I have had the Honor of receiving from you a Letter of the 16 th . of June, and another the 12 th . of July, 1780, with the several Papers mentioned in them. With respect to the Subjects of the first, you will find them fully discussed in my Letter to His Excellency the President of Congress, which will accompany this: The description of the Bills will I hope, answer good purposes. How far the...
The polite and respectful terms in which you are pleased to communicate your approbation of our conduct, in an important office, demand our most sincere and grateful acknowledgments. Honoured by the united suffrages of our fellow-citizens, and animated by a sense of duty, and the most cordial affection for our oppressed country, however unequal to the delicate and arduous task, we undertook it...
273Report 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...
274From John Jay to the Consul of the French Republic ( Jean Antoine Bernard de Rozier), 19 September 1795 (Jay Papers)
The Governor is very sensible of the polite attention which induced the consul of the French Republic, and the French Citizens to invite him to their “republican Entertainment” on Tuesday next. He would with great Pleasure dine with them on that Day, but while general anxiety Distress & alarm pervade his native City, it will not be in his power to command that Degree of Hilarity which becomes...
275From John Jay to Francis Corbin, 4 July 1788 (Jay Papers)
Two Days ago I had the pleasure of rec g your obliging Letter of the 16 th ., and this morning that of the 25 Ult. The accession of Virginia made an ^ was ^ is an Event most welcome to our Fœderalists, and it cannot fail to make a deep Impression on the other Party. Our Convention proceeds with singular Temper and Moderation. The opposition however ^still^ continues very inflexible, and to...
It hav g . become necessary that Streets be laid out thro’ my Ground near ^adjoining^ the Ruins of the Sea Water Works, I think it better that it sh d . be done by the corporation than by me. They only can form & execute a general & consistant Plan relative to ^ new ^ Streets in that part of the Town and thereby avoid the Inconveniences w h . usually result from the particular Taste or Views...
277From John Jay to Daniel Coxe, 4 April 1796 (Jay Papers)
On the 28 of last month ^Ult:^ I had the pleasure of rec g your friendly Letter of the 14 of Nov r . last by M r Bewsher who arrived at Norfolk on the 16 of last Month & from thence sent it to me by post— on his arrival here it will give me pleasure to manifest my Respect for your Recommend [atio] n . by attentions to him— The Letter that you enclosed for General Schuyler was immediately deliv...
278From John Jay to Tench Coxe, 6 January 1792 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . and read with pleasure and Proffit the enlarged copy of the Examination of L d . Sheffields Publications, and the Report of the ^yesterday I was fav d . with^ Secretary ^Hamilton’s interesting & able Report^ on the Subject of manufactures—for both of which accept my thanks— No better Way can in my opinion be devised for negociating Treaties of Commerce than that of augmenting...
279From John Jay to Ephraim M. Cunningham, 19 April 1824 (Jay Papers)
I recieved by the last Mail your Letter of the 8 th . Inst— by which you inform me of your having a sealed Packet, which appears from an Indorsement made by your late Father, to contain a correspondence between him and me— and inquire whether a Delivery of those Papers into my Hands would meet with my approbation—and assure ing me of your Readiness to dispose of the Packet as I may desire—...
280From John Jay to Peter T. Curtenius, 10 December 1788 (Jay Papers)
Instead of presenting a particular account against the State for my Services as one of their agents to manage their Controversy with Massachusetts, and as one of their Delegates in Congress, I shall only state Facts, and submit it to the Legislature to make such order on the Subject, as may be most consistant with their Sense and Construction of the Laws respecting it. In order to be at...
281From 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...
282From John Jay to William Cushing, 13 September 1790 (Jay Papers)
I have the Honor of transmitting to you herewith inclosed, the Draft I have prepared of the proposed Letter from us to the President. Be pleased to return it with such Alterations & Corrections as You may think it requires. I shall send Copies of it to the other Judges, with the like Request; and on recieving them again, will incorporate such additions and make such other alterations as ^we^...
283From 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...
284From 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
285From John Jay to William Cushing, 6 August 1793 (Jay Papers)
I have been fav d . with your’s of the 22 d of last month— This morning we assigned the Eastern Circuit to Judge Blair, with whom Judge Wilson is to attend the Courts at Connecticut, R. Island & New Hampshire — the Middle Circuit to Judge Paterson (by agreem t . between him and Judge Wilson)—and the Southern Circuit to You— The latter I think ought first to have been assigned to Judge Wilson—...
286From 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—...
287From John Jay to Abraham Cuyler, 13 November 1795 (Jay Papers)
I was this morning favored with your’s of the 5 th . of this month, mentioning M r . Harison’s opinion that the Debts in question were not recoverable by Virtue either of the Treaty of Peace, or of the Treaty of amity between the United States and Great Britain— As to M r . Harison’s opinion, I do not hesitate to say that I concur in it— But whether the Subjects of it were or were not...
288From John Jay to John Dalrymple, 14 February 1795 (Jay Papers)
The Letter w h . you did me the Honor to write on the first Day of this month, came to Hand as I was ab t . making an Excursion into the Country or it sh d . have been answ d . immediately. I return d . this afternoon— accept my thanks for these interesting Communications — I have read with pleasure the printed paper that was enclosed, and agreable to y r . Request, sh d . without Delay...
289The American Peace Commissioners to Francis Dana, 12 December 1782 (Adams Papers)
We have the Honour to congratulate you, on the Signature of the preliminary Treaty of Peace, between his Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, to be inserted in the definitive Treaty, when France and Britain Shall have agreed upon their Terms. The Articles, of which We do ourselves the honour to inclose you a Copy, were compleated, on the thirtieth of last Month. To Us, at this...
290From John Jay to Francis Dana, 19 August 1780 (Jay Papers)
Your Favor of the 5 th . Inst was delivered to me Yesterday Morning. I am happy to hear M r Adams is gone to Holland. He will I am persuaded be very useful there. Accept my thanks for the Intelligence communicated in your Letter, and be so obliging as to continue the Correspondence you have begun. The Character I heard of you at Congress induced me to wish for an Occasion of commencing it, and...
291From John Jay to Francis Dana, 16 February 1793 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . the Letter which you did me the Honor to write on the 19th. Dec r . last , and on the first Day of the present Term communicated it to the other Judges. Such marks of Delicacy and Respect cannot fail of making correspondent Impressions; and it gives me pleasure to assure You that nothing on our parts shall be wanting to cultivate on all occasions that Harmony & mutual Confidence...
292The American Peace Commissioners to Francis Dana, 12 December 1782 (Franklin Papers)
ALS, AL (draft), and copy: Massachusetts Historical Society; two copies: Library of Congress We have the Honour to congratulate you, on the Signature of the preliminary Treaty of Peace, between his Britannic Majesty and the United States of America, to be inserted in the definitive Treaty, when France and Britain Shall have agreed upon their Terms. The Articles, of which We do ourselves the...
293From John Jay to the Earl of Dartmouth, 25 March 1773 (Jay Papers)
Tho a Stranger to your Lordship, I take the Liberty of troubling you with the inclosed Petition of the Inhabitants of New Britain, Settlement on the Frontier of this Province. Principles of Humanity my Lord! have led me to interest myself in Behalf of these unhappy People; and I forbear paying an ill Compliment to a generous Mind, by endeavouring to apologize for giving it an opportunity, of...
294From John Jay to Charles S. Daveis, 27 October 1826 (Jay Papers)
On the 19 th . of this month I recieved your Letter of the 14 th . ult, together with the a Copy of the address mentioned in it; and I thank you for them both.— I have long been and still am too feeble to occupy ^bestow a^ due degree of Attention to the various Topics which are included and disseminated in that work— I cannot however omit mentioning the ^your^ Mistake [ illegible ] relative to...
295From John Jay to Henry Davis, 10 February 1803 (Jay Papers)
This Letter will be delivered to you by my Son W m ., whom agreable to President Dwights Recommendation and advice I commit to your Care. He has hitherto been so good a Boy as to render any Degree of Severity unnecessary,—even private and gentle admonitions have very rarely been requisite, & have in no Instance proved ineffectual. I regret that since the Death of the Rev d . M r Ellison,...
296From John Jay to Silas Deane, 2 October 1780 (Jay Papers)
Since mine to you written at ^ from ^ S t . Ildefonso & enclosed to Doct r Franklin, I have had the pleasure of reciev g yours of the 4 and 13 th . of Sept r . a few Days ago.
297The Committee of Secret Correspondence to Silas Deane, 1 October 1776 (Franklin Papers)
LS : Harvard University Library; letterbook copy: National Archives Mr. Morris has communicated to us the substance of your letters to him down to the 23rd June when you was near setting out for Paris. We hope your reception there has been equal to your expectation and our wishes, indeed we have no reason to doubt it considering the countenance we have met with amongst the French Islands, and...
298From John Jay to Silas Deane, 23 February 1784 (Jay Papers)
Your letter of 21 st , January was delivered to me this morning. It is painful to say disagreeable things to any person, and especially to those with whom one has lived in habits of friendship; but candor on this occasion forbids reserve. You was of the number of those who possessed my esteem, and to whom I was attached. To me personally you have never given offense; but, on the contrary, I am...
299The Committee of Secret Correspondence to Silas Deane, 23 October 1776: résumé (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Haverford College Library; copy: National Archives <Philadelphia, October 23, 1776: We have written you twice today by different ships. This letter goes by the Andrew Doria to St. Eustatius, to be forwarded to William Bingham and by him to you in a French vessel. We enclose two resolutions of Congress. The first replaces Thomas Jefferson as commissioner with Arthur Lee, whom you will...
300From John Jay to Silas Deane, 16 June 1781 (Jay Papers)
Your Letter of the 8 Ap. is particular on a Subject, on which I confess I wished to be minutely informed. I approve of your having conveyed to the Minister what you concieved to be a true State of our Affairs. On such Occasions Policy, as well as Candor, forbids Deception. How far it was necessary or proper to mention the same Things in public Conversations, is less clear, & if that was the...