401From John Jay to George Clinton, 16 September 1779 (Jay Papers)
Your Favor by M r . Phelps has arrived— I approve much of your Resolutions respecting Vermont— It...
402From John Jay to Frederick Jay, 16 September 1779 (Jay Papers)
Your obliging Letter with the Parcel of Tobacco—which came with it arrived Yesterday— I am now to...
403From John Jay to Alexander Hamilton, 18 September 1779 (Jay Papers)
Your favors of the 25, 26, & 30 July last ^ & 12 Inst ^ have lain by me thus long ^ unnoticed...
404To John Jay from Nathanael Greene, 19 September 1779 (Jay Papers)
His Excellency General Washington, has shewn me a Letter of General Sullivan’s to Congress,...
405From John Jay to Edmund Pendleton, 21 September 1779 (Jay Papers)
This morning I had Yesterday the Pleasure of rec g your Favor of the 8 th : Inst and am happy to...
406From John Jay to George Clinton, 25 September 1779, enclosing Resolutions of the Continental Congress (Jay Papers)
Whether the Resolutions of Congress ^ herewith enclosed of the 24th Inst. ^ ^ herewith enclosed ^...
407From John Jay to Benjamin Franklin, 26 September 1779 (Jay Papers)
I have had the Pleasure of rec g your Favor of the 2 d . June last. The Act of Congress...
408To John Jay from Edmund Pendleton, 27 September 1779 (Jay Papers)
I have had the Hon r . to acknowledge the receipt of each of y r . very obliging Fav rs . by...
The Delegates of the united States of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and...
I address this Letter to you both because I have not time by this opportunity to write to each...
411To John Jay from Alexander Hamilton, 29 September 1779 (Jay Papers)
I am honored with your letter of the 18th which I received with all the pleasure that is inspired...
It gives me very sensible pleasure to find, from the Act of Congress inclosed in your...
413From John Jay to George Clinton, 5 October 1779, enclosing Draft Act on Vermont, 24 September–5 October 1779 (Jay Papers)
In a Conference with ^ some of ^ the Delegates of New Hampshire and Massachusets Bay it was...
414To John Jay from George Clinton, 5 October 1779 (Jay Papers)
I received your Favour of the 29 th . Ult mo . on my Way from Kingston to this Place whither I...
415To John Jay from Robert R. Livingston, 6 October 1779 (Jay Papers)
I have just now heard that you are upon the point of leaving us. I might have expected to have...
416To John Jay from George Washington, 7 October 1779 (Jay Papers)
Permit me, amongst the number of your friends to congratulate you & my Country on ^ your late...
417To John Jay from Edmund Pendleton, 11 October 1779 (Jay Papers)
As I conjectured so it happen’d that your esteem’d Fav r . of the 21 st . past made a visit to...
418From John Jay to James Duane, 14 October 1779 (Jay Papers)
Your obliging Favor by M r . Phelps it has remained thus long unanswered, because till to very...
419From John Jay to George Washington, 14 October 1779 (Jay Papers)
Your very kind letter of of the 7 th Instant gave me all that Pleasure, which accompanies marks...
420Congress Appoints John Jay Minister to Spain Editorial Note (Jay Papers)
The Continental Congress’s decision to send a minister to Spain, the instructions it prepared for...
By the treaties subsisting between his most Christian Majesty and the United States of America, a...
422From John Jay to George Clinton, 25 October 1779 (Jay Papers)
Be pleased to keep the Letters herewith enclosed, until good opportunities of sending them offer—...
423From John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 25 October 1779 (Jay Papers)
Accept my Thanks for your very friendly Letter— It recalled to my Mind many Circumstances on...
I am happy in having it in my power to bid you adieu once more before I lose sight of America. I...
425From John Jay to Seth Harding, 26 November 1779, enclosing Minutes of the Council of Commissioned Officers of the … (Jay Papers)
As Mr. Gerard declines giving any Opinion or direction On the subject of the within Report of a...
When at Philadelphia I was favor’d with your affectionate letter I dared not trust myself to...
427To John Jay from Robert R. Livingston, 22 December 1779 (Jay Papers)
I am told there will be an opportunity of send g . this to you, I wish therefore to imbrace it...
My former Letters to your Excellency of the 20 th . and 22d. Instant (a triplicate of the former...
429From John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 24 December 1779 (Jay Papers)
My Letters from S t . Pierre a few Days ago will inform you of the Misfortunes that drove us...
I have done what, perhaps, I shall be blamed for—but my pride as an American, and my feelings as...
On our arrival here M. Gerard told me that he was about to write to the governor and admiral at...
432From John Jay to Benjamin Franklin, 27 December 1779 (Jay Papers)
Having on the 7 th . of November last lost our Masts off the Banks of New found Land and been...
433To John Jay from Seth Harding, 27 December 1779 (Jay Papers)
I arrived within about three Miles of this Harbor, about Eight O’Clock last Evening when we were...
434From John Jay to Seth Harding, 27 December 1779 (Jay Papers)
Your Favor of this T’ day was just ^ this Moment ^ delivered ^ to me ^ by M r . Lawrence. I am...
435Foreigner of Distinction Editorial Note (Jay Papers)
Spanish agent Juan de Miralles had led Congress and John Jay to expect that Spain would receive...
436To John Jay from the Committee for Foreign Affairs (James Lovell, Robert R. Livingston, and William Churchill Houston) … (Jay Papers)
By the inclosed Resolves of Congress you will find that we are become more dependent upon your...
437John Jay’s Use of Codes and Ciphers Editorial Note (Jay Papers)
Although John Jay had been involved with various forms of secret writing since the Revolution...
438To John Jay from Gouverneur Morris, 3 January 1780 (Jay Papers)
You will doubtless be glad to hear News from this Quarter. Your Friends are all well. Our Army...
439From John Jay to Benjamin Franklin, 26 January 1780 (Jay Papers)
You have doubtless been amused this month or two past with various conjectures about the Fate of...
440From John Jay to Arthur Lee, 26 January 1780 (Jay Papers)
As a Knowledge of the Measures you may have taken ^ acquire ^ ^ taken ^ and the Information you...
441Instructions to William Carmichael, 27 January 1780 (Jay Papers)
You will proceed to Madrid with convenient Expedition, and and if M r . Gerard with whom you set...
442From John Jay to José de Gálvez, 27 January 1780 (Jay Papers)
Permit me thro’ your Excellency, to have the honour of representing to his most Catholic Majesty,...
443From John Jay to Vergennes, 27 January 1780 (Jay Papers)
It is with very sensible Pleasure that I commence a correspondence with a Minister of whose...
444To John Jay from William Churchill Houston, 7 February 1780 (Jay Papers)
It is not simply from being a Member of the Committee of Foreign Affairs that I take the Liberty...
445To John Jay from Robert R. Livingston, 10 February 1780 (Jay Papers)
I have just steped out of Congress to let you hear by this opportunity that your freinds in this...
446To John Jay from William Carmichael, 15 February 1780 (Jay Papers)
I arrived in this city late in the Evening of the 11 th after a tedious and Disagreable Journey....
447To John Jay from William Carmichael, 18 February 1780 (Jay Papers)
I did myself the honor of writing to you by a Courier whom the French Embassador dispatched to...
448From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 19 February 1780 (Jay Papers)
Altho my Correspondents have necessarily become numerous I shall nevertheless think the number...
449From John Jay to William Carmichael, 21 February 1780 (Jay Papers)
Your favor of the 15 th Inst, was delivered to me last Evening. I congratulate you on your safe...
450To John Jay from Floridablanca, 24 February 1780 (Jay Papers)
Habiendo yo recibido de mano del S r . D n . José de Galvez la carta que V. S. le hà dirigido por...