1From John Jay to Matthew Clarkson, Richard Varick, and the Commissioners for Fortifying the Port and City of New York, 4 … (Jay Papers)
I received Yesterday a letter from General Van Cortlandt of the 26 ult with a Resolution of the House of Representatives of the 16 ult. appointing a Committee relative to Fortifications of which the enclosed are Copies—. You will perceive from these Papers the Importance of conveying to the Committee accurate Information respecting the State of our Fortifications and the Expediency of...
2From John Jay to Matthew Clarkson, 14 June 1798 (Jay Papers)
I was this morning fav d . with yours of no date in which as Chairman of the Committees lately appointed by the Citizens of New York you communicate to me their request that the Legislature of the State be speedily convened. There certainly is much weight in the reasons you assign for this request, and I am persuaded that it originates in the best motives— The policy of keeping our City & Port...
3From John Jay to Matthew Clarkson, 18 April 1799 (Jay Papers)
The enclosed is an extract from a letter which M r . King wrote to me on the 7 th . Day of dec r . last, but which I did not recieve untill last month, in answer to one from me, requesting him to procure and ship three thousand musquets and bayonets for the Use of this State and promising to make him the necessary remittances. You will perceive from his answer, that, not being able to obtain...
4From John Jay to Matthew Clarkson, 13 September 1799 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . a Letter of the 6 th . Inst. from M r . C. Sands of Flatbush. After informing me of the Death of M r . Lefferts the Surrogate for Kings County, he proceeds in strong Terms to recommend one W m . Livingston to succeed him. M r Willson the professor in Columbia College has heretofore written to me on the Subject of some place for W m ., & assured me of his Reformation—hitherto...