John Tabor Kempe to John Jay, 27 December 1771
[New York, 27 Dec r 1771] Sir I have delayed an Answer to your Letter for some Hours, 1 least I should forget what I owe to myself, and catch…
[New York, 27 Dec r 1771] Sir I have delayed an Answer to your Letter for some Hours, 1 least I should forget what I owe to myself, and catch…
[New York, 27th December 1771] Sir Your Doubts respecting Faulkners Declaration appear well founded, and the Remarks contained in your Letter judicious. 1 I concieve the Charge of his having…
[New York, 1 st March, 1770] Dear Kissam: The manner in which you tell your brother 2 that you expected a letter from me contains a reproof which gives me…
[NYork 6 th Nov r . 1769.] Dear Jack: When you consider that all the Causes you have hither to tried, have been by a kind of Inspiration; you will…
[New York, January 1769] Dear Rob t . The letter you mention to have wrote the week before last, has never come to Hand and I cant account for the…
New York, 26 October 1768 By His Excellency, Sir Henry Moore Baronet Captain General and Governor in Chief in and over the Province of New York and the Territories depending…
[Albany, the 25th of August 1766.] Dear Sir, I just now received your long Letter of the 8 ^ 12th ^ Inst: 1 and am not a little pleasd with…
New-York, 12th August, 1766 Dear Sir: To tell you that I often find myself at a loss for something to say, would be telling you nothing new; but to inform…
[New York Saturday, 26 th April 1766] Dear Jay– We were last Night strangely deluded with a mistaken account of the Repeal of the Stamp Act; and all the Bells…
[New York, 25 April 1766] Dear Jay, I have been strongly sollicited to take a Jaunt with Mr. Inglis 1 to Philadelphia, and he proposes to set offon Tuesday next.…