1From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 13 December 1784 (Jay Papers)
The Letter you favored me with gave me great Pleasure; it was well written, and well spelt; and you said, what you had to say, in an easy familiar manner. I should have written to you before, but as Pleasure should always give Way to Business, I was obliged on that account, to postpone it till now. Your Mama writes me that the Schoolmaster, who was at Eliz. Town, is removed; so that you will...
2From 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;...
3From 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...
4From 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...
5From 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...
6From 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...
7From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 2 November 1797 (Jay Papers)
Your Letter of the 28 ult: was delivered to me this morning— mary had strong Claims to the Care and Kindness of our Family. I wish you had been sooner informed of her Illness, that every assistance in our Power to afford, might if requisite, have been rendered. It is a consolation however to reflect, that you found her comfortably circumstanced as to accommodations; and that she had not been...
8From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 25 November 1797 (Jay Papers)
Your Letter of the 17 th . Inst. came to hand Yesterday. On my Return from Schenectady the Day before, I rec d . yours by Cap t . Bogart— the Ice still detains his Sloop below— M r . Church may change the Glass at my Expence, but I should prefer having it done in the Spring ^rather^ than during the Winter, for I think it would then be better done. Let the carriage way by the Gate be paved with...
9From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 16 April 1798 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your’s of the 10 th .— M r . Tiebout the Engraver, is desirous of publishing a Print from my last Portrait by Stuart, and I have given hi m ^s^ ^Brother^ a Letter to you mentioning my having consented to his having the Loan of that Picture for that purpose. I now repeat it that you may not at present have the Trouble of putting it up in a Case. The moment the Election is over...
10From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 10 May 1798 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . Yours of the 26 ult. The one by Cap t Dusenbury, and this morning that of the 6 th . inst:— a variety of affairs induced or rather constrained me to postpone writing to you until now; & I have been hitherto so constantly interrupted that it is uncertain whether I shall be able to finish this in Time for the post. Tell M r . Munro that I am very much obliged to him for assisting...