21From John Jay to Timothy Pickering, 14 October 1795 (Jay Papers)
I was Yesterday ^afternoon^ honored with yours of the 10 Inst. enclosing ^a^ copy of your Letter to Mess rs . Lewis and Rawle and ^of^ their opinion on the points stated in it.— Notwithstanding my Respect for the Talents & Candor of those Gen t . I do not ^yet I do not hesitate to say that^ the Cognizance and Powers given to the Commissioners designated in the 6 and 7 articles of the Treaty...
22From John Jay to Timothy Pickering, 19 April 1798 (Jay Papers)
I am very much gratified by your friendly attention in sending me the Copies of the Dispatches from, and of the Instructions to, our Envoys at Paris, which came enclosed in your Letters of the 9 and 11 Instant. The Demands and Language of the French Government will form an extraordinary Page in modern History; and however palliated or expounded, cannot fail to excite the Indignation of honest...
23From John Jay to Timothy Pickering, 19 June 1800 (Jay Papers)
I have just had the pleasure of recieving from M r . Williams your Letter of the 17 Instant. Had the weather been fair, I should now have been on the Road to Albany, and I shall set out the Moment it changes. M r . Williams tells me that he and M r Putnam purpose to go there by Water— they will probably arrive before me, as I shall travel leisurely, & pass a few Days at my Farm in WestChester....
24From John Jay to Timothy Pickering, 31 January 1797 (Jay Papers)
Accept my Thanks for your obliging Favor of the 23 d . Instant, enclosing a Copy of your interesting Letter to M r . Pinckney, which is read here with great avidity and satisfaction— it enables our Citizens to form a correct Judgment of the Conduct Claims and Complaints of France, relative to this Country; and to appreciate the wisdom, abilities and virtue with which our Govern t is...