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...