Sarah Livingston Jay’s Invitation Lists, [5–28 January 1787]
Sarah Livingston Jay’s Invitation Lists
[New York, 5–28 January 1787]
5th. Janry.
Melancthon Smith, John Lawrence, Rufus King, Doctr. Johnson, Mr. Grayson, Mr. Osgood, Mr. Lee, Walter Livingston, Mr. Meredith, Majr. Genl. Knox, Mr. Duer, Chs. Thomson x, Mr. Kean, Col Varick, Co. Verplanck, Minister of the U.N., Mr. F. Van Berckel, Mr. De Saint Glain, Monsr. Otto, Monsr. De la Forest, Mr. alsop—1
8th Janry. invited
Mr. & Mrs. ^Daniel^ Ludlow, Miss S. Livingston—, Mr & Mrs. Allen—, Mr. & Mrs. Jay—, Mr. & Mrs. Char[l]ton x, Mr. & Miss Depey[ster]—x, Mrs. James x—, Mr. & Lady Watts—x, Mr. & Mrs. Wa. Livingston, Miss Maria [Livingston]—, Mr. Pe. Schuyler [Livingston]—, Dr. & Mrs. Kissam—, Mr. J. Watts—, Mrs. [Watts] x—, Miss Renslaer—, Mr. G. Ludlow—x, Mrs. [Ludlow]—x, Mr. Kean—1, Mrs [Kean]—, Miss Eliza L[ivingston]., Mr. Phill Living[ston].—, Henry Cruger—2
to sup
Chancellor—, Mrs. Livingston, 3 Miss [Livingston]—, Mrs. Montgomery, Mr. John & Ed. Living[ston], Mr. & Mrs. Lewis—, Mr. & Mrs. Grayson—, Mr. Mrs. & Miss Duane, Baron Steuben—, Major North—, Mr. Hindman—, Mr. H. Livingston—, Mr. Gardoqui—, Mr. Meredith—, Genl. & Mrs. Knox—, Mrs. Swan—, Miss Gorham—, Mr. & Mrs. Pierce—, Col. Few—, S. Livingston3
18th. invited to sup
Mr. & Mrs. Temple, Mrs. Sears’s Family, Mr. Mrs. Miss Pintard—, Mr. & Mrs. King—, Mr. Benson—, Susan—, Cadwallader—, Meredith—, Mr. Mrs. & Miss P. Livingston—, Gardoqui—4
28th invited S. Jones, Genl. Schuyler—, Col. Hamilton—, Melancthon Smith—, Genl. Morris—, Judge Morris—, Judge Yates—
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1. John Lawrence (1750–1810), delegate from New York to the Continental Congress, 1785–87, and member of the NYMS. William Samuel Johnson (1727–1819), congressional delegate from Connecticut, 1785–87. William Grayson, congressional delegate from Virginia, 1785–87. Samuel Osgood (1748–1813), merchant and member of the Board of Treasury. Walter Livingston, member of the Board of Treasury. Samuel Meredith (1740–1817), congressional delegate from Pennsylvania, 1786–88. John Kean (1756–95), congressional delegate from South Carolina, 1785–87. Richard Varick (1753–1831), Recorder of New York, 1784–89, and member of the New York State Assembly, 1786–88. Antoine René Charles Mathurin de la Forêt, vice consul. John Alsop, New York merchant and father-in-law to Rufus King.
2. Arabella Duncan (Mrs. Daniel) Ludlow (1756–1803). Possibly SLJ’s sister Susan Livingston. Dr. John Charlton (1736–1806), the Jay family physician and his wife, Mary De Peyster Charlton (1735–1819). Robert Watts (1743–1814) and Lady Mary Alexander Watts (1749–1831), sister of Lady Kitty Duer and cousin of SLJ. Cornelia Schuyler (Mrs. Walter) Livingston (1746–1822), daughter Maria Livingston (1767–1828), and son Peter Schuyler Livingston (1772–1809). Dr. Benjamin Kissam Jr. (1759–1803), son of Benjamin Kissam and his wife, Cornelia Roosevelt Kissam (1767–1818). John Watts (1749–1836), lawyer, and his wife, Jane De Lancey Watts (1750–1809).
3. Janet Livingston Montgomery (1743–1828), widow of Richard Montgomery; Gertrude Livingston (Mrs. Morgan) Lewis (1757–1833). Eleanor Smallwood (Mrs. William) Grayson (1744–89). Maria Duane (1761–1813). William North (1755–1836), aide-de camp to von Steuben, who later married Maria Duane. William Hindman (1743–1822), delegate from Maryland to the Continental Congress, 1784–88. Henry Beekman Livingston (1750–1831). Lucy Flucker (Mrs. Henry) Knox (1756–1824). Margaret (Mrs. John) Swann. William Pierce (1740–89), congressional delegate from Georgia, 1787, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and his wife, Charlotte Fenwick Pierce (1766–1819). William Few (1748–1828), congressional delegate from Georgia, 1785–88, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention. This party consisted primarily of RRL and his siblings, Janet, Edward, Gertrude, Henry, and John, and other family members.
4. Elizabeth Bowdoin (Mrs. John or Lady) Temple (1750–1809). Sarah Drake Sears (c. 1730–1806), widow of Isaac Sears. Lewis Pintard (1732–1818), his wife, Mary Vallade Pintard, and daughter Martha Pintard. Lambert Cadwalader (1742–1823), congressional delegate from New Jersey, 1784–87.