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From John Jay to Henry Remsen Jr., 27 June 1788

To Henry Remsen Jr.

Poughkeepsie 27 June 1788

Dear Sir

I have had the Pleasure of recgv. your Favor of the 18 Inst.1 with the news Papers. Let Sr. John have the enclosed Letter2 without Delay. I leave it open for your Information, and that you may make a Copy to enter in the Book of Letters.

Our Affairs here go on slowly but with more Temper than I expected. The Issue however appears so uncertain as that no very probable Conjectures respecting it can yet be formed. Be so obliging as to let me have the news Papers regularly, and such other Intelligence as you may think interesting— Yours sincerely

John Jay

Mr. Remsen

ALS, CtY-Br (EJ: 13137).

1. Letter not found.

2. JJ to Sir John Temple, British consul-general in New York, 27 June 1788, ALS, UkLPR: FO 4/6 (EJ: 05042); Dft and C, NNC (EJ: 09413, 05839); LbkC, DNA: Domestic Letters description begins Domestic Letters of the Department of State, 1784–1906, RG 59, item 120, National Archives (M40). Accessed on Fold3.com. description ends , 3: 388 (EJ: 02287), on which, see JJ’s Report on the Petition of Richard Lawrence, 14 Mar. 1787, and note 1, JJSP description begins Elizabeth M. Nuxoll et al., eds., The Selected Papers of John Jay (4 vols. to date; Charlottesville, Va., 2010–) description ends , 4: 483–84. According to the OFA Journal description begins Daily Journals, Office of Foreign Affairs, 1784–1790, 2 vols., Papers of the Continental Congress, RG 360, item 127, National Archives (M247). Accessed Fold3.com description ends for 27 June (EJ: 03788), Remsen had informed JJ that Temple, having learned from members of Congress of the decision of the case, had called at the office wanting to know why JJ had not informed him of the determination, and JJ responded with that letter.

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    From John Jay to Henry Remsen Jr., 27 June 1788
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    “From John Jay to Henry Remsen Jr., 27 June 1788,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jay/01-05-02-0008. [Original source: The Selected Papers of John Jay, vol. 5, 1788–1794, ed. Elizabeth M. Nuxoll. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2017, p. 23.]