54421American Commissioners to John Jay, 25 April 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
Soon after our meeting together in London, We had a Conference with the Secretary of State for foreign affairs, in which we communicated to him, the joint Commission of Congress, for negotiating a Treaty of Commerce with Great Britain, and left an attested Copy of it in the hands of his Lordship. At the same time his Lordship was informed that as the Commission was limited to two years...
54422From George Washington to John Jay, 7 September 1779 (Washington Papers)
I have received your obliging favors of the 25th & 31st of last month and thank you for them. It really appears impossible to reconcile the conduct Britain is pursuing, to any system of prudence or policy. For the reasons you assign, appearances are against her deriving aid from other powers; and if it is truly the case, that she has rejected the mediation of Spain, without having made allies,...
54423From Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, 12 September 1779 (Hamilton Papers)
[ West Point, September 12, 1779. On September 18, 1779, Jay wrote to Hamilton : “Your favors of the 25, 26, & 30 July & 12 Inst have thus long remained unanswered.” Letter of September 12 not found .]
54424From Benjamin Franklin to John Jay, 6 January 1784 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : Mrs. Marion Brawley, Oakley, South Carolina (1959); press copy of ALS , copy, and incomplete copy: Library of Congress I received your kind Letter of the 26th past, and immediately sent the inclosed to Mrs Jay, whom I saw a few days since with the Children, all perfectly well. It is a happy Thing that the little ones are so finely past the Small Pox, and I congratulate you upon it most...
54425From Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, [17 September 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, September 17, 1792. On September 27, 1792, Rufus King wrote to Hamilton : “Mr Jay … sent me your Letter of the 17th.” Letter not found. ]
54426From John Adams to John Jay, 14 February 1786 (Adams Papers)
I have received your Letter, inclosing two Pamphlets one of which I have Sent to M r Jefferson, by Coll Humphreys who Setts out for Paris this morning. These Letters will be Sufficient to Shew any Man of common Decency, the Characters of the Writers. on one Side there is the Condescension of a provident but indulgent Father: on the other the Impertinence and Ingratitude of a Prodigal son, not...
54427To John Jay from Floridablanca, 29 June 1780 (Jay Papers)
Le Comte de Floridablanca a reçú l’honneur des trois Lettres que M r de Jay a bien voulu lui ecrire en dernier lieu. La premiere regarde le Batiment Corsaire detenu aux Isles Canaries, et sur cet article il ne peut lui rien dire sans prendre auparavant des informations la dessus. La seconde se rapporte aux nouvelles Lettres de change qui viennent d’etre presentees a M r de Jay par M rs Joyes...
54428To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 1 May 1812 (Jay Papers)
I have just rec d . your letter of the 28 th . April, & am relieved from much anxiety by learning that Blake has recovered. Jotham Smith told me last Sunday that D r Rockwell & one Trowbridge had died here with the same fever that prevails with you. D r Bruce however says that he has not seen or heard of any case of it. A melancholy event occurred yesterday at Morrissania. M rs . James Morris...
54429To John Jay from Robert Troup, 10 June 1792 (Jay Papers)
Upon looking over the memorandum you left with me I think I may venture to write you one letter more— This City at present is extremely agitated— The election ^canvassi[n]g^ has proceeded so far as to reduce it to a certainty that you will be elected if the Otsego votes be counted— Albany County yielded you a majority of 734, which has proved decisive— Montgomery— Tioga— Otsego— Ontario, &...
54430To John Jay from Floridablanca, 3 July 1780 (Jay Papers)
Le Comte Floridablanca fait bien ses compliments a M r de Jay et le prie de lui faire savoir a quel terme ou quelle epoque doivent etre payées les dernieres Lettres de change dont il fit mention l’autre jour, comme etant entre les mains de M rs de Joyes et pouvant monter a environs dix ou once mill piastres. The C. de F. B. pres ts . his C ts to M Jay, & prays to be informed when the last...