21From 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...
22From 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...
23From 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...
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...