From John Jay to Frederick Jay, 7 December 1782
To Frederick Jay
Paris 7 Decr 1782
Dr. Fœdy,
My ^The^ last Letter I have recd. from you is dated the 8 June Day of last.1 Maj Franks writes me2 that he passed a night with you at Poghkeepsie ^in his way to Pha.^ and that you were all well— God grant that you may continue so.
By some American papers I percieve that the Interest due on Loan Office Certificates has not been duly paid— I know how this must affect the Family, and have therefore in my Letter to Mr Livingston which is ^to^ cover this,3 I have desired him desired him to pay you fifty pounds ^York Money^ out of each quarters salary for which he is to send me from time to Time to send me Bills.4 This money is to be at the Disposition of peter nancy & yourself for ^towards^ the Subsist[ence] of the Family, in which I also include Mrs. M.
and Augt:5 to both of whom I am persuaded your care and attention will be properly extended—
Sally and our little Girl are well— I am but so so— Peter is in perfect Health— He lives in an Academy & dines with us every Sunday and sometimes oftener—6
Sr. Jams. is in Holland and has written to me—7 Ph. Vb Livingston8 assures me that Sr. James has been grossly misrepresented for that his Conduct since his arrival has been that of a warm American We join in the best wishes for you all. I am Dr Fœdy yr affe Brother
J.J.
F. Jay Esqr
DftS, NNC (EJ: 6338). Endorsed by JJ. ALS not located.
1. Letter not found.
3. See JJ to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs of this date, below.
4. On Robert Morris’s decision to recommend suspension of interest payments on Continental loan office certificates after France discontinued its previous policy of paying interest without deducting the amount from French loans to the United States, see , 5: 397–99.
5. Eve Jay Munro and Augustus Jay, JJ’s sister and brother.
6. Probably either the private boarding school of M. Le Coeur, or that of Pechigny, both located in Passy. John Quincy Adams, Jesse Deane, and Benjamin Franklin Bache attended Le Coeur’s school in 1778; in 1780, John Quincy and Charles Adams attended Pechigny’s school. , 2: 271, 301, 434.
7. Letter not found.
8. For Philip Van Brugh Livingston’s assurances regarding the loyalty of Sir James Jay, see John Jay’s Diary of the Peacemaking, 12–29 Oct. 1782, entry for 18 Oct., above.