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William Laight to John Jay, 3 October 1775
London, 3 Oct r . 1775 Sir, If my former acquaintance with you would not entitle me to take the Liberty of addressing you, The Interest of my Country ^…
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Letters from 1775
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John Jay to Stephen Rapalje, 15 September 1775
[Philad: 15 Sept r . 1775] Sir We are inform d . that a considerable Quantity of Drugs & Medicines are in y r . Possession belonging to a Gent.…
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New York Provincial Congress to the New York Delegates, 1 September 1775
In Provincial Congress New York 1 Sept 1775 Gent It has been represented to us that there are very Considerable quantities of Tea in this Colony; which were order–d previous…
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John Jay to Gouverneur Morris, August 1775
[Elizabethtown, August 1775] D r . Morris I have rec d your Letter of the 28 th Ult. and take the earliest opportunity wh. has offered of answering it. The…
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Gouverneur Morris to John Jay, 28 July 1775
[New York 28 th . July 1775–] Dear Sir What shall we do with our West Chester Causes 1 I have not hitherto given you any Notices of Trial because…
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Robert R. Livingston to John Jay, 17 July 1775
[17 th July 1775 Belvedere] D r . John I take the opportunity of Bensons 1 going to New York to let you know what pleasure I should receive in…
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Gouverneur Morris to John Jay, 30 June 1775
[N York 30 th . June 1775–] My Dear Sir Our House are about to send you their Plan of Accomodation and I think myself bound to say Something on…
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New York Provincial Congress to the New York Delegates to the Continental Congress, 29 June 1775
[In Provincial Congress New York June 29 th . 1775.] Gentlemen Deeply impressed with the Importance, the Utility and necessity of an Accomodation with our Parent State and conscious that…
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Draft of a Petition to George III (Olive Branch Petition), 3–19 June 1775
[Philadelphia, 3–19 June 1775] To the Kings most excellent Majesty The Peti Humb Petition of the Freeholders & Freemen of the Colonies of New Hampshire Massachuses Bay Rhode Island, Connecticut,…
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Letter from Congress to the “Oppressed Inhabitants of Canada,” 29 May 1775
[Philadelphia, 29 May 1775] Friends and Countrymen , Alarmed by the designs of an arbitrary Ministry to extirpate the Rights and liberties of all America, a sense of common danger…