1761John Jay’s Draft of the Justices of the Supreme Court to Thomas Jefferson, 20 July 1793 (Jay Papers)
The included Letter ^from us^ to the President being in the Subject of the one which by the Direction you did us the Honor to write on the 18 Instant; We think It most proper & regular that it should pass to him thro your Hands, and for that purpose commit it to Your Care. We have the Honor to be Sir Your Most Ob t . & hble Serv t . Dft , NNC ( EJ : 08445 ; 90242); LS , DNA : RG 59,...
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1763Draft of an Address of the Convention of the Representatives of the State of New York to Their Constituents, 23 December … (Jay Papers)
An Address of the Represen Convention of the State of New York to their Constituents At this most important Period, when the ^ the ^ Freedom & Happiness or ^ the ^ Slavery & misery, are to be of the present & future Generations of Americans is to be determined on a solemn appeal to the great &
1764Extracts from Melancton Smith’s Notes of Debates, 2 July 1788 (Jay Papers)
M r Jay Factions may prevail—as in Holland— this 1/3 may prevent a benef l . Loan— will promote wars— has been attended, with bad effects—in G. Britain— more important, to form this check, than under the confed n — ^[ in margin ] M r . Jay. in republics^ In Rep. govt s . sentiments under three divis[ion] s — suppose two contend g
1765Circular Letter to the Governors, 22 May 1779 (Jay Papers)
You will receive herewith enclosed a Copy of an Act of Congress of the 21 st Inst calling on the States for forty five Millions of Dollars— The late rapid depreciation of the Currency demanded a Speedy and effectual Remedy— While the great purposes for which the money was originally issued are remembered there can be no doubt that every measure calculated to support it’s credit and preserve...
1766Report on a Letter from the President of New Hampshire ( John Sullivan), 5 August 1786 (Jay Papers)
The Secretary of the United States for the Department of foreign Affairs to whom was referred a Letter of 20 th . July 1786 with the Papers enclosed from the President of New Hampshire to his Excellency the President of Congress Reports That on attentively considering the Facts stated in these Papers, it is not clear to him that Congress should interfere— He thinks however it might be well to...
1767Report on Anglo-American Relations, 26 July 1787 (Jay Papers)
The Secretary of the United States for the Department of foreign Affairs, to whom was referred two Letters from the Honorable M r . Adams of the 24 th . & 27 th . January last— Reports. — The first of these Letters gives Occasion to several Questions. Shall M r . Adams return after the Expiration of his commission to the Court of London, viz t . 24 th . Feb y . 1788? Your Secretary is...
1768Exegesis of Genesis, Chapter 1, Verse 3 [c. 1813] (Jay Papers)
Men have universally and in all Ages agreed and concurred in ascribing Light to the Instrumentality of the Sun Moon and Stars, and yet Moses assures us that Light was made before any of those Luminaries were created— How is this contradictory apparent contradiction to be reconciled to Truth? I never doubted the Fact as asserted by Moses— the Difficulty was how to account for it— If a...
1769Notes on John Jay’s Conference with Floridablanca, 23 September 1780 (Jay Papers)
Notes of a Conference between His Excellency the Count De Florida Blanca and M r . Jay at S t . Ildefonso, on Saturday Evening the 23 d . September 1780. After the usual civilities, the Count began the Conference by informing M r . Jay that the Court had received Intelligence from the Havannah of Congress having so far complied with the request made them to permit the Exportation of Provisions...
1770Draft Articles on the Fisheries and Creditors, 28 November 1782 (Adams Papers)
That the Subjects of his Britannic Majesty and the People of the Said United States Shall continue to enjoy, unmolested, the Right to take Fish of every Kind, on the Grand Bank and on all the other Banks of Newfoundland: also in the Gulph of St Laurence, and in all other Places, where the Inhabitants of both Countries, used at any time heretofore to fish; and the Citizens of the Said United...