Town as soon as this Letter, and I do myself the Pleasure of writing to you now, as I expect to be on the Road to Boston before another post-Day. I flatter myself that your Excursion has been beneficial to your Health, and that our friends at Rye regretted your leaving them. Essex will also recieve a few Lines from me by this Opportunity— I wish to number him and you...
3From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 12 November 1791 (Jay Papers)
I have this moment been favored with yours of the 5 th . of this month— Your aunts Death was very unexpected; and I regret it as an Event which must affect your uncle very sensibly. Your own Sensibility will I am persuaded render it unnecessary for me to intimate the Propriety of your visiting him frequently— Attentions to Persons in Affliction are always acceptable, and being marks not only...
4From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 29 November 1791 (Jay Papers)
I returned Yesterday in the afternoon from Exeter—This Morning I rec d . and read with Pleasure your Letter of the 23 d . Instant— The Inaccuracies in it scarcely required an apology— Some Errors are observeable in the Stile—very few in the Matter. I regard the Attempt as a Mark of Attention to my wishes, and shall not forget it— Having many Letters to answer and many Visits to pay, I can...
5From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 9–11 May 1792 (Jay Papers)
On the 3 d . Inst: I had the Pleasure of rec g . your’s of the 29 th . of last Month. on the next Day, that is the 4 th . I set out for Boston— So few of the Inns afford Candles fit to read or write by, that my Evenings are frequently passed in a Manner less agreable than those Employments would render them. I mention these circumstances to account for your not having rec d . a more early...