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Maria Eliza Philipse to Sarah Livingston Jay, 1 July 1774
Yonkers July 1 st . [1774]. 1 You will I hope my dear & amiable friend Excuse my not writing to you before. I have several times been prevented from…
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Letters about Law
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John Jay to John Vardill, 23 May 1774
[NYork 23 d May 1774–] Dear Vardil In a Town filled with Politics, and with a Mind crouded with many indigested Ideas, I have taken up my Pen in order…
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New York Committee of Correspondence to the Committee of Correspondence, Boston, 23 May 1774
New York May 23 d : 1774 Gentlemen. The alarming Measures of the British Parliament relative to your ancient and respectable Town which has so long been the Seat of…
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Peter Jay to William Livingston, 31 January 1774
Rye the 31 st : January 1774– S r : My son having informed me of his Inclination of being connected in your Family, and your favourable Reception of his…
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John Jay to the Earl of Dartmouth, 25 March 1773
[New York, 25 th March 1773.–] My Lord Tho a Stranger to your Lordship, I take the Liberty of troubling you with the inclosed Petition of the Inhabitants of New…
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John Jay to Robert Randall, 3 February 1773
[NYork 3 Feb y 1773] Sir Permit me to assure you, that you are exceedingly mistaken if you suppose me desirous of hushing up the Matter between us in a…
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John Jay to Robert Randall, 2 February 1773
[NYork 2 Feb y 1773] Sir I have rec d . and should have answered your Letter 1 immediately, had I not found myself more disposed to Violence, than might…
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Samuel Kissam to John Jay, 22 July 1772
Paramaribo 22 July 1772 In the name of the Gods my Dear Jay! what can have made you the Subject of Diseases? 1 I thought your Temperance might almost have…
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Philip Schuyler to John Jay, 1772
[New York, 1772] Dear Sir Permit me to remind you that the Social Club commences this evening at this place, and that I shall be happy only in part If…
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John Jay to John Tabor Kempe, 2 January 1772
[New York 2 d . Jan y . 1771[2]] 1 Sir The Receipt of your Letter 2 should have been acknowledged before had I not been out of Town when…