1From John Jay to Robert Troup, 28 December 1799 (Jay Papers)
I have been fav d . with your’s of the 23 Inst: and with the one mentioned in it. The subject of them both is indeed an affecting one. I perfectly concur in the sentiment, that we should transmit to posterity the most honourable Proofs of the veneration in which we hold the character and memory of that singularly virtuous and great man, whose Death we lament. The idea of the corporation...
2From John Jay to Cornelius Ray, Robert Troup, Richard Harison, Archibald Gracie, James Watson, William W. Woolsey, and … (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . the Letter w h you did me the Honor to write on the 15 th . Inst enclosing a Copy of a Resolution of the Federal Freeholders of the City of NYork of the 13 Instant. Permit me thru’ you to assure them of the high Sense I entertain of the honor they have done me by the Sentiments, respecting Services, which are expressed in that Resolution; and be pleased Gent n . to accept my...