70471From John Jay to Aranda, 25 June 1782 (Jay Papers)
On leaving Madrid his Excellency the C t . De Florida[blanca] assured ^ informed ^ me that the Papers relating to the objects of my mission there had been transmitted to y r . Ex y with such instructions & authority & Instructions to treat me with me on the Subjects of them— I arrived here ^ the Day before
70472From John Jay to Floridablanca, 11 May 1782 (Jay Papers)
I have recieved the Letter which your Excellency did me the Honor to write Yesterday— I have not recieved from Congress, nor their Secretary for foreign Affairs, nor from any of their Ministers in Europe, the least Information that the United states of America either had commenced, or intended to commence Hostilities against Portugal; and therefore have no Reason to believe that the Reports in...
70473To John Adams from John Jay, 2 April 1787 (Adams Papers)
Since my last to you of 25 th. February I have not been favored with any Letters from you.— Congress have made some Progress in my Report on your Letter of 4 th. March 1786 and the Papers that accompanied it— they lately passed the Resolutions of which you will find a Copy herewith enclosed. Having been ever since and still being too much indisposed to prepare Instructions for you on these...
70474From John Jay to Benjamin Franklin, 1 April 1781 (Jay Papers)
Notwithstanding my repeated and earnest applications to this Cour the Count DFlorida Blanca an I have not ^ as ^ yet rec d ^ been able to obtain ^ only 34880 dollars of the 150′000 Dollars ^
70475To Alexander Hamilton from John Jay, 2 May 1787 (Hamilton Papers)
[ New York, May 2, 1787. On May 3, 1787, Hamilton wrote to Jay : “I this morning received your letter of yesterday.” Letter not found. ]
70476To George Washington from John Jay, 6 March 1795 (Washington Papers)
My last to you was written on the 25th ult: and is gone in the ohio Capt. Kemp, who sailed last week for New York. It was not untill after my Dispatches were sent to him, that I had the Pleasure of recieving your’s of the 18th of December last. After considering all that I have seen and heard on the subject, it is my opinion that the common and popular (not official) Language and conduct of...
70477To George Washington from John Jay, 4 June 1779 (Washington Papers)
I have the Honor of transmitting herewith enclosed a Copy of an act of Congress of the 3d Inst. authorizing your Excellency to make such and so many parole Exchanges as you may judge expedient. various Reports respecting the Enemy’s movements in West Chester County have lately reached us, but we know not what Degree of Credit is due to them. The Report of a victory near Charlstown still...
70478From John Jay to John Adams, 3 August 1785 (Jay Papers)
I have had the Honor to recieve & communicate to Congress your Letters of 15 Dec r . 1784 & 13 & 24 April 1785 4 May 5 May 7 May 8 May 13 May 29 May which enclosed y r . Correspondence with L d . Carmarthen 30 May and 1 June— I shall reply in their order ^ [ In margin ] 24 april ^ Congress are pleased to hear that you have compleated the Loan in Holland; but at present do not think it...
As the State of my Health requires, and that of the Office will soon admit of my making an Excursion into the Country for ten Days or a Fortnight, I request the Permission of Congress for that Purpose. I would confine myself to a convenient Distance from the City, and in Case I should be sooner wanted, M r . Remsen would immediately give me Notice of it.—I have the Honor to be with great...
70480From John Jay to Seth Harding, 27 December 1779 (Jay Papers)
Your Favor of this T’ day was just ^ this Moment ^ delivered ^ to me ^ by M r . Lawrence. I am much of your Opinion that ample Supplies for your Ship will be difficult to obtain here ^ especially of spare spars and Provisions ^ and therefore
Having well considered the Nature of the proposed Negociation with the Encargodo de negocios of his Catholic Majesty, and of the Commission and Instructions which Congress has been pleased to give me on that Subject; it appears to me proper to submit the following Remarks to their Consideration.— The Commission in my Opinion is well drawn. The Instruction which restrains me from agreeing to...
70482From John Jay to William Short, 5 July 1787 (Jay Papers)
M r Walton delivered to me immediately on his arrival, your Letter of the 21 March with the Medals & c . mentioned in it; & I was last week favored with your subsequent one of the 4 May last, with the other Medals and the Papers. Accept my Thanks for your Attention in transmitting the Speeches of the King of France & his Minister to the Notables—Such Intelligence is interesting. It seems from...
70483From John Jay to William Miller, 30 March 1813 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letter of the 6 th . of last month— It gave us pleasure to learn from it, that ^you had regained^ your Health now re-established , and that M rs . Miller and all the Family were well. M r . Benson has been elected a Member of Congress; but your Intelligence that Peter was also elected, is not so correct. I understand that there was a small majority against him, but that the...
70484To Benjamin Franklin from John Jay, 29 January 1783 (Franklin Papers)
ALS : American Philosophical Society Two Days ago I requested the favor of Mr. W. Franklin to mention to you the Case of Mr. Johnsons Bills, and to inform me whether it would be convenient to You to provide for their paymt. & when, in Case I accepted them. Mr Johnson is anxious to know my Determination, and offers to be the Bearer of this note— I am Dr. Sir your obliged & obt Servt Addressed:...
70485To Thomas Jefferson from John Jay, 19 January 1786 (Jefferson Papers)
Since my last of 7th. December last and indeed for some Time before that, Congress has been composed of so few States actually represented, as not to have it in their Power to pay that Attention to their foreign Affairs which they would doubtless have otherwise done. Hence it has happened that no Resolutions have been entered into on any of the important Subjects submitted to their...
70486Proclamation on the Livingston Land Riots, 1 March 1798 (Jay Papers)
A Proclamation Whereas it is the Duty and the Interest of the Citizens of this State, to respect obey and support the Constitution Laws and Government, which they have established for their own Security and Welfare— And it is also the Duty of those to whom the Execution of the Laws is confided, to exercise the Authorities vested in them with Fidelity and Decision— And Whereas both Houses of...
70487From John Jay to Catharine W. Livingston, 1 July 1783 (Jay Papers)
Your’s by Col. Cambray, dated the 28 Jan y last, was delivered to us by that Gentleman about a fortnight ago, & tho several Vessels have since arrived, the only american Letter I have yet rec d . by them is from M r . Benson. I am surprized that no Letter from me has reached you since the arrival of Maj r . Franks— I have written not only several but many: but I have been so used to...
70488From John Jay to Rufus King, 25 February 1794 (Jay Papers)
I did not arrive here untill Yesterday— understanding that the little Ferries were impassable we went on Saturday Even g to Eliz. Town point, where we were detained untill Yesterday morn g . M r Russell purchased a pair of Horses at Brunswick, and set out with M r Gore in a Sleigh yesterday afternoon. The Paper I was to send you is herewith enclosed— on this occasion I can say little, being...
70489From John Jay to Timothy Pickering, 10 April 1798 (Jay Papers)
Altho’ your Letter of the 15 ult. has lain thus long unanswered, it has not been forgotten. The one which came enclosed in it, in Behalf of the Tuscaroras, was on the 26 ult: laid before our Legislature with a Message, of which the enclosed is a Copy— Nothing material however has been done in pursuance of it—an opinion having prevailed, that our intended purchase of the Oneidas should first be...
70490From John Jay to Floridablanca, 19 June 1780 (Jay Papers)
M r . Jay presents his respectful Compliments to his Excellency the Count D’Florida Blanca, and takes the Liberty of enclosing a Copy of a Note he has just recieved, respecting a Bill drawn upon him for 333 Dollars. From this his Excellency will percieve the painful Situation M r . Jay is in. He forbears making any Reflections on it, being persuaded that His Excellency’s wisdom and Sensibility...
70491From John Jay to John Lowell Jr., 20 May 1822 (Jay Papers)
It gratifies me to find from your kind ^obliging^ Letter of the 4 th . Inst, that the Esteem and Regard manifested for me by your excellent Father, has descended to a Son so worthy of him— In my opinion the Pamphlet which you had the Goodness to send me, does Honor to the writer ^author^; and it is [ illegible ] and [ illegible ] the judi cious ^his^ Remarks [
70492From John Jay to Peter Jay Munro, 2 March 1812 (Jay Papers)
It is said that the manufacturing Company at Mamaroneck, have applied to the Legislature for an Act to empower them (on paying Damages) to overflow and drown as much of the adjacent Farms, and without the Consent of the owners, as may be necessary to make a Pond, that will afford a more ample Supply of water, than they can otherwise obtain there. The Country abounds in plentiful Streams— Why...
70493To Benjamin Franklin from John Jay, 29 March 1782 (Franklin Papers)
AL (draft): Columbia University Library; copies: Columbia University Library, Henry E. Huntington Library, National Archives On the 18 Inst I informed you of my having been reduced, by Mr Cabarrus’s want of good Faith to the mortifying Necessity of protestg a Number of Bills which were then payable. Your favor of the 16th. Inst. reached me three day ago it made me very happy, and enabled me to...
70494From John Jay to Jedidiah Morse, 10 June 1822 (Jay Papers)
I have recieved the Pamphlet you had the Goodness to send me relative to the Society for the Benefit of Indians; with a manuscript Note subjoined, inviting a full Communication of my views and opinions on the Subjects in question. My Health neither is, nor probably will be such, as to enable me to take comprehensive views of those Subjects, and form mature and satisfactory opinions on the...
70495From John Jay to James Duane, 29 May 1776 (Jay Papers)
Since my last I have had the Pleasure of recieving your Letter of the 25 th : Inst. and am obliged to you for the Intelligence contained in it. So great are the Inconveniences resulting from the present Mode of Government, that I believe our Convention will almost unanimously agree to institute a better, to continue till a Peace with Great Britain shall render it unnecessary. The Proceedings...
70496From John Jay to John Adams, 2 February 1786 (Jay Papers)
I lately wrote you a few hasty Lines just as the Vessel which carried them was departing; and inclosed a Pamphlet containing my Correspondence with a M r Littlepage, who was formerly in my Family. The attack which produced that Pamphlet, was not only countenanced but stimulated by some of the Subjects of our good allies here. It is no Secret either to You or me that I am no favorite with them:...
70497From John Jay to Benjamin Franklin, 3 January 1779 (Jay Papers)
I have the Honor of transmitting to You the enclosed Copy of an Act of Congress of the 23 rd Ult o . Being ignorant of the Gentlemen mentioned in it, and all Information respecting them, having been received by Congress prior to my Arrival, I applied to the Secretary for the necessary Intelligence— He this moment sent me a Note on the Subject in the following words—viz t : “M r : Erkelins is a...
70498To Benjamin Franklin from John Jay, 20 August 1781 (Franklin Papers)
Copy: Library of Congress; AL (draft): Columbia University Library Seven Vessels have lately arrived at Nantes & Lorient from America, two of them directly from Philadelphia, and but one Letter brought by them, has as yet reached me. It gives me Reason to expect others by every Post, as well as to suppose that Dispatches of an important Nature have arrived in them for you. My Correspondent...
70499From John Jay to Benjamin Vaughan, 30 November 1784 (Jay Papers)
A sufficient N o . of members to form a Congress not having arrived at Trenton, I passed on to this place ten Days ago to visit my old Friends. I found your Family well and am happy in this opportunity of cultivating their acquaintance. They seem not yet to have concluded on entirely on the Place of their Residence, and therefore I have ob there is still Room for me to hope it may be not be...
70500From John Jay to George Clinton, 10 January 1779 (Jay Papers)
Had I more Leisure I should send you less blank Paper— Intelligence of Importance we have none— The News Papers will tell you little— I wish they said less— If I am not greatly decieved the Vermont Affair will end well— Send us the Papers— If my Brothers are with you request them to write to me— My Comp ts to those about you whom you know I esteem—particularly Livingston Benson & Platt— my...