1To John Jay from Richard Varick, 2 March 1801 (Jay Papers)
I had the Honor of receiving your Excellency’s favor of the 21 st . Feby. on the 27 th . At the first Meeting of the Common Council I will communicate to them the Subject of that Letter & without Delay inform Your Excellency of the Result: By the British Packet in 35 Days Passage We have News till after the Middle of January, from which it appears that the Austrians have been so much wasted as...
2To John Jay from Aaron Burr, 23 February 1801 (Jay Papers)
In Case M r Morris should not be ^re-^^appointed Sheriff, the name of John Stagg Jun r . will, among others, be offered to your Consideration. I have understood that Major Stagg was introduced into the War department through your patronage and recommendation: The manner in which he left it appears from the letter contained in the Second page of the paper which I take the liberty to enclose. He...
3To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 21 February 1801 (Jay Papers)
I arrived here safely on Thursday Evening The Rain which began to fall on Tuesday destroyed the Snow & made our Journey unpleasant it was however less so than I expected. It has not injured my Health— At ^the Hotel at^ Poughkeepsie I met with a person who I found was the father in law of Col: Bailey (I believe his name is Talmadge). He had a long Conversation with me on political Subjects An...
4To John Jay from John Lathrop, 9 February 1801 (Jay Papers)
Permit me to request your acceptance of the discourse which I take the liberty to inclose.— A hope that what I had prepared for a small congregation in Boston, might in some feeble manner, co-operate with the labours of great and good men, to support those institutions which have raised the American people to the rank they hold among the nations of the earth, overcame the reluctance which I...
5To John Jay from John Lansing Jr., 19 January 1801 (Jay Papers)
A Discovery has been made of a wide extended Association to forge and circulate the Notes of the Massachusetts & Boston Banks. It is rendered probable from Circumstances developed in the Course of the Examination of some of the persons concerned, that an early Communication of them to the Magistrates of the City of New York, may enable them to seize their Apparatus, said to be deposited in...
6To John Jay from Cornelius Ray, Robert Troup, William W. Woolsey, Richard Harison, James Watson, James M. Hughes, and … (Jay Papers)
Our feelings too well accord with those that dictated the resolution of which we have the honor to transmit a copy, not to render the execution of the task committed to us particularly agreeable. We have been long accustomed to contemplate, with sentiments of exalted satisfaction, the virtues, public and private, which adorn your character; and the distinguished talents and services which...
7To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 2 January 1801 (Jay Papers)
Since my last Letter I have not had the Pleasure of rec g . any from you, nor even of hearing from other sources of Mama’s Health— I hope however that the mild weather which has lately prevailed has contributed to restore it— M r Munro who returned a few Days since from Rye mentions that Uncle was well— He has dined by Invitation at M r Pintards which I believe he has never done with any one...
8To John Jay from John Marshall, 22 December 1800 (Jay Papers)
The President, anxious to avail the United States of your services as chief Justice, has nominated you to the senate for that important office, now vacant by the resignation of M r . Ellsworth. In the hope that you may be prevaild on to accept it, I feel peculiar satisfaction in transmitting to you the commission. With very much respect & esteem I am, Sir your Obed t . Serv t . ALS , ICN ( EJ...
9To John Jay from Henry Glen, 20 December 1800 (Jay Papers)
On Thursday last the President sent up to the Senate A nomination for you to be the Chief Justice of the United States in the Room of Judge Ellsworth Resigned, yesterday the Senate took up the nomination And have appointed you the Chief Justice, My dear Sir Great Alteration since the last Election for Legislature in our State. Jefferson & Burr will be our Presidents who would Ever a thought it...
10From John Adams to John Jay, 19 December 1800 (Adams Papers)
Mr Elsworth afflicted with the Gravel and the Gout in his kidneys and intending to pass the Winter in the south of France after a few Weeks in England, has resigned his office of Chief Justice, and I have nominated you to your old station. This is as independent of the Inconstancy of the People, as it is of the Will of a President. In the future Administration of our Country the firmest...
11To John Jay from John Adams, 19 December 1800 (Jay Papers)
M r Elsworth afflicted with the Gravel and the Gout in his Kidneys and intending to pass the Winter in the South of France after a few weeks in England, has resigned his office of Chief Justice, & I have nominated you to your old Station. This is as independent of the Inconstancy of the People, as it is of the Will of a President. In the future Administration of our Country the firmest...
12To John Jay from William Cooper, 19 December 1800 (Jay Papers)
You are nominated and will this day no doubt be approved Chiefe Justice of the United States in the Place of O. Elsworth Resigned. the french treaty may be Conditionally Ratifyed, but I think not as the Senators speak of it in bitter termes and count on many mischiefs that will follow. Jefferson and Burr is head and head. Burr or no President is the order of the day. Poor America how thou art...
13To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 11 December 1800 (Jay Papers)
I have this Afternoon rec d your Letter of the 8th. containing the very unpleasant Intelligence of Mama’s Illness— Her former Indispositions had not given me much immediate uneasiness as I supposed them to proceed merely from Debility & excessive Anxiety or Fatigue— This appears to have been of a much more serious Nature tho probably produced by the same Causes—The favorable Symptoms you...
14From John Adams to John Jay, 24 November 1800 (Adams Papers)
I received, last week your friendly private Letter of the tenth—The assurance of the continuance of your friendship was unnecessary for me, because I have never had a doubt of it—But others invent and report as they please. They have preserved hitherto, however more delicacy to wards the friendship between you and me than any other. The last Mission to France, and the consequent dismission of...
15To John Jay from John Adams, 24 November 1800 (Jay Papers)
I received last Week your friendly private Letter of the tenth.— The assurance of the continuance of your friendship was unnecessary for me, because I have never had a doubt of it.— But others invent and report as they please. They have preserved hitherto, however more delicacy to wards the friendship between you and me than any other. The last Mission to France, and the consequent dismission...
16To John Jay from Richard Varick, 15 November 1800 (Jay Papers)
I have the Honor to inclose to Your Excellency a Report of the Convictions at the late special Sessions for this City which ended Yesterday.— I have said Nothing ab t . the Proofs as they were full. In all the Other Cases the Jury acquitted & carried their Lenity too far on this sense & in Reducing to petit Larceny some Cases of Grand Larceny. It was certainly erring on the Humane side. I wish...
17To John Jay from Solomon Van Rensselaer, 3 November 1800 (Jay Papers)
By the late act for disbanding the twelve Regiments, the President of the United States had the power given him to continue the Regiment of Dragoons, or such parts as he might think proper; two Troops of this Regiment had been raised prior to the late augmentation of the army, and this Squadron is still continued in service— It was the opinion of Generals Hamilton & Wilkinson that a Major was...
18From Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, [30–31 October 1800] (Hamilton Papers)
It is an awkward thing now to tell you that it was early my intention to send you the inclosed. But it is nevertheless true that the idea was repeatedly in my mind with the design of executing it & was as often driven out by the distractions of business &c. Always very truly Dr Sir yr Obed ser ALS , sold by Forest H. Sweet, Battle Creek, Michigan, January, 1958, Lot No. 141. Jay endorsed...
19To John Jay from Oliver Ellsworth, 16 October 1800 (Jay Papers)
Altho’ our best efforts have not obtained all that justice required, or what the policy of France should have given, enough is done, if ratified, to extricate the United States from a contest, which it might be as difficult to relinquish with honour as to pursue with a prospect of advantage,— a partial saving is also made for captured property,— guards are provided against future abuses, as...
20From Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, 3 September 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I thank you for your three letters in compliance with my request. They contain what I desired. But as they mingle the fact, respecting the communication of my letter to you to Lord Grenville, which I always understood to be confidential, I will thank you to send me a certificate of the sentiment which you recollect to have been given by me, and I will beg you to let it be as full and as...
21From Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, 19 August 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
I have occasion for a public purpose to allude to the reprobated instructions to our commissioners for making peace with Great Britain obliging them to act under the direction of the French Assembly. But though I have a general recollection of their tenor it is not precise enough for my object. I take it for granted your papers can afford the exact information. You will much oblige me by...
22To John Jay from Alexander Hamilton, 19 August 1800 (Jay Papers)
I have occasion for a public purpose to allude to ^the reprobated^ instructions to our commissioners for making peace with Great Britain obliging them to act under the direction of the French Ministry. But though I have a general recollection of their tenor it is not precise enough for my object—I take it for granted your papers can afford the exact information. You will much oblige me by...
23To John Jay from Rufus King, 5 August 1800 (Jay Papers)
I have lately received your obliging letter of the 16 of June which confirms the accounts brought by M r Gore, as well as those derived from less authentic sources, respecting the increased & mutual exasperation of parties among us: that the return of the presidential Election; should in our present circumstances give fresh activity to the Partizans of the respective Candidates was naturally...
24To John Jay from Joshua Mersereau, 15 July 1800 (Jay Papers)
Permit me to inform your Excell y , That it has been suggested, that You Declin d . being a Candidate at the insuing Election— That Col. Burr, Judge Benson, & G: Clinton, Were Candidates—& that the parties had agreed, to Unite, in the Election, of the present L t . Gov r . This I suppos d . as a Subtefuge, to Draw off the Federal Party—as I found by inquiry— That there Was Objections offer d ,...
25To John Jay from Timothy Pickering, 17 June 1800 (Jay Papers)
Allow me to present to you M r . Williams & M r . Putnam, my relations from Massachusetts, who in returning from their visit to me, contemplate going by the way of Albany; and in that case wished to pay their respects to you. I have conversed with them very fully on the recent proceedings of the President, and furnished them with some facts and observations in writing, for the information of...
26To John Jay from Jedidiah Morse, 23 May 1800 (Jay Papers)
A private conveyance offering, I hastily improve it to acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 24 th ult mo & to tender you my sincere thanks for it— Your approbation of the several communications I had the honour of forwarding to you, has yielded me no small satisfaction— Some of them have drawn upon me, as I had expected indeed, the bitter hatred of some of the party they were intended...
27To John Jay from James McHenry, 10 May 1800 (Jay Papers)
The Secretary of State communicated to me on the 7 th instant, your letter to him, dated the 16 th ulto, transmitting exempli^fi^ed copies of two Acts of the Legislature of the State of New York. The one entitled “An Act to cede to the United States the Jurisdiction of certain Islands, situate in and about the Harbour of New York” the other “An Act, complying with the Act of Congress,...
28From Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, 7 May 1800 (Hamilton Papers)
You have been informed of the loss of our Election in this City. It is also known that we have been unfortunate throughout Long Island & in West Chester. According to the Returns hitherto, it is too probable that we lose our Senators for this District. The moral certainty therefore is that there will be an Anti-fœderal Majority in the Ensuing Legislature, and this very high probability is that...
29To John Jay from Alexander Hamilton, 7 May 1800 (Jay Papers)
You have been informed of the loss of our Election in this City. It is also known that we have been unfortunate throughout Long Island & in West Chester— According to the Returns hitherto, it is too probable that we lose our Senators for this District. The moral certainty therefore is that there will be an Antifœderal Majority in the Ensuing Legislature, and the very high probability is that...
30To John Jay from Philip Schuyler, 7 May 1800 (Jay Papers)
Our fœdral friends in Congress, extremely allarmed at the Success of the Antifœdarelsts in the recent elections in this state, and dreading the results which they are persuaded, will be the Election of M r Jefferson to the Presidency of the United States—has induced several of them to entreat me to write to Your excellency and to Sollicit of You to convene the Legislature in the hopes that an...