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To John Jay from John Hancock, 31 March 1790

From John Hancock

[Boston, 31st. March [17]90]

Dear Sir

Being confined with the gout I am oblig’d to employ a Second hand to communicate my wishes— Learning that it is Your intention to be at Boston with your Lady, Mrs Hancock and myself present our best respects, and beg the favour of Yourself and Lady to take up your residence at my house during your tarry in town1 I am with Sentiments of Esteem Dear Sir Your most Obedt & humb1 Svt

John Hancock

Honb. John Jay Esqr.

ALS, NNC (EJ: 05659). Endorsed: “… and. 20 ap. 1790”. DHSC description begins Maeva Marcus et al. eds., The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789–1800 (8 vols.; New York, 1985–2007) description ends , 2: 19.

1. JJ politely declined Hancock’s offer of hospitality. For JJ’s policies and practices regarding accommodations while riding circuit, see the editorial note, “Riding the Circuit,” below.

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    “To John Jay from John Hancock, 31 March 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jay/01-05-02-0130. [Original source: The Selected Papers of John Jay, vol. 5, 1788–1794, ed. Elizabeth M. Nuxoll. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2017, p. 213.]

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