Peter Jay to James Jay, 14 April 1763
[Rye] 1763 Aprill 14 th : Since my last of the 15 th . Feb:, I have received your Letters of the 28 Nov r & 8 January– 1 the…
[Rye] 1763 Aprill 14 th : Since my last of the 15 th . Feb:, I have received your Letters of the 28 Nov r & 8 January– 1 the…
[Rye,] 1763, Feb. 15 th . My last was the 15 ult o ., and have since received your letters of the 30 Sept., 5 Octob: & 6 Nov r…
[Rye, early 1763] 1 Dear Johnny You may read my Letter that covers this, to your Aunts Depeyster & Chambers, 2 to prevent any exceptions at what we propose abo…
Friday 10 O–clock [ 1763–1764 ] My Dear Diana My inclinations, tho– not my Expectations were very much disapointed in not sending you a long Letter the last time I…
Weymouth Sepbr. th 12 1763 You was pleas–d to say that the receipt of a letter from your Diana always gave you pleasure. Whether this was designed for a complement,…
Saturday morning Aug. 1763 My dear Diana Germantown is at a great Distance from Weymouth Meeting-House, you know; The No. of Yards indeed is not so prodigious, but the Rowing…
Monday Morning [ 15 August ?] 1763 1 The Disappointment you mention was not intended, but quite accidental. A Gentleman, for whom I had much Esteem, Mr. Daniel Leonard of…
Weymouth August th 11 1763 1 My Friend If I was sure your absence to day was occasioned, by what it generally is, either to wait upon Company, or promote…
April 20th. 1763 Diana Love sweetens Life, and Life sometimes destroys Love. Beauty is desirable and Deformity detestible; Therefore Beauty is not Deformity nor Deformity, Beauty. Hope springs eternal in…
Weymouth March 16 1763 Dear Cousin 1 Tis no small pleasure to me, to hear of the great proficioncy you have made in the French tongue, A Tongue Sweet, and…