1From John Jay to Robert Morris, 15 September 1776 (Jay Papers)
When M r . Deane went to France I communicated to him a Mode of invisible writing unknown to any but the Inventor and myself. The inclosed Letter will explain it—On opening his Letter to me Yesterday & finding one directed to you inclosed in it, I without thought gave it to a Gentleman of your Light Horse who had been to Ticonderoga with Money from the Congress, I dont recollect his Name—I had...
2From John Jay to Robert Morris, 6 October 1776 (Jay Papers)
The enclosed is a Copy of the late invisible Parts of M r . Dean’s Letters. You will perceive some Blanks in it. M r . D. it seems did not write with his usual Care and Accuracy—There are many Blots in one of the Letters, and in one or two other Instances the Lines cross and run into one another—Little material is however illegible. I am happy to find our Affairs wear so pleasing an Aspect in...
3From John Jay to Robert Morris, 19 November 1776 (Jay Papers)
The late unfortunate Miscarriage of General Washingtons Letters to the Congress makes me anxious about the Fate of a Letter I wrote you the 6 th Ult o . inclosing Copies of two I had rec d . from M r . Dean. My Letter was sent to Head Quarters to go with the Generals Dispatches. Be so kind as to inform me whether you ever rec d . it. I am Dear Sir Your most ob t . Serv t P.S. Coll Williams...
4From John Jay to Robert Morris, 2 December 1776 (Jay Papers)
Your Letter to M r . Duane relieved me from much Anxiety. The miscarriage of the Generals Letter made me feel for the Fate of those I transmitted thro’ him to You. If I believed you suspected my Sincerity, I should for the first Time in my Life be displeased with you, but I assure you I entertain no such unfriendly Ideas. every Chair in the Congress Room will acquit me of the Charge of...
5From John Jay to Robert Morris, 23 August 1777 (Jay Papers)
M r . Deane in a Letter of the 28 May last, after recommending an attack on the Greenland Fishery & Hudsons Bay Trade, desired me to communicate the following Plan to Congress viz t . “To send three Frigates loaded with Tobacco to Nantz or Bordeaux, equipped in the best Manner and on their arrival hide the chief of their Guns and appear as Cruzers. Intelligence may be had every week what the...
6From John Jay to Robert Morris, 26 December 1777 (Jay Papers)
About a Fortnight ago I rec d . three Letters from France, one dated at Dunkirk the 2 d June, another at Passy near Paris the 8 th . June, and the third at Havre the 10 th . June, 1777— All of the same Import & nearly in the same words; an exact Copy of the first is enclosed for the Committee. I should have immediately on the Rec t . of them have sent you Copies, but the necessary Materials...
7From John Jay to Robert Morris, 15 February 1779 (Jay Papers)
When Characters rendered amiable by virtues & important by talents, are exposed to Suspicions & become Subjects of Investigation, the Sensibility of Individuals, as well as the Interest of the Public are concerned in the Event of the Enquiry— It gives me particular pleasure therefore to transmit to transmit to you an unanimous Act of Congress of the 11 th : Inst.—not only acquitting your...
8From John Jay to Robert Morris, 16 September 1780 (Jay Papers)
Had I been ever so much disposed to be out of Humour with the Silence of my Friends I assure you it would all have given Way to the Pleasure with which I rec d . your Letter of the 6th July— Perhaps an opportunity may yet offer for settling a Cypher— I shall attempt it within this Month in a Way I think will succeed. M rs . Jay has more Health than she has enjoyed this long time—she is now at...
9From John Jay to Robert Morris, 18 December 1780 (Jay Papers)
As I have lately written by different vessels to Congress, and my Friends, among whom I always reckon you. My chief Inducement at present is to commit the inclosed to your Care and to request the Favor of you to forward them. No Letters from America of later date than July have reached me, indeed I have had the Pleasure of receiving only one from you since we parted. Some were probably carried...
10From John Jay to Robert Morris, 1 September 1781 (Jay Papers)
Major Franks arrived here last Evening. I have not yet got thro the Dispatches he brought. I have read sufficient however to percieve that I am soon to have the Pleasure of writing long Letters to Congress & yourself. I shall dispatch the Major as soon as possible— I cannot say precisely when, because it will depend in some Measure on others. N o . 1— The bills on me [Far] exceed the Funds for...