651To John Jay from William Bingham, 17 February 1779 (Jay Papers)
Above is Copy of my last Respects, since writing of which the Continental Frigate the Deane, &...
652To John Jay from Sarah Livingston Jay, 18 February 1779 (Jay Papers)
I thank you my dear M r . Jay, for your kind letters of the 31 st . of Jan y . & 5 th . of Feb y...
653To John Jay from Charles Lee, 27 February 1779 (Jay Papers)
The negative put by Congress on my request to avail myself of Capt Tolty’s friendship and Sir...
654To John Jay from George Washington, 1 March 1779 (Jay Papers)
I have been a little surprised, that the several important pieces of intelligence lately received...
655To John Jay from Robert R. Livingston, 4 March 1779 (Jay Papers)
Your Letter & one I lately rec d . from Morris have given me pain. They have represented me to...
656To John Jay from Philip Schuyler, 5–8 March 1779 (Jay Papers)
As more than two Months are elapsed since my Resignation was laid before Congress I hope I shall...
657To John Jay from Alexander Hamilton, 14 March 1779 (Jay Papers)
Col Laurens who will have the honor of delivering you this letter, is on his way to South...
658To John Jay from Horatio Gates, 15 March 1779 (Jay Papers)
Persuaded that your Excellency punctually attends to every Thing which may respect the Eastern...
659To John Jay from Alexander McDougall, 21 March 1779 (Jay Papers)
This will be delivered to you, by M r . Elijah Hunter—whom I suppose, you know, as a Friend to...
660To John Jay from George Bascome, 5 April 1779 (Jay Papers)
On the Score of the Acquaintance which I had the Honor some Years past, during my Residence at...
661To John Jay from Robert R. Livingston, 21 April 1779 (Jay Papers)
A fortnight has already elapsed since I received yours of the 14 th . Ult., I feel my self...
662To John Jay from George Washington, 28 April 1779 (Jay Papers)
I have been duly honord with your Excellency’s favor of the 25th and its inclosures. You will...
663To John Jay from Philip Schuyler, 29 April 1779 (Jay Papers)
Yesterday I was honored with your Excellency’s Letter of the 20 th covering the Act of Congress...
664To John Jay from Gustavus Risberg, 10 May 1779 (Jay Papers)
This morning I waited on the Honorable Governeur Morris Esq r . one of the Committee for our...
665To John Jay from Robert Troup, 22 May 1779 (Jay Papers)
After mature Reflection I think it best for me to continue in the Army till the War is ended. You...
666To John Jay from Thomas Pitcairn, 27 May 1779 (Jay Papers)
In Justice to my Brother officers and myself on Parole at this Place, my Duty directs me to...
667To John Jay from Benjamin Franklin, 2 June 1779 (Jay Papers)
I received a few Days since by way of S t . Eustatia, the Duplicate of a Letter you did me the...
668To John Jay from Jeremiah Wadsworth, 5 June 1779 (Jay Papers)
before any considerable Evils had happened in my Department as early as September last I asked...
669To John Jay from Lafayette, 12–13 June 1779 (Jay Papers)
how happy I shall think Myself whenever a Safe opportunity of writing to Congress will be...
670To John Jay from John Morgan, 15 June 1779 (Jay Papers)
Congress having been pleased by its resolve of the 12 th Inst, on the full & weighty evidence...
671To John Jay from Jonathan Trumbull, 22 June 1779 (Jay Papers)
The General Assembly of this State, at its sessions in Jan y last, ordered taxes to be levied to...
672To John Jay from Egbert Benson, 23 June 1779 (Jay Papers)
I have frequently of late determined to write to You and have been as often interrupted; indeed...
673To John Jay from Nathanael Greene, 24 June 1779 (Jay Papers)
A late law has been passed by the legislature of the state of New Jersey, for the express purpose...
674To John Jay from Egbert Benson, 6 July 1779 (Jay Papers)
Since I had the Pleasure of writing to You last the Committee of Congress have returned from...
675To John Jay from Nathanael Greene, 14 July 1779, enclosing Thomas Chase to Nathanael Greene, 1 July 1779 (Jay Papers)
The enclosed is a letter from Col. Chace D.Q.M.G. at Boston. The representation it contains, and...
676To John Jay from Anne Conyngham, 17 July 1779 (Jay Papers)
I beg leave to trouble your Excellency and the Honorable Congress, with the perusal of the...
677To John Jay from John Sullivan, 21 July 1779 (Jay Papers)
I have hitherto delayed troubling congress with any accounts from this quarter, from a hope, that...
678To John Jay from Timothy Pickering, 4 August 1779 (Jay Papers)
Maj. Gen. Sullivan having in a way of complaint informed Congress that notwithstanding his...
679To John Jay from John Penn, 27 August 1779 (Jay Papers)
I am thus far on my way home, I got to Annapolis as soon as Doctor Burke & M r . Randolp, I have...
680To John Jay from Alexander Gillon, 29 August 1779 (Jay Papers)
I flatter my self with the Hopes that you have enjoy’d a Perfect State of Health since I had the...
681To John Jay from Egbert Benson, 4 September 1779 (Jay Papers)
I have stolen a Moment from the Business of the House to write You by M r : Phelps, who is...
682To John Jay from Benjamin Lincoln, 5 September 1779 (Jay Papers)
I have the pleasure to congratulate Congress on the arrival of Count D’Estaing’s Fleet off...
683To John Jay from Nathanael Greene, 19 September 1779 (Jay Papers)
His Excellency General Washington, has shewn me a Letter of General Sullivan’s to Congress,...
684To John Jay from Edmund Pendleton, 27 September 1779 (Jay Papers)
I have had the Hon r . to acknowledge the receipt of each of y r . very obliging Fav rs . by...
The Delegates of the united States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and...
686To John Jay from Alexander Hamilton, 29 September 1779 (Jay Papers)
I am honored with your letter of the 18th which I received with all the pleasure that is inspired...
687To John Jay from George Clinton, 5 October 1779 (Jay Papers)
I received your Favour of the 29 th . Ult mo . on my Way from Kingston to this Place whither I...
688To John Jay from Robert R. Livingston, 6 October 1779 (Jay Papers)
I have just now heard that you are upon the point of leaving us. I might have expected to have...
689To John Jay from George Washington, 7 October 1779 (Jay Papers)
Permit me, amongst the number of your friends to congratulate you & my Country on ^ your late...
690To John Jay from Edmund Pendleton, 11 October 1779 (Jay Papers)
As I conjectured so it happen’d that your esteem’d Fav r . of the 21 st . past made a visit to...
By the treaties subsisting between his most Christian Majesty and the United States of America, a...
692To John Jay from Robert R. Livingston, 22 December 1779 (Jay Papers)
I am told there will be an opportunity of send g . this to you, I wish therefore to imbrace it...
693To John Jay from Seth Harding, 27 December 1779 (Jay Papers)
I arrived within about three Miles of this Harbor, about Eight O’Clock last Evening when we were...
694To John Jay from the Committee for Foreign Affairs (James Lovell, Robert R. Livingston, and William Churchill Houston) … (Jay Papers)
By the inclosed Resolves of Congress you will find that we are become more dependent upon your...
695To John Jay from Gouverneur Morris, 3 January 1780 (Jay Papers)
You will doubtless be glad to hear News from this Quarter. Your Friends are all well. Our Army...
696To John Jay from William Churchill Houston, 7 February 1780 (Jay Papers)
It is not simply from being a Member of the Committee of Foreign Affairs that I take the Liberty...
697To John Jay from Robert R. Livingston, 10 February 1780 (Jay Papers)
I have just steped out of Congress to let you hear by this opportunity that your freinds in this...
698To John Jay from William Carmichael, 15 February 1780 (Jay Papers)
I arrived in this city late in the Evening of the 11 th after a tedious and Disagreable Journey....
699To John Jay from William Carmichael, 18 February 1780 (Jay Papers)
I did myself the honor of writing to you by a Courier whom the French Embassador dispatched to...
700To John Jay from Floridablanca, 24 February 1780 (Jay Papers)
Habiendo yo recibido de mano del S r . D n . José de Galvez la carta que V. S. le hà dirigido por...