641Sir James Jay Editorial Note (Jay Papers)
During this time Sir James had also been involved to some extent in Benedict Arnold’s treason. Sir James used the family wartime home at Fishkill as his base of operations while serving in the state senate. Around 8–9 Sept. 1780 he stopped off in Haverstraw at the home of Joshua Hett Smith, an intermediary between Major John André and Benedict Arnold. He... ...On returning to Fishkill, Sir...
642Homecoming Editorial Note (Jay Papers)
...with their eight-year-old son Peter Augustus, who, during the years of his parents’ absence in Europe, had been in the care of Governor William Livingston and his family at Elizabethtown and of the Frederick Jays at Fishkill.