541From John Jay to William Cushing, 27 January 1793 (Jay Papers)
I am prepared and purpose to set out for Ph[iladelphi] a . Tomorrow if the Weather should prove fair . for altho I have regained more Health than I had Reason to expect to have done so soon; yet I find it delicate, and not sufficiently confirmed to admit of my travelling in bad weather. I mention this that in Case the ensuing Week should be stormy, my Absence from you may not appear singular—...
542From John Jay to William Cushing, 9 January 1793 (Jay Papers)
I was Yesterday fav[ore] d . with yours of the 6 th . Inst:— it gives pleasure to learn that your Circuit has been agreable, and that you & M rs . Cushing have arrived in good Health at Philad a .— be pleased to present M rs . Jays and my best Comp[liment] s . to her. I still feel the Effects of my late Illness, but have much Reason to thank God that I am as well as I am. It is my Intention to...
543To Alexander Hamilton from John Jay, 29 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
On my Return this Evening from Rye, I found your Letter of the 18 Inst: at my House. It is not difficult to perceive that your Situation is unpleasant; and it is easy to predict that your Enemies will endeavour to render it still more so. The Thorns they strew in your way, will (if you please) hereafter blossom, and furnish Garlands to decorate your administration. Resolve not to be driven...
544From John Jay to Alexander Hamilton, 29 December 1792 (Jay Papers)
On my Return this Evening from Rye, I found your Letter of the 18 Inst: at my House. It is not difficult to percieve that your Situation is unpleasant; and it is easy to predict that your Enemies will endeavour to render it still more so. The Thorns they strew in your way, will (if you please) hereafter blossom, and furnish Garlands to decorate your administration. Resolve not to be drawn from...
545To Alexander Hamilton from John Jay, 16 December 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, December 16, 1792. On December 18, 1792, Hamilton wrote to Jay : “Your favours of the 26 of November & 16 instant have duly come to hand.” Letter of December 16 not found. ]
546To Alexander Hamilton from John Jay, 26 November 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, November 26, 1792. On December 18, 1792, Hamilton wrote to Jay : “Your favours of the 26 of November & 16 instant have duly come to hand.” Letter of November 26 not found. ]
547To Alexander Hamilton from John Jay, 28 September 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
On Monday the 17th. inst. I set out for Sussex in New Jersey with design after dispatching some private business I had there to proceed from thence on my Circuit. On the 19th. I found myself with a slight inflamation on one eye & some flying Rheumatic pains, to which not suspecting any thing serious I paid little attention. By the 25th. my Eyes were so much inflamed that it was with difficulty...
548From John Jay to Alexander Hamilton, 28 September 1792 (Jay Papers)
On Monday the 17 th . ins t . I set out for sussex in New Jersey with design after dispatching some private business I had there to proceed from thence on my Circuit On the 19 th . I found myself with a slight inflamation on one eye & some flying Rheumatic pains, to which not suspecting any thing serious I paid little attention— By the 25 th . my Eyes were so much inflamed that it was with...
549To Alexander Hamilton from John Jay, 8 September 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I have conferred with Mr King on the Subject of your Letter of the 3d. Inst. We concur in opinion that neither a Proclamation nor a particular charge by the court to the G. Jury, would be adviseable at present. To us it appears more prudent that this Business be opened by the Presidts. Speech at the ensuing Session of congress—their address will manifest the sense of the House, & both together...
550From John Jay to Alexander Hamilton, 8 September 1792 (Jay Papers)
I have conferred with M r King on the Subject of your Letter of the 3 d . Inst.— we concur in opinion that neither a Proclamation nor a particular charge by the court to the G[rand]. Jury would be adviseable at present. To us it appears more prudent that this Business be opened by the Presid ts . Speech at the ensuing Session of Congress— their address will manifest the Sense of the House, &...
551Circuit Court Diary, [2–4 August 1792] (Jay Papers)
1792 aug t . 2—Set out for Ph a .—by the way of Eliz. Town point— Cap t . Dayton a Passenger—he mention d . an anecdote of B.L.— Lodged 3 Miles short of Brunswyck— Col. Pepoon & M rs . Ann Bingham ad s . Th s . Jenkins [ illegible ] are gone on to Ph[iladelphi] a .
552From John Jay to the New York City Committee, [13 July 1792] (Jay Papers)
IT is far more pleasing to receive proofs of the confidence and attachment of my native city, than it is easy to express the sense which that confidence and that attachment inspire. When I reflect on the sacrifices and efforts in the cause of Liberty, which distinguished this state during the late war, my feelings are very sensibly affected by the favourable light in which you regard my...
553From John Jay to Abraham Yates, [1 July 1792] (Jay Papers)
The chief Justice of the U.S. presents his Comp[limen] ts . to the Mayor of the City of Albany; and unexpectedly finding it necessary to recieve some Gentlemen at an early Hour in the morning, on Business which he cannot with Propriety postpone, is constrained to deny himself the Pleasure of taking Breakfast with the Mayor, agreable to his very polite Invitation— AL , NN : Abraham Yates ( EJ :...
WE beg leave to address you in the simple style of freemen; and in the name of the citizens of Lansingburgh, to congratulate you on your arrival at our infant settlement. Fully impressed with a sense of your patriotism, we embrace this opportunity of expressing our gratitude for your unwearied exertions through the struggles of an oppressive war, and your eminent services as a statesman and...
555John Jay’s Charge to the Grand Jury, Circuit Court for the District of Vermont, [25] June 1792 (Jay Papers)
To contemplate offences, and to prescribe punishments are unpleasing but necessary Tasks; being imposed by the nature of civil Society, and by those vices which too often prompt Individuals to violate the Rights of others. Altho’ no Proposition is more true, than that the Interests & the Duties of men are inseparable; yet it is unfortunately and equally true, that their conduct does not always...
556Circuit Court Diary, 15 April–1 June 1792 (Jay Papers)
April 15— Went to Rye— planted 2 Willow Trees—one in the Row between the wash House & orchard Wall—the other nearly opposite to the first between the Locust & Walnut Trees—also planted a Wallnut Tree in the place of a dead Locust, on the West Corner of the Row before the So. Side of the House— also planted some plumb Trees along the board Fence in the Garden & a pear Tree in the patch Left at...
557From John Jay to Robert Troup, 25 May 1792 (Jay Papers)
Since my last to you of the Inst. I have been fav[ore] d . with your friendly one of the 13 th . — Appearances my good Friend are so often at Variance with Realities, that my Expectations from the former are seldom sanguine. on the present occasion appearances are doubtless promising, especially as you have Reason to think the Calculations in question were cautiously made according to y r...
558From 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...
559From John Jay to Robert Troup, 2 May 1792 (Jay Papers)
The last post brought me your very friendly Letter of the 26 of last Month— I thank ^you^ it for it cordially— The Doctor s ^Ramsay’s^ Silence began to appear singular to me— The Paragraph you insert from his Letter together with the Bills he has transmitted to you are agreable Circumstances— when you learn that they are accepted be so good as to inform me of it— The Interest you take in this...
560From John Jay to William Miller, 5 April 1792 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letter of the 2 d . Ap. and it would give me Pleasure to answer the Questions stated ^in it,^ if my being a Judge did not restrain me from giving Opinions on Law Questions prevents except judicially— Altho the Case you State may not come before the fœderal Court, similar ones may— Besides it has appeared to me adviseable to give no Opinions of that Sort, ^ make no observe...
561From John Jay to the Public, 4 April 1792 (Jay Papers)
It having been deemed expedient to consider me as the author of certain political papers lately published, I think it proper to declare upon my honour that I am not the author of any political paper that has been published this year— that I have neither written, dictated, nor seen the manuscripts of any of those which have appeared against Governor CLINTON, or any person whatsoever— and that I...
562John Jay to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, [31 March 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
The Chief Justice of the United States, presents his compliments to the Attorney General, and requests the favor of him to lay before the Board of trustees, the opinion herewith enclosed, on the question stated in their act of the 26th instant; a copy of which the Chief Justice yesterday received, enclosed in the letter which the Attorney General did him the honor to write on the 29th instant....
563From John Jay to Edmund Randolph, 31 March 1792, enclosing Report to the Board of Trustees of the Sinking Fund, 31 March … (Jay Papers)
The Chief Justice of the United States presents his compliments to the Attorney General, and requests the favor of him to lay before the Board of trustees, the opinion herewith enclosed, on the question stated in their act of the 26th instant, a copy of which the Chief Justice yesterday received, enclosed in the letter which the Attorney General did him the honor to write on the 29th instant....
564From John Jay to Egbert Benson, 31 March 1792 (Jay Papers)
I have had the pleasure of seeing Sen r . Ceracchi, & his model of a monument in Honor of the Revolution. The Design appears to me to be a noble one—worthy of the attention of the U.S., and honorable to the Taste & Talents of the artist.— It cannot fail of being interesting to all who contributed to the Revolution, and to that glorious Triumph of Liberty which it exhibited, and which well...
565To John Adams from John Jay, 23 March 1792 (Adams Papers)
I have this Moment afternoon recd. the Letter wh. you did me the Honor to write on the 21 Inst— by & by which I am informed that the Trustees of the sinking fund are being equally divided in opinion respecting the Construction of their authority under the Act making Provision for the Reduction of the public Debt, my attendance had become necessary— [ crossed out: On considering the Act in...
566To Alexander Hamilton from John Jay, 23 March 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
By the post I recd. this afternoon Letters from the Vice Presidt. & Atty. Genl. calling me to the Board of Trustees. My answers to both are necessarily very concise, having been engag’d by Company, and now being pressed for Time, they are enclosed. I regard my Duty to attend the Courts as being in point of legal Obligation primary , and to attend the Trustees as secondary —and yet I can...
567From John Jay to Alexander Hamilton, 23 March 1792 (Jay Papers)
By the post I rec d . this afternoon Letters from the vice Presid t . & Att y Gen l ., calling me to the Board of Trustees— my answers to both are necessarily very concise, having been engag’d by Company, and now being pressed for Time— they are enclosed. I regard my Duty to attend the Courts as being in point of legal obligation primary , and to attend the Trustees as secondary — & yet I can...
568From John Jay to William Cushing, 19 March 1792, enclosing a copy of John Jay to James Iredell, 19 March 1792 (Jay Papers)
I subjoin a copy of a Letter which I have just written to Judge Iredell, in answer to one which I two Days ago rec d . from him. Be pleased to present M rs . Jays & my Comp ts . to M rs . Cushing and to M r & M rs . Phillips. — with great Esteem & Regard I am D r Sir your aff te . & hble Serv t
569From John Jay to Thomas Johnson, 12 March 1792 (Jay Papers)
I have been favored with your’s of the 3 d . of last month, & regret the Indisposition which detained You from Philadelphia— I hope your Health has been since re-established. The then daily Expectation of an addition to my Family, and which soon after took place, prevented my attending the Sup. Court. Judge Cushing on his Return informed me that there had been a Conference on the Subject of...
570From John Jay to James Iredell, 3 March 1792 (Jay Papers)
I have been fav[ore] d . with yours of the 16 th . of last month — Judge Cushing accidentally carried it with him to New Haven, from whence he sent it to me by the Post. He mentioned to me what had passed at Ph[iladelphi] a . relative to the circuits. The Difficulties attending that Subject can in my opinion be removed by Congress only. The Objections heretofore stated to a Rotation strike me...