261From John Jay to George Clinton, 25 October 1779 (Jay Papers)
Be pleased to keep the Letters herewith enclosed, until good opportunities of sending them offer— Since the Successes of General Sullivan against the six Nations, some People have affected to speake of that Country as a conquered one, and I should not be surprized if they should next proceed to insist that it belongs to the united States, by whose Arms it was won from independent Nations in...
262From John Jay to George Clinton, 18 October 1784 (Jay Papers)
You may remember that Peter V Schaack Esq r . was among those [ illegible ] to whom the Com rs . charged with the Execution of ^ the ^ act respecting Persons of doubtful political Characters tendered the Oath prescribed by it, and which he declined taking— He apprehends that his Return to this Country is opposed by that Circumstance and fears that the obstacle arising from it cannot be...
263From John Jay to George Clinton, 23 February 1782 (Jay Papers)
My last to you was written on the 16 Nov r . since which I have not ^ had ^ the pleasure of hearing from you— Three Days ago M rs . Jay was delivered of a Daughter & I take the Liberty of enclosing a Letter ^ on that Subject ^ for my Father, which you be so kind as to send him— I congratulate you on the sucessful Issue of the last Campaign, to the Brillancy of which the ^ late
264From John Jay to George Clinton, 10 January 1779 (Jay Papers)
Had I more Leisure I should send you less blank Paper— Intelligence of Importance we have none— The News Papers will tell you little— I wish they said less— If I am not greatly decieved the Vermont Affair will end well— Send us the Papers— If my Brothers are with you request them to write to me— My Comp ts to those about you whom you know I esteem—particularly Livingston Benson & Platt— my...
265From John Jay to George Clinton, 16 September 1779 (Jay Papers)
Your Favor by M r . Phelps has arrived— I approve much of your Resolutions respecting Vermont— It is a Pity they had not taken Place two Years ago— They were committed— and a Report I am told will ^ believe will ^ be made To Day or Tomorrow— whether it will be sufficiently explicit or pass in its present Form is uncertain— My Endeavours [to] render it proper ^ neither have or ^ shall not be...
266From John Jay to William Henry Clinton, 19 September 1796 (Jay Papers)
I rec d . Yesterday the Letter which you did me the Honor to write on the 20 th . of June last, relative to Lands held by the late Sir Henry Clinton in this State, and which during the late War were confiscated by an act of the Legislature. At that Time I was in Europe, and have little Information respecting the Principles on which several of the Persons affected by that act, were named in it—...
267From John Jay to Henrietta Maria Colden, 2 April 1783 (Jay Papers)
Your Letter of the 14 th of last Month was delivered to me Yesterday. It is more than four years since I left the State of New York, & having no Copy of the Laws since passed there on the Subject you allude to, I cannot possibly determine how far the Property & Rights of M r Colden’s Family may be affected by them: while ignorant of the Fact, it will not be in my Power to give you the Advice...
268From John Jay to William Coleman, 18 June 1807 (Jay Papers)
I have recieved your Letter of the 6 Inst. My Letter to Judge Benson of the 19th in answer to his of the 2d May, states the substance of the Conversation between him and me, which he considered as authority for the Paragraph in the Herald of the 29 April last. If you have seen that Letter, you are apprized of all that is necessary for me to remark on that Head. In his Reply of the 19 May, to...
269John Jay to the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, [31 March 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
The Chief Justice of the United States, presents his compliments to the Attorney General, and requests the favor of him to lay before the Board of trustees, the opinion herewith enclosed, on the question stated in their act of the 26th instant; a copy of which the Chief Justice yesterday received, enclosed in the letter which the Attorney General did him the honor to write on the 29th instant....
I have rec d . a Letter from Mess rs . Van Staphorst of the 24 Nov r . last. This Letter of is of such a nature that the Delicacy ^ with ^ which I wish to conduct all such of the affairs of this Departm t . as may affect the Officers of the others, induces me to communicate this Letter to you in the first Instance. It is too long to be soon copied, and being an official paper ought not to be...