51From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 30 October 1820 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letter of the 20 Inst. I concur in your opinion that a well for the Livery Stable, had better be placed in the Street than in the Yard— Let it be made or postponed, as you may think most adviseable.— The Sums paid on assessments— the Monies applied to ordinary Expenses, and which should have been replaced at Interest, together with the Debts contracted, have so reduced my...
52From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 5 February 1821 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letter of the 2 d . Inst, and am pleased and gratified with the acct. it gives of John— You say nothing of his Health— M r . Hunt will doubtless be here soon—the mistake is to be regretted— He may perhaps object to the Trouble and Expense of going to New York to finish the Business— Nancy consents to your l[e]asing her Lot for the Time, and on the Terms you mention. She...
53Maria Jay Banyer to Peter Augustus Jay, 27[–28] June 1821 (Jay Papers)
You will be happy to hear that we have arrived safe so far on our tour & that we have had a delightful journey— I will now give you a hasty sketch of our route from Utica— we left it after church in the afternoon & rode thro’ a very beautiful Country resembling in its villages the finest parts of Connecticut to Vernon— the next afternoon we proceeded thro’ the Oneida reservation to the Canal—...
54From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 16 October 1821 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letter of the 10 th . Inst— It is to be regretted that the Temper and Proceedings of the Convention are not more promising— A constitution formed under the Influence of improper motives and Feelings may not be approved by the People, unless a majority of them should be actuated by similar Excitements. If the Divisions which it seems have taken place between leading members...
55From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 14 January 1822 (Jay Papers)
On making the necessary Entries from your Acc t . to the 28 th . ult. I observed that on the 24 ult. you made two payments of $35 to M rs . Watkins— One of them was doubtless that which I had desired you to make— being for Interest which I had rec d . here— the other I presume was for Interest which you had rec d ., but you omitted to say from whom — I wish to know this, that I may credit it...
56From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 4[–5] February 1822 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letter of the 25 th . ult— I am glad that the Information of your having been indisposed, was accompanied with the assurance of your being again well— may you long continue so— The State of my Health fluctuates but little— Your dear little Girl is free from complaints, and in fine Spirits— her being here will I think conduce to her Health; and her absence from School will...
57From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 8 July 1822 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letter of the 5 th . Inst. with the accounts mentioned in it— M r . Joshua Purdy, in a Conversation with me yesterday, respecting the Bill in Chancery against the Executors of Baxter, observed that he understood from you, at the late Circuit Court, that an answer had been filed— that it would be necessary for you to confer with the Complainants on the Subject of it— that...
58From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 13 August 1822 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letter of the 9 th . Inst. from your Acc t . of the Fever there was Reason to hope that it would soon cease. We have since heard that several new Cases had occurred, and that it would probably become more general— Perhaps this Information may be incorrect. If the Fever is spreading and cases multiplying, I think it would be prudent for Mary and the Children who are with...
59From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 4 November 1822 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letter of the 31 Ult— That the Fever has abated and that there have been no Cases of it in your part of the City are agreable Circumstances— I hope Helen’s Indisposition will not be of long Continuance, and that the Health of the Rest of your Family may not be interrupted by Sickness— It will always give us pleasure to see you and them here, but let not your visits to us...
60From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 25 February 1823 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letters of the 14 th . & 21 st . Inst— That your Aunt was better, and your Family well, were agreable Tidings— W m . and Maria set out for Rye this morning— he to attend a Meeting of the Bible Society—& she to visit her Aunt.— William in a late Letter informed you of Encroachment & Trespasses at Chenango; & not having since heard from you on that Subject fears it has...
61From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 21 April 1823 (Jay Papers)
Being desirous that my address to the American Bible Society might come to your Hands in due Season, I herewith enclose it— I presume you will recieve it this Week, and in Time to let me know it by the Mail— It may be well to inform Gen l . Clarkson, or the Secretaries that you have it. We expect to recieve this week Letters from W m . or Nancy, appointing a Day for the carriage to meet them...
62From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 12 June 1823 (Jay Papers)
It appears to me adviseable to dispose of some of my Bank Stock, and therefore desire you to sell as many of my Shares in the Merchants Bank, as from Circumstances may in your Opinion be prudent; and invest the Proceeds in Stock of the United States. I am apprehensive that the State Tax on Dividends may eventually, and perhaps soon, diminish the value and price of the one, and increase that of...
63From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 23 September 1823 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letter of the 18 th . Inst. In what Manner it will be most expedient to employ the Money you have rec d . is a question which when you come here we will consider and decide. Nancy has rec d . from W m . the money you sent to her by him; and has repaid the Sum I had advanced to her. You do well to remind M r . Thorne of his Inattention to Punctuality—and you doubtless take...
64From John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 25 January 1825 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letters of the 13 th ., & 20 th . Inst, and also the account mentioned in the latter. We all rejoice in the Recovery of your dear little promising Girl; and in the Tidings brought by William respecting her and all your Family. The Rise in the Value of real property in the City, and the Prospect of Tenants for our Houses, are agreable Circumstances— altho Rents may rise, I...
65William Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 31 May[–1 June] 1825 (Jay Papers)
For two or three days past, Papa has been more unwell than usual; not with any new complaints, but with an aggravation of his old ones. To day at dinner, he complained of dizziness: his ideas seemed confused, & some of his expressions were rather incoherent. We soon discovered that he was under the influence of a paralytick attack— After dinner, he returned to his room & laid down. The Doctor...
66William Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 28[–29] March 1827 (Jay Papers)
I wrote to you by the Mail this morning to acquaint you with the illness of our dear Father, & it is with sorrow I again write to you, to inform you that his situation is very alarming. Till 11 Oclock this morning he suffered extreme pain from his hand. An Anodyne was then given to him, & his hand has been dressed every two hours since with yeast poultice. Since the anodyne he has not seemed...
67James Madison to Peter Augustus Jay, 14 August 1833 (Madison Papers)
Your letter of the 8th. inst. enclosing one from Major H Lee, has been duly received. On recurring to the original letter of Decr. 28. 1794, from Mr. Jefferson to me, it appears that both of you have been misled on the occasion of it, by an unlucky misprint of Jay , for Joy (G. Joy in London) the writer of the letter to me, referred to by Mr. Jefferson. This letter has no reference to your...