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• Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay.
• 1782.
• Lady Juliana Penn 1 to Jay.
• Robert R. Livingston to Jay.
• Jay to Lady Juliana Penn.
• Stephen Sayre to Jay.
• Jay to Robert R. Livingston.
• Jay to Robert R. Livingston.
• Jay to Stephen Sayre.
• Extract From Jay’s Diary. 1
• Marquis De Lafayette to Jay.
• 1783.
• Robert Morris to Jay.
• Robert R. Livingston to Jay.
• Jay to Mrs. Jay.
• Mrs. Jay to Jay.
• Mrs. Jay to Jay.
• Jay to Mrs. Jay.
• Jay to the Marquis De Lafayette.
• Mrs. Jay to Jay.
• The Marquis De Lafayette to Jay.
• Jay to Silas Deane.
• Philip V. B. Livingston to Jay.
• Jay to Governor William Greene.
• Jay to Robert Morris.
• Jay to Benjamin Vaughan.
• Jay to Robert R. Livingston.
• Jay to Robert Morris.
• Thomas Jefferson to Jay.
• Jay to Robert R. Livingston.
• Jay to Robert R. Livingston.
• Jay to Francis Child. 1
• William Livingston to Jay.
• Jay to Elias Boudinot.
• Jay to Robert R. Livingston.
• Jay to Robert R. Livingston.
• Jay to General Washington.
• Jay to Egbert Benson.
• Jay to Mrs. M. Livingston.
• Jay to Gouverneur Morris.
• Jay to Governor Livingston.
• Jay to Robert R. Livingston. [private.]
• Jay to Robert Morris.
• Jay to Kitty Livingston.
• Jay to Robert R. Livingston.
• Alexander Hamilton to Jay.
• Benjamin Vaughan to Jay.
• Count De Vergennes to Jay.
• Benjamin Franklin to Jay.
• Jay to Benjamin Franklin.
• Jay to Egbert Benson.
• Jay to Charles Thomson.
• Jay to Robert Morris.
• Jay to Robert R. Livingston.
• Jay to Benjamin Vaughan.
• Jay to General Schuyler.
• Jay to Gouverneur Morris.
• Gouverneur Morris to Jay.
• Jay to Alexander Hamilton.
• Reverend John Price to Jay.
• Robert Morris to Jay.
• Jay to Charles Thomson.
• Robert Morris to Jay.
• Robert R. Livingston to Jay.
• The Countess of Huntingdon to Jay.
• Jay to the Countess of Huntingdon.
• Jay to Kitty Livingston.
• Kitty Livingston to Jay.
• 1784.
• Gouverneur Morris to Jay.
• Charles Thomson to Jay.
• Charles Thomson to Jay.
• Silas Deane to Jay.
• Robert R. Livingston to Jay.
• Jay to Gouverneur Morris.
• General Schuyler to Jay.
• Jay to Silas Deane.
• Jay to Robert Morris.
• Jay to Benjamin Vaughan.
• John Witherspoon to Jay.
• John Adams to Jay.
• Jay to John Witherspoon.
• Jay to Kitty Livingston.
• Jay to Charles Thomson.
• Charles Thomson to Jay.
• Official Congratulations From New York City to Jay. 1
• Jay to the President of Congress.
• Robert R. Livingston to Jay.
• Jay to Robert R. Livingston.
• Jay to Benjamin Vaughan.
• Marquis De Lafayette to Jay.
• William Bingham to Jay.
• Jay to Benjamin Vaughan.
• Jay to Benjamin Franklin.
• 1785.
• Francis Hopkinson to Jay.
• Jay to the Marquis De Lafayette.
• Jay to Dr. Benjamin Rush.
• Jay to John Adams. 1
• Jay to Mr. Grand.
• Jay to James Lowell.
• Robert Morris to Jay.
• Samuel Shaw to Jay.
• Jay to the President of Congress.
• General Schuyler to Jay.
• Jay to William Bingham.
• Jay to General Schuyler.
• Jay to the Governors of the States. [circular-letter.]
• Jay to Don Diego Gardoqui. 1
• Dr. Richard Price to Jay.
• Jay to the Marquis De Lafayette.
• Jay to the Marchioness De Lafayette.
• Jay to John Adams.
• General Washington to Jay.
• Jay to Dr. Richard Price.
• Jay to Benjamin Franklin.
• Jay to the President of Congress.
• Jay to John Adams.
• William T. Franklin to Jay.
• Jay to John Adams.
• Jay to the President of Congress.
• 1786.
• Jay to Thomas Jefferson.
• Jay to the President of Congress.
• Thomas Jefferson to Jay.
• Jay to Frederick Jay.
• Jay to Governor Clinton.
• Jay to John Adams.
• Francis Hopkinson to Jay.
• Jay to R. Lushington.
• Jay to General Washington.
• Jay to Francis Hopkinson.
• Jay to Lord Lansdowne.
• James Munroe to Jay.
• Jay to Lord Lansdowne.
• Jay to John Adams.
• General Washington to Jay.
• Jay’s Report to Congress On a Joint Letter From Adams and Jefferson.
• Jay to the Marquis De Lafayette.
• Jay to General Washington.
• Jay to Thomas Jefferson.
• General Washington to Jay.
• Jay to Thomas Jefferson.
• Benjamin Franklin to Jay.
• Governor William Livingston to Jay.
• Jay to Thomas Jefferson.
• Jay to John Adams.
• Jay to John Adams.
• Edward Rutledge to Jay.
• Dr. Richard Price to Jay.
• Jay to Jacob Reed.
• Jay to Thomas Jefferson.
• 1787.
• Jay to William Carmichael.
• Jay to General Washington.
• Edward Rutledge to Jay.
• Jay to Thomas Jefferson.
• Jay to John Adams.
• Jay to Edward Rutledge.
• General Washington to Jay.
• Jay to the President of Congress.
• Jay to Thomas Jefferson.
• Marquis De Lafayette to Jay.
• Jay to John Adams.
• Jay to John Adams.
• Jay to George Washington.
• Jay to John Adams.
• Jay to Thomas Jefferson.
• John Adams to Jay.
• Jay to John Adams.
• Thomas Jefferson to Jay.
• Jay to John Adams.
• Jay to Thomas Jefferson.
• Federalist Papers. 1 No. II.
• Federalist Papers. No. III.
• Federalist Papers. No. IV.
• Federalist Papers. No. V.
• Federalist Papers. No. Lxiii.
• 1788.
• An Address to the People of the State of New York. 1
• General Washington to Jay.
• William Bingham to Jay.
• Jay to General Washington.
• General Washington to Jay.
• Jay to William Bingham.
• General Washington to Jay.
• Jay to Thomas Jefferson.
• Jay to the Marquis De Lafayette.
• Granville Sharp to the President, 1 Vice-president, and Treasurer of the Society Established In New York For the Manumission of Slaves.
• General Washington to Jay.
• Jay to Tench Coxe.
• Jay to General Washington.
• John Vaughan to Jay.
• General Washington to Jay.
• Jay to Thomas Jefferson.
• Edward Rutledge to Jay.
• Jay to Mrs. Jay.
• Jay to the English Anti-slavery Society. 1
• Jay to the Society At Paris For the Manumission of Slaves.
• Jay to General Washington.
• Jay to John Adams.
• Jay to Mrs. Jay.
• Jay to Mrs. Jay.
• General Washington to Jay.
• General Washington to Jay.
• Circular Letter From the Convention of the State of New York, to the Executives of the Different States, to Be Laid Before Their Respective Legislatures. By John Jay. 1
• Jay to the Chevalier De Bourgoing.
• Jay to the Marquis De Lafayette.
• Jay to Granville Sharpe.
• Jay to William Carmichael.
• Jay to the President of Congress.
• Jay to General Washington.
• Samuel Vaughan, Jr., to Jay.
• Jay to Edward Rutledge.
• 1789.
• Jay to Major Pierce.
• Jay to John Adams.
• Mrs. Adams to Mrs. Jay.
• Jay to Thomas Jefferson.
• Jay to General Washington.
• Edward Rutledge to Jay.
• President Washington to Jay.
• Gouverneur Morris to Jay.
• Jay to Charles Pettit.
• Governor Livingston to Jay.
• D. Hartley to Jay.
• D. Hartley to Jay.
• Thomas Jefferson to Jay.
• President Washington to Jay.
• Jay to President Washington.
• Jay to Fisher Ames.
• President Washington to Jay.
• Jay to President Washington.
• Jay to Thomas Jefferson.
• President Washington to Jay.
• Jay to D. Hartley.
• 1790.
• Jay to Governor Livingston. 1
• Jay to John Dumont.
• Jay to Mr. Grand.
• Charge to Grand Juries By Chief-justice Jay. 1
• Reply of New York Jury to Chief-justice Jay.
• President Washington to the “chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States.”
• Mrs. Jay to Jay.
• Jay to Mrs. Jay.
• Mrs. Jay to Jay.
• Benjamin Vaughan to Jay.
• Jay to Mrs. Jay.
• Alexander Hamilton to Jay.
• Jay to President Washington.
• President Washington to Jay. [private.]
• Jay to Alexander Hamilton.
• John Adams to Jay.
• 1791.
• Jay to President Washington.
• 1792.
• John Adams to Jay.
• Jay to J. C. Dongan. 1
• Jay to the Public.
• Jay to D. Hartley.
• Jay to Egbert Benson.
• Jay to Mrs. Jay.
• Jay to Peter A. Jay.
• Robert Troup to Jay.
• Robert Troup to Jay.
• Robert Troup to Jay.
• Mrs. Jay to Jay.
• Robert Troup to Jay.
• Jay to Mrs. Jay.
• Lansingburgh Committee to Jay. 1
• Jay’s Reply to the Lansingburgh Committee.
• Albany Committee to Jay.
• Jay’s Reply to the Albany Committee.
• New York Committee to Jay. 1
• Jay’s Reply to the New York Committee.
• Henry Marchant 1 to Jay.
• Alexander Hamilton to Jay. [private.]
• Jay to Henry Marchant.
• Jay to Alexander Hamilton.
• William Cushing 1 to Jay.
• Alexander Hamilton to Jay.
• Jay to Alexander Hamilton.
• 1793.
• Opinion of Chief-justice Jay On the Suability of a State. 1
• Alexander Hamilton to Jay.
• Alexander Hamilton to Jay.
• Jay to Alexander Hamilton.
• Draft of Proclamation of Neutrality, By John Jay. 1
• President Washington to Jay.
• Jay to President Washington.
• Charge to Grand Jury, Richmond, Virginia. 1
• Jay to Mrs. Jay.
• Thomas Jefferson to Chief-justice Jay and Associate Justices.
• Chief-justice Jay and Associate Justices to President Washington.
• Chief-justice Jay and Associate Justices to President Washington.

JAY TO THOMAS JEFFERSON.

New York, 12^th December, 1789.

Dear Sir:

It gives me great pleasure to address a letter to you in our own country. Being informed of your having sailed, the storm a few weeks ago rendered us apprehensive that you might be at least embarrassed on the coast. I congratulate you very sincerely on your arrival, and join in the general wish that you may consent to remain among us in the station to which, during your absence and without your knowledge, you have been appointed.1 The changes in our government will enable you to employ in that department your talents and information in a manner as useful to the public and honorable to yourself as you have done during your legation in France.

The young gentlemen in the office (who are the only ones I have employed in it) are solicitous that I should mention them to you in such terms as I conceive they merit. Their conduct has given me entire satisfaction, and therefore I think it my duty to give you this information.

With great esteem and regard I have the honour to be, dear sir,

Your most obedient and humble servant,

John Jay.

[1 ]Secretary of State.