1From John Jay to Frederick Jay, 27 April 1784 (Jay Papers)
M r . P. Van Schaack informs me by a Letter dated the 12 Inst. at Bristol that M rs . Peloquins Ex rs . “have at length agreed to recognize the Powers of Att y . & to pay the Legacies”— The one however to our Father they will not pay until his will be proved in Eng & Letters of Adm n . taken out in England. I have desired M r . Johnson of London to talk with Cap t . Coupar ab t
2From John Jay to Frederick Jay, [18 August 1786] (Jay Papers)
My official Situation with Respect to foreign ministers renders it improper for me to place myself under personal Obligations to any of them, and consequently to request their personal Favors. I flatter myself you will percieve as clearly as as I do the necessity & Propriety of observing this Delicacy, and that therefore that you will impute my declining to apply to M r Gardoqui on the Subject...