11From John Jay to Timothy Pickering, 13 July 1795 (Jay Papers)
On the 6 th . I was favoured with yours of the 3 d of this month together with the papers mentioned to be inclosed with it. My information relative to the Indian affairs of this State being imperfect, it has not been in my power to answer your letter with sufficient accuracy at a more early day. Whether the Constitution of the United States warrants the Act of Congress of the 1. March 1793 and...
12From John Jay to Timothy Pickering, 19 April 1797 (Jay Papers)
I enclose one of Greenleafs Papers, printed the 15 of last month. You will find in it some Statements and Remarks on the Expences of the british Treaty— Some Gentlemen on whose Judgments I rely, and among them Col. Hamilton, think it adviseable that some notice be taken of this publication — a certain Description of People make a Handle of it— I enclose a Paper on the Subject, which I think...
13From John Jay to Timothy Pickering, 20 July 1796 (Jay Papers)
I had last Evening a Conversation with Col. Hamilton on the Subject of your Letter to him of the 16 th . Instant—a Copy of which was enclosed in yours to me of the same Date— He will I presume state to you particularly our opinions on the three Questions mentioned in it— It appears to me adviseable that, prior to the Nomination by either Party of a third Commissioner, M r Howell should...
14From John Jay to Timothy Pickering, 12 February 1811 (Jay Papers)
I have rec d . your Letter of the 5 th Inst. requesting Information respecting the Aids afforded us by Spain in our revolutionary war. These come under two Heads—viz— those which preceded my leaving this Country for Spain in 1779—and those which were afterward rec d. — Your Letter relates only to the former— As to the first— In a Letter to me from the Count de Florida Blanca, dated the 24 Feb,...
15From John Jay to Timothy Pickering, 18 July 1798 (Jay Papers)
I this morning rec d . the two Copies you was so obliging as to send me of the State papers published in pursuance of the Resolution of Congress of the 22 d . June. they shall be laid before our Legislature at the approaching Session— Every true American here rejoices that General Washington has accepted the Command of the army— it is an auspicious Event— Being of the Number of those who...
16From John Jay to Timothy Pickering, 23 December 1797 (Jay Papers)
I have been fav d . with yours of the 13 Inst:— Having no Reason to expect that I should have occasion for any papers respecting causes tried before me in the Sup[reme] Court of the U. S. I left them at New York. The written argument You allude to, did not comprehend the Question of Interest — it not being in Controversy among those on the Demurrer. On that Subject I made notes, but no formal...
17From John Jay to Timothy Pickering, 26 July 1798 (Jay Papers)
I returned to this place Yesterday, and this morning had the pleasure of recieving your’s of the 20 th . Instant; for which and the papers enclosed in it, accept my thanks— they give me great Satisfaction— The one you desire to be returned, shall be enclosed with this Letter. Hamilton’s Rank is I fear still liable to question— your Remarks on that Head certainly have weight— Such Doubts should...
18From John Jay to Timothy Pickering, 8 June 1797 (Jay Papers)
Read the enclosed Letter first To understand this Letter it will be necessary to r first to read the enclosed, this being a sequel to that— which I for ward now because ^which was intended for this mornings post but^ the mail was closed when my Sec y brought the enclosed ^it^ to the Post office— The Cap t . Clarke in Question is well known in this City— During the late War he served in the...
19From John Jay to Timothy Pickering, 15 July 1797 (Jay Papers)
I herewith return the Book which you was so obliging as to send me. Whether the Convention of armed Neutrality was limited in its Duration to that of the war then subsisting, or remained in force after the Return of Peace? is a question to which the inaccurate manner in which the 11 th . article is expressed, appears to have given occasion.— The original (which is not translated with perfect...
20From John Jay to Timothy Pickering, 10 April 1798 (Jay Papers)
Altho’ your Letter of the 15 ult. has lain thus long unanswered, it has not been forgotten. The one which came enclosed in it, in Behalf of the Tuscaroras, was on the 26 ult: laid before our Legislature with a Message, of which the enclosed is a Copy— Nothing material however has been done in pursuance of it—an opinion having prevailed, that our intended purchase of the Oneidas should first be...