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John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 1 July 1776
[New York] Monday, 1 July 1776 D r Rob t . I returned to this City about Noon this Day from Eliz h .Town, & to my great mortification am…
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Letters from John Jay
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John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 29 May 1776
[New York,] 29 May 1776 Dear Robert, The Pleasure I expected from meeting ^ a Junction of ^ our little Families at Bristol has vanished. Doct r Bard tells me…
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John Jay to James Duane, 29 May 1776
[New York, 29 May 1776] Dear Sir Since my last I have had the Pleasure of recieving your Letter of the 25 th : Inst. 1 and am obliged to…
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John Jay to the New York Committee of Safety, 27 April 1776
[Philadelphia, 27 April 1776.] Gentlemen The Congress having been informed of a very extraordinary oath ordered by Gov r . Tryon to be administered to Passengers in the late packet,…
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John Jay to Marinus Willett, 27 April 1776
[Ph. 27. Ap. 1776–] Sir It is much to be regretted that ^ all ^ human Affairs are liable for liable to Errors & Imperfections, and that real as well…
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John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 27 April 1776
[Philad. 27 Ap. 1776] Dear Collonel Accept my Thanks for your friendly Letter of the 16 th Ins t . and its Inclosures, which contain useful as well as agreable…
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John Alsop, John Jay, George Clinton, and Lewis Morris to Walter Livingston, 17 April 1776
Philadelphia 17 th Ap l . 1776 Sir We received your Favour of the 8th Ins t .– 1 The Office of Commissary is extreamly embarrassed–The Commissary Gen al .…
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John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 11 April 1776
[Philad. 11 Ap. 1776] Whether my last letter has reached you or not is uncertain. From your Silence I sometimes suspect it has not. However as I know you must…
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John Jay’s Draft of a Letter from the Continental Congress to George Washington, 2 April 1776
Philadelphia April 2 d . 1776– Sir It gives me the most sensible Pleasure to convey to you by order of Congress the only Tribute which a free People will…
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John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 27 March 1776
Philadelphia 27 March 1776 Dear Sir As M r . Willet leaves this Place in the Morning, I shall commit these few Lines to his Care, and tho they contain…