1To John Jay from William Carmichael, 6 May 1789 (Jay Papers)
A Conversation which I had this day with his Excellency the Count de Florida Blanca confirms me in the Idea which I lately mentioned That this Court is either really indisposed against the United States or that it affects to be so, in order to spur them on to a conclusion of a Convention conformable to the Instructions given to M r . Gardoqui. Having perceived a delay in the Ministry to...
2To John Jay from George Washington, 11 May 1789 (Jay Papers)
A few days ago I was conversing with you on the points contained in the enclosed queries, when a Gentleman coming in put an end to the conversation As it is my earnest wish to adopt such a line of conduct as shall be judged most likely to secure essentials without being exposed more than is unavoidable to the charge of too much reserve on the one hand, or too much familiarity on the other, I...
3To John Jay from Edward Rutledge, 21 May 1789 (Jay Papers)
The very severe attack which was made by the last Summer on the Health of my Son, so compleatly alarmed his Mother, that she has readily consented to part with him for a few Years, and after thoroughly considering the Subject, New York is fixed on as the Place of his residence. When M r : Izard was on the Eve of leaving us, my time was so totally occupied with M rs : Rutledge, whom we then...
4Minutes of the New-York Manumission Society, 21 May 1789 (Jay Papers)
At a quarterly Meeting of the Society for promoting the manumission of Slaves and protecting such of them as have been or may be Liberated, held at the House of John Simmons in the City of New York on Thursday the 21 st Day of May 1789. Present John Jay President, Matthew Clarkson Vice President, John Murray Jun r . Treasurer, John Keese Secretary, Jacob Watson, D r . James Cogswell, Robert...
5To John Jay from George Washington, 8 June 1789 (Jay Papers)
Although, in the present unsettled state of the Executive Departments under the Government of the Union, I do not conceive it expedient to call upon you for information officially; yet I have supposed that some informal communications from the Office of Secretary for Foreign Affairs might neither be improper or unprofitable. — For finding myself, at this moment, less occupied with the duties...
6From John Jay to Thomas Jefferson, 19 June 1789 (Jay Papers)
I have at Length, my dear Sir the pleasure of informing you (tho’ not officially) that you have Leave to return, and that M r . Short is appointed to take charge of the public affairs during your absence— From the Time that your Letter of the 19 th . Nov r . last was rec d . ^viz t . 10 Feb y ^ to the Time that our former Gov t . gave place to the present one, there [ illegible ] was not a...
7To John Jay from Silas Deane, 25 June 1789 (Jay Papers)
On the receipt of Your Letter, which you may perhaps recollect, your writing me from Paris, I had no expectation of a renewal of our correspondance, nor any hopes of success, if attempted by me; M r . Sayre told me that you enquired after me, and expressed a wish for my return; This leads me to hope that the surmises and suggestions, propagated ^against^ me, having never been, in the most...
8To John Jay from Gouverneur Morris, 1 July 1789 (Jay Papers)
I am too much occupied to find Time for the Use of a Cypher and in Effect the Government here is so occupied with its own Affairs that in transmitting to you a Letter under an Envelope there is no Risque. This however I am pretty certain will go safe. The States general have now been a long Time in Session and have done nothing. Hitherto they have been engaged in a Dispute whether they shall...
9To John Jay from John Trumbull, 3 July 1789 (Jay Papers)
M r . Jefferson’s letter to me of the 29 th . June covering the enclos’d, has this passage— “I took the liberty on the 26 th . of troubling you with a packet for Mr Jay, giving him an account of the crisis into which the sceance royale of the 23 d . had thrown this country.— the enclosd &c &c”— this Letter of the 26 th . has not come to my hands, & whether by being entrusted to the Post, it...
10To John Jay from George Washington, 14 July 1789 (Jay Papers)
I find myself incompetent to form any decided opinion upon the paper I received from you the other day without having a view of the transactions which have been had with the Spanish Minister. I wish also to know whether, if the negotiations are renewed, it can be made to appear from any thing that that Gentl[ema]n has said, as the result of an advance towards it from him, in his official...