1To George Washington from John Jay, 14 May 1789 (Washington Papers)
I have the honor of transmitting, herewith enclosed, the copy of Mr V. Berckel’s credentials which I received from him together with a translation of them. Be pleased to name the hour at which you may think proper to receive him, and I will give him notice of it and accompany him—if to-morrow permit me to observe that some hour previous to the levee will be most proper. With perfect respect...
2From John Jay to Thomas Jefferson, 19 June 1789 (Jay Papers)
I have at Length, my dear Sir the pleasure of informing you (tho’ not officially) that you have Leave to return, and that M r . Short is appointed to take charge of the public affairs during your absence— From the Time that your Letter of the 19 th . Nov r . last was rec d . ^viz t . 10 Feb y ^ to the Time that our former Gov t . gave place to the present one, there [ illegible ] was not a...
3To Thomas Jefferson from John Jay, 19 June 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
I have at length, my dear Sir, the pleasure of informing you (tho’ not officially) that you have Leave to return, and that Mr. Short is appointed to take charge of the public affairs during your absence. From the Time that your Letter of the 19th. November last was received, Vizt. 10th. February, to the Time that our former Government gave place to the present one, there was not a single Day...
4From John Jay to Charles Pettit, 14 July 1789 (Jay Papers)
Your obliging Letter of the 5 Inst. was delivered to me last week. They who have nam d . me as a proper Person for Sec y . of the Treasury do me more Honor than my Qualifications for that placement; nor have I the least wish, or Room to expect, to be employed in affairs of that kind, in w h . I take little Pleasure & for w h . I have no Reason to think that I have more Talents than...
5To George Washington from John Jay, 15 July 1789 (Washington Papers)
Mr Jay has the honor of transmitting herewith enclosed to the President of the United States, a memorial and a translation of it, from the Marquis de Lotbiniere, a respectable Canadian now here in very indigent circumstances, and who says, with great appearance of truth, that his attachment to the american cause has rendered him so obnoxious to the british government as to render it...
6From John Jay to George Washington, 24 July 1789 (Jay Papers)
M r . Jay has the honor of herewith transmitting to the President of the United States, a Letter to him of this date from M r . Gardoqui, and a note for the President which was enclosed in it, together with translations of both. LbkC , DNA: Domestic Letters Domestic Letters of the Department of State, 1784–1906, RG 59, item 120, National Archives (M40). Accessed on Fold3.com. , 4: 51 ( EJ :...
M r . Gardoqui, the plenipotentiary Encargado de negocios of his Catholic Majesty, informs me, that having obtained Permission to return to Spain, in order to attend for a while to his domestic affairs, he purposes to avail himself of the first good opportunity that may offer. The Papers accompanying this, will inform you of the negociations which were depending between Spain, and the United...
8Report to Congress, 25 July 1789 (Jay Papers)
The Secretary of the United States for the Department of foreign affairs under the former Congress, in pursuance of the following Resolution viz t . “In Senate 22 d July 1789” “Whereas a Convention referred this day to the Senate, bears reference to a Convention pending between the most Christian King and the United States, previous to the adoption of our present Constitution.” “Resolved, that...
9From John Jay to Diego de Gardoqui, 27 July 1789 (Jay Papers)
I have received the Letter which you did me the honor to write on the 24 th . Inst., and immediately laid before the President the note it enclosed; and by which he is informed, that having his Majesty’s Permission to return to Spain for a while, you purpose to embrace the first good Opportunity that may offer. Considering how long the Negotiations depending between our Countries have...
10To George Washington from John Jay, August 1789 (Washington Papers)
Mr Jay has the Honor of observing to the President, on the Subject of Capt. Tate’s application, That in his opinion no Papers should be given to that Gentleman, from which it might appear, or be inferred, that the Governmt encouraged him going into the Service of the Porte, lest umbrage be given to Russia, and Suspicions of ulterior views excited—that therefore the Idea of giving him only a...
11From John Jay to Phineas Bond, 26 August 1789 (Jay Papers)
In Compliance with your Request, I have now the Pleasure of communicating to you the Reasons which Influenced the Decision of the late Congress, relative to your Commission of Commissary viz t . That Congress, not having received any Commissaries for commercial Affairs, thought it most prudent not to receive them from any Nation , until their Powers should have been previously ascertained by...
12From John Jay to William Short, 17 September 1789 (Jay Papers)
In this Office no new Appointments have as yet been made, so that the Business of it could not be conducted in a regular official Manner since the Organization of the present Government, by which the Validity of former Commissions had in the Opinion of many been rendered at least questionable— On the 15 th . Day of June last the President consented to M r . Jeffersons Return, and nominated you...
13From John Jay to William Carmichael, 2 October 1789 (Jay Papers)
I have been fav d . with your Letters of the 5. 8. & 28 of Nov r . & 2 d Dec r . in the last year, and of the 6 May in this— My two Letters of the 9 Sept r . and the 24 Novem r . 1788 covered Papers of Importance, and as yet I am uninformed whether they have come safe to your Hands. The long period ^Time^ before their Dissolution, during which the late Congress had not
14From John Jay to George Washington, 6 October 1789 (Jay Papers)
When distinguished Discernment & Patriotism unite in selecting men for Stations of Trust and Dignity, they derive Honor not only from their offices, but from the Hand which confers them. With a mind and a Heart impressed with these Reflections and their correspondent Sensations, I assure you that the Sentiments expressed in your Letter of Yesterday, and implied by the commission it enclosed,...
15From John Jay to Diego de Gardoqui, 7 October 1789 (Jay Papers)
I this Day received the Letter which you did me the Honor to write, dated the 3 d . of this Month. — Circumstances having rendered it necessary that I should continue, though not officially, to superintend the Department of foreign Affairs until relieved by a Successor, permit me to assure you, that Don Joseph de Viar shall always experience from me in that and every other Capacity, the...
16To George Washington from John Jay, 13 October 1789 (Washington Papers)
Mr Jay has the honor of informing the President of the United States, that yesterday afternoon he received a letter from Sir John Temple in the following words, vizt “New York 12th of October 1789, Sir. I beg leave to submit in the most respectful manner, the enclosed memorial to the consideration of the Government of the United States. The memorialist informs me he hath in his possession all...
17From John Jay to George Washington, 13 October 1789 (Jay Papers)
M r . Jay has the honor of informing the President of the United States, that yesterday afternoon he received a letter from Sir John Temple in the following words, viz t . “New York 12 th . of October 1789, Sir. I beg leave to submit in the most respectful manner, the enclosed memorial to the consideration of the Government of the United States. The memorialist informs me he hath in his...
18Record of John Jay’s Oath as Chief Justice of the United States of America, 19 October 1789 (Jay Papers)
Be it Remembered, That at the City of New York on the nineteenth Day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty nine, personally appeared before me, Richard Morris Esquire Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, John Jay of the same City, Esquire, and did then and there in due form take an oath in the words following, to wit, “I John Jay do...
19From John Jay to George Washington, 30 November 1789 (Jay Papers)
The Ch[ief] Justice of the U.S. & M rs . Jay esteem themselves honored & obliged by the Presid[ent] s . Invitation w[hic] h . they accept with Pleasure and by his delicate attention to those Embarrassm[en] ts . w[hic] h . he had Reason to think probable, but w[hic] h . ceased with all Questions between Gov[ernmen] t & the Theatre Dft , NNC ( EJ
20From John Jay to Giuseppe Chiappe, 1 December 1789 (Jay Papers)
Since the Conclusion of the Treaty between his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Morocco and the United States of America, a great Revolution and Change in their Government, has peaceably and with general Consent, been made and established. While these important Measures were preparing and under Consideration, the Attention of the United States to their foreign Affairs necessarily became...
21To James Madison from John Jay, 2 December 1789 (Madison Papers)
A few days since I received a Letter from Mr. Jefferson, dated at Cowes in the Isle of Wight the 17th. October last, in which he mentioned that he expected to sail from that Place the next Day in a Vessel bound to the Chesapeake, and enclosed a Bill of Lading, a Copy of which I have the Pleasure of herewith sending to you. In case the Packages mentioned in the said Bill of Lading, arrive...
22From John Jay to William Cushing, 7 December 1789 (Jay Papers)
I have been favored with your’s of the 18 th . of last month, and I participate very sincerely in the general Satisfaction which your appointment has given. Your attendance at the Time mentioned in your Letter will in my opinion be sufficiently early. It gives me Pleasure to learn that writs from your District Courts will be in the Name of “the President of the united States,” and that you...
23From John Jay to George Washington, 9 December 1789 (Jay Papers)
The Chief Justice of the U.S. has recieved, and presents his respectful acknowledgments to the President of the United States, for the elegant Edition of the Laws passed in the first Session of Congress, with which the President condescended to honor him this morning— AL , DNA: PCC , item 78, 13: 427. Endorsed, in clerk’s hand: “From / The Honble. the chief Justice / of the United States /...
24From John Jay to Thomas Jefferson, 12 December 1789 (Jay Papers)
It gives me great Pleasure to address a Letter to you in our own country. Being informed of your having sailed the Storm a few weeks ago rendered us apprehensive that you might be at least embarrassed on the coast. I congratulate You very sincerely on your arrival, & join in the general wish that you may consent to remain among us, in the Station to which during your absence & without your...
25To Thomas Jefferson from John Jay, 12 December 1789 (Jefferson Papers)
It gives me great Pleasure to address a Letter to you in our own country. Being informed of your having sailed, the Storm a few weeks ago rendered us apprehensive that you might be at least embarrassed on the coast.—I congratulate you very sincerely on your arrival, and join in the general wish that you may consent to remain among us, in the Station to which during your absence and without...
26From John Jay to David Hartley, 14 December 1789 (Jay Papers)
I have had the Pleasure of rec g your Letter of the Day of August last. Whether the United States will be more or less happy than other nations God only knows; I am inclined to think they will be, because to me there appears to be ^in my opinion^ more Light & Knowledge ^are^ diffused thro the Mass of the People of this Country than of any other. The Revolution in France certainly promises...
27To Alexander Hamilton from John Jay, 15 December 1789 (Hamilton Papers)
The bearer will herewith deliver to you a Book of accounts transmitted to me by Mr. Jefferson, and which in my opinion should be deposited in your office. With great esteem and regard &c. LC , Papers of the Continental Congress, National Archives. An asterisk was placed at this point and the words “of Silas Deane” inserted as a footnote. Deane was one of the congressional agents sent to France...
28To Alexander Hamilton from John Jay, 2 January 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
I have now the honor of transmitting to you herewith enclosed the extracts requested in your letter to me of the 2d. November last, and am with great respect and esteem &c. LC , Papers of the Continental Congress, National Archives. At the bottom of this letter is the following: “List of papers mentioned in, and transmitted with the aforegoing letter. No. 1. Abstracts and Extracts from the...
29From John Jay to William Livingston, 25 January 1790 (Jay Papers)
Blinkhorn’s Story mentioned in your Letter of the 18 th . Instant, appears to me highly improbable—because 1 st . we have never heard of more than two american vessels having been carried to algiers viz t . the Ship Dauphin of Philad[elphi] a ., Cap t . Rich d . Obrian, taken the 30 July 1785— and the Schooner Marie of Boston, Cap t
30From John Jay to John Dumont, 27 February 1790 (Jay Papers)
I was favored with yours of the 28 th . Ult. just as I was preparing to go out of Town— it was not untill last Evening that I returned, or I should have taken an earlier opportunity of answering your Letter— Accept my Thanks for your friendly Congratulations. I am convinced of ^believe^ them Sincere ity and value them accordingly— It would give me great Pleasure to have opportunities of...