REPORT of the REGENTS of the UNIVERSITY, made to the Legislature, the 9th of March, ult. and entered on the Journals of both Houses. To the HONORABLE the LEGISLATURE, The Regents of the University Respectfully report, That during the year past, Columbia and Union Colleges, and Erasmus-Hall, Johnstown, Cooperstown, Canandarqua, Oxford, Hamilton-Oneida, Cherry Valley, Union in Stone Arabia,...
2From John Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 10 March 1797 (Jay Papers)
I was this afternoon fav d . with yours of the 5 th . Instant, enclosing the mes Letter from mentioned but omitted in your last. my last to you was written on the 5 th of this month. in it I informed You that I had rec d . yours of the 25 th . Ult: For two Days past we have had severe cold weather— no Water to be seen in Streets— all hard frozen— so that unless much Rain should speedily fall,...
3From 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...
4From John Jay to Peter Thacher, 25 April 1797 (Jay Papers)
I was this morning fav d . with yours of the 19 th . Inst: stating the Reasons which render it doubtful whether the Society in Scotland ought in future ^ would ^^will^^ think it adviseable^ to be at the Expence of continuing ^a^ mission at at Oneida if among the Oneida Indians; and suggesting the Propriety of maintaining one ^ at the Expense of this state ^ in that Tribe at the Expense of this...
5From John Jay to the Public, 25 April 1797 (Jay Papers)
In Greenleaf’s paper printed at New-York in March last there was a publication of which the following is an extract, viz. “It is curious to estimate the expences which the British Treaty has cost the United States. The account may be stated as follows. Dolls. Ct. “1794 7 th May—The United States advanced for Mr. Jay’s outfit.[”] 18,000 “Of this Mr. Jay must have saved the whole, as his...
6Proclamation regarding Quarantine, 27 April 1797 (Jay Papers)
Whereas by an Act of the Legislature of this State Entitled “An Act to prevent the bringing in and spreading of infectious Diseases in this State” passed the first Day of April 1796, it is among other things enacted, “That all Vessels arriving in the Port of New York from Ports beyond the Sea, having on board forty Passengers— All Vessels arriving in the said Port, having on board a Person...
7From John Jay to Grenville, 4 June 1797 (Jay Papers)
A long Interval has passed between the Date of my last Letter, and that of this— they would have been more frequent, had they been exposed to less Risque of Interception. My Respect and Esteem for your Lordship remain unabated; and I yet flatter myself with the pleasure of becoming a better Correspondent. It will give you satisfaction to know that Letters I have rec d . from M r . King and M r...
8From 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...
9From John Jay to John Sinclair, 12 July 1797 (Jay Papers)
I was Yesterday fav d . with yours of 29 March last enclosing three Copies of your account of the origin &c a . of the Board of agriculture—for w h accept my Thanks This Publication is in many Respects interesting— It shews how much may be accomplished by the Talents Zeal & Perseverance of patriotic Individuals; and how much ^greatly^ the Success of the best Institutions depends of on the...
10From 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...