1From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 17 January 1809 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letter of the 10 Inst.— The Intent and Meaning of the 9 th . Article of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce between the United States and Great alien Britain always appeared to me to be plain and obvious, nor have any Doubts of that kind ever occurred to been suggested to me before. Among the Instructions given ^to^ me when I went to England, there was one in these Words, viz...
2From John Jay to Timothy Pickering, 24 December 1808 (Jay Papers)
Accept my thanks for your friendly Letter of the 10 th . Inst: and for the Papers which you was so obliging to send me; and which I assure you did not “intrude on my Retirement”. When I withdrew from public Life, I carried with me the same cordial attachment to the Honor and Welfare of our Country, by which I had uniformly been activated. From early Youth it was my Desire and Intention to live...
3From John Jay to Richard Peters, 30 August 1808 (Jay Papers)
Accept my Thanks for your obliging Letter of the 9 th . ult: which was lately sent to me, and for the Memoirs of your agricultural Society which accompanied it. Marks of friendly Attention from those we esteem, are particularly grateful; and I have delayed making my acknowledgm ts . to you only because I wished first to read the memoirs— this I have done with pleasure— some of them are...
4From John Jay to William Coleman, 18 June 1807 (Jay Papers)
I have recieved your Letter of the 6 Inst. My Letter to Judge Benson of the 19th in answer to his of the 2d May, states the substance of the Conversation between him and me, which he considered as authority for the Paragraph in the Herald of the 29 April last. If you have seen that Letter, you are apprized of all that is necessary for me to remark on that Head. In his Reply of the 19 May, to...
5From John Jay to Egbert Benson, 2 June 1807 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letter of the 19 ult. — In my opinion the Paragraph in Question would be sufficiently explained by M r . Colemans publishing the following Remark upon it viz t [“]In the Herald of the 29 April last it is stated ‘that Governor Jay had ^has^ said, that he cannot possibly conceive that any man who calls himself a Fœderalist, can ever give a Vote for a Candidate set up by the...
6From John Jay to Egbert Benson, 12 May 1807 (Jay Papers)
I rec d . on Saturday last your Letter dated “Wednesday,” relative to the Paragraph in the Herald of the 29 th April—in which the Editor says: “ I am authorized to declare, that Gov r . Jay has said that he cannot possibly conceive that any Man who calls himself a Fœderalist, can ever give a vote for a Candidate set up by the Clinton Party. ” My Son, apprehending that this had been an...
7From John Jay to William P. Beers, 18 April 1807 (Jay Papers)
Your Letter of the 2 d Instant ^by M r . Isaacs^ gave me great pleasure, and the more as it permits ^ leads me to ^ me to indulge the ^leads me to^ Expect ation ^that^ of seeing you here, when some ^a^ favorable opportunity shall offer— I apprehend that several of your Remarks relative to public affairs are too well founded, and it is natural that they sh d
8From John Jay to Sarah Louisa Jay, 28 November 1806 (Jay Papers)
I had last Evening the Pleasure of recieving your Letter of the 20 th . Inst:— The Appology contained in it is so handsomely made, that I accept it; notwithstanding the well founded opinion, that there are but few occurrences which can with propriety, excuse our not writing those Letters which ought to be written.— The complaint in your wrist was a disagreable one, and I am glad you are now...
9From John Jay to William Wilberforce, 14 April 1806 (Jay Papers)
It was not until within a week that I rec d . your friendly Letter of the 7 of Nov r . last— it expresses Sentiments of Esteem and Regard which, being mutual, excite agreable Recollections and Emotions— “War in Disguise” of which you was so good as to enclose a Copy, has given occasion to uneasiness relative to the Matter and Design of it— it contains Marks of ability, but the author has not...
10From John Jay to John Murray Jr., 18 October 1805 (Jay Papers)
I have been fav d . with your Letter of the 2 d . Ult. respecting the “African free School” in the City of New York— it is in my opinion a charitable & useful Institution, & well entitled to Encouragement. & Support. From your Account of its present Embarrassments, I am induced to think that, in order to its being & remaining on a respectable ^& permanent^ Footing, some vigorous & well devised...