Sarah Livingston Jay’s Invitation Lists, [6–22 October 1787]
Sarah Livingston Jay’s Invitation Lists
[New York, 6–22 October 1787]
8th. Octbr. invited
Mr. & Mrs. Gerry—, Mr. & Mrs. Thompson x—, Miss [Thompson]—, Mr. Barclay—, Mr. & Mrs. Provost—, Mr. Cadwallader—, Mr. Bingham—, Mr. & Mrs. Ranselaer—, Dr. Johnson—, Mrs. Ricketts—, Genl. & Mrs. Knox—, Gouvr. Morris—, The Chancellor—1
15th. Octbr.
invited Dr. Witherspoon, Dr. Rodgers—, Mr. Linn—, x Dr. Livingston—2
18th. Octbr. invited
Captn. Pintard—, Marsten [Marsden Pintard]—
19th. Mrs. Cortlandt—, Mr. & Mrs. [Cortlandt]—, Mrs. & Miss White—, Mr. & Mrs. [White]—, Miss Cortlandt—, Mr. & Mrs. V[an]. Horne—, Miss [Van Horne]—, Valette [Van Horne]—, Mr. & Mrs. Jay—, Mr. & Mrs. Charl[ton].—, Miss Depeyster—, Mr. & Mrs. Turnbul—, David V. Horne—3
6th. Octbr. omitted
Mr. & Mrs. Jay—, Mr. & Miss Pratt—, Mr. Remsen—, Mr. Barckley—, Augustus Cortlandt—
22d. invited
Mr. Gilman—, Mr. Irvine—, Mr. Madison—, Mr. Carrington—, Mr. H. Lee—, Mr. Kean—, x Mr. Huger—, Mr. Few—, Mr. Duer—, Mr. Hamilton—, Chevalier Jones—, x Mr. Varnum—, Chief Justice4
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1. Ann Thompson (Mrs. Elbridge) Gerry (1763–1849). Hannah Harrison (Mrs. Charles) Thomson.
2. The Rev. Dr. John Witherspoon, Presbyterian clergyman, signer of Declaration of Independence, president of College of New Jersey at Princeton, and congressional delegate from New Jersey, 1776–82. The Rev. Dr. John Rodgers (1727–1811), pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Dr. William Linn (1752–1808) and the Rev. Dr. John H. Livingston (1746–1825), both of the Dutch Reformed Church. Livingston was also president of Queens College, now Rutgers University.
3. Augustus Valette Van Horne (1736–96).
4. James Mitchell Varnum (1748–89), congressional delegate from Rhode Island, 1787. Richard Morris, New York Chief Justice.