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• Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay.
• 1794.
• Jay to Dugald Stewart. 1
• Jay to Mrs. Jay. 1
• Jay to Mrs. Jay.
• Jay to Mrs. Jay.
• President Washington to Jay.
• Jay to Mrs. Jay.
• Mrs. Jay to Jay.
• President Washington to Jay. [secret and Confidential.]
• Jay to President Washington.
• Instructions to Jay As Envoy Extraordinary.
• Jay to Mrs. Jay.
• Jay to Lord Grenville.
• Jay to Lord Grenville.
• Lord Grenville to Jay.
• Jay to Mrs. Jay.
• Jay to President Washington.
• Jay to Edmund Randolph.
• Jay to Alexander Hamilton.
• Lindley Murray to Jay.
• Jay to President Washington.
• Jay to John Anstey.
• Jay to Lord Grenville.
• Jay to Edmund Randolph.
• Jay to Lord Grenville.
• Lord Grenville to Jay.
• Jay to President Washington.
• Jay to Judge Hobart.
• Jay to Colonel Read.
• Jay to Lindley Murray.
• Jay to James Monroe.
• President Washington to Jay.
• Jay to Nicholas Cruger.
• Jay to President Washington. [private.]
• Jay to Edmund Randolph. 1
• Jay to Alexander Hamilton.
• Jay to Alexander Hamilton.
• Jay to Lord Mornington. 1
• Lord Mornington to Jay.
• Lady Mornington to Jay.
• Jay to Lady Mornington.
• John Sloss Hobart to Jay.
• Jay to President Washington.
• Jay to Edmund Randolph.
• Lord Grenville to Jay.
• John Drayton 1 to Jay.
• President Washington to Jay. [private.]
• Jay to Oliver Ellsworth.
• Jay to President Washington.
• Jay to Alexander Hamilton.
• Jay to Rufus King.
• Jay to Thomas Pinckney.
• Jay to Edmund Randolph.
• Jay to Lord Grenville.
• Colonel John Trumbull to Jay.
• Jay to John Quincy Adams.
• President Washington to Jay. [private.]
• Jay to Tench Coxe.
• 1795.
• Jay to John Hartley.
• John Quincy Adams to Jay.
• James Monroe to Jay.
• Jay to James Monroe.
• Jay to President Washington.
• Jay to President Washington. [private.]
• Thomas Pinckney to Jay.
• Lord Grenville to Jay.
• Judge William Cushing to Jay.
• Jay to President Washington. [private.]
• Jay to General Henry Lee.
• Col. John Trumbull to Jay.
• Timothy Pickering 1 to Jay. [private.]
• Jay to Timothy Pickering. [private.]
• Jay to Edmund Randolph. [private.]
• President Washington to Jay. [private.]
• Jay to President Washington.
• Jay to James Duane.
• Judge Hobart to Jay.
• Jay to President Washington.
• President Washington to Jay. [private.]
• 1796.
• Jay to Robert Goodloe Harper. 1
• Jay to Rev. Uzal Ogden.
• Jay to Judge Lowell.
• Lord Grenville to Jay.
• President Washington to Jay.
• Jay to Lady Amherst.
• Walter Robertson to Jay.
• Jay to President Washington.
• Jay to Lord Grenville.
• President Washington to Jay.
• Jay to Tammany Society.
• Jay to Rev. Dr. Thatcher.
• Jay to William Vaughan.
• Jay to the Mayor of New York.
• Jay to George Hammond. 2
• Lord Grenville to Jay.
• Dirck Ten Broeck to Jay.
• 1797.
• Jay to Rev. Jedediah Morse.
• Jay to Dr. Benjamin Rush.
• Jay to Lord Grenville.
• Rufus King to Jay.
• Jay to James Sullivan.
• Jay to Benjamin Vaughan.
• Jay to Col. John Trumbull.
• Jay to Timothy Pickering.
• 1798.
• Rufus King to Jay.
• Colonel Trumbull to Jay.
• Timothy Pickering to Jay.
• Rufus King to Jay.
• John Sloss Hobart to Jay.
• Peter Augustus Jay to Jay.
• Jay to Timothy Pickering.
• William North 1 to Jay.
• William North to Jay.
• Jay to William North.
• Jay to the Justices and Selectmen of the Town of Norwalk, Conn.
• Jay to President Adams.
• Jay to Alexander Hamilton. 1
• Jay to President Adams.
• 1799.
• Jay to Rev. Dr. Morse.
• Alexander Hamilton to Jay.
• Rufus King to Jay.
• Jay to Benjamin Goodhue.
• Jay to William Wilberforce.
• Robert Troup to Jay.
• Jay to Robert Troup.
• 1800.
• Jay to Rev. Samuel Miller.
• Rev. Samuel Miller to Jay.
• Jay to Rev. Dr. Morse.
• Theophilus Parsons to Jay.
• Alexander Hamilton to Jay.
• General Schuyler to Jay.
• Jay to Theophilus Parsons.
• Jay to Henry Van Schaack.
• Jay to Richard Hatfield. 1
• Jay to Sir John Sinclair, London.
• President Adams to Jay.
• 1801.
• Jay to President Adams.
• Committee of Federal Freeholders of the City of New York to Governor Jay.
• Jay to the Committee of Federal Freeholders of the City of New York.
• Jay’s Message to the Legislature of New York In the Matter of Appointments to Office,
• The Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Albany to Jay, May 11, 1801.
• 1802.
• Jay to Robert Lenox.
• 1803.
• Jay to Professor Henry Davis. 1
• 1804.
• Jay to General Schuyler.
• Jay to Mrs. Banyer.
• 1805.
• Jay to Lindley Murray.
• Jay to John Murray, Jun.
• William Wilberforce to Jay.
• 1806.
• Jay to William Wilberforce.
• 1807.
• Jay to Peter Van Schaack.
• Jay to Gouverneur Morris.
• 1808.
• Jay to Judge Richard Peters.
• 1809.
• Jay to Morris S. Miller. 1
• Jay to Judge Peters.
• William Wilberforce to Jay.
• Jay to Rev. Dr. Jedediah Morse.
• Jay to William Wilberforce.
• 1810.
• Peter A. Jay to Jay.
• Jay to Judge Peters.
• William Wilberforce to Jay.
• Jay to William Wilberforce.
• Judge Peters to Jay.
• 1811.
• Jay to Judge Peters.
• Judge Peters to Jay.
• Jay to Judge Peters.
• Jay to John Bristed.
• 1812.
• Jay to Peter Van Schaack.
• Jay to Gouverneur Morris.
• Jay to Rev. Calvin Chapin.
• 1813.
• Jay to Rev. Dr. Morse.
• Jay to Jeremiah Evarts.
• Gouverneur Morris to Jay.
• Jay to Gouverneur Morris.
• Jay to the Rev. Joseph M’kean.
• Jay to Noah Webster.
• Noah Webster to Jay.
• 1814.
• Rufus King to Jay.
• Jay to Rufus King.
• William Jay to Jay.
• Timothy Pickering to Jay.
• Jay to Timothy Pickering.
• 1815.
• Jay to Judge Peters.
• Judge Peters to Jay.
• Jay to Rev. Dr. Morse.
• Jay to Judge Peters.
• 1816.
• Jay to Rev. John M. Mason, D.D.
• Jay to Rev. Dr. Romeyn.
• Jay to Sir John Sinclair.
• Jay to John Murray, Jun.
• Jay to Gouverneur Morris.
• 1818.
• John Adams to Jay.
• Jay to John Adams.
• Jay to John Murray, Jun.
• Jay to Rufus King.
• Judge Peters to Jay.
• 1819.
• Jay to Judge Peters.
• Jay to John Murray, Jun.
• Jay to Elias Boudinot.
• Jay to Daniel Raymond.
• 1820.
• William Jay to Jay.
• Judge Peters to Jay.
• Jay to Judge Peters.
• 1821.
• Jay to George A. Otis.
• Jay to Judge Peters.
• Jay to Lindley Murray.
• Jay to Governor Brown. 1
• Mrs. Maria Banyer to Jay.
• Peter A. Jay to Jay.
• Peter A. Jay to Jay.
• Peter A. Jay to Jay.
• Peter A. Jay to Jay.
• Noah Webster to Jay.
• Jay to Noah Webster.
• Jay to Rev. S. S. Woodhull. 1
• 1822.
• Jay to the Editor of “the American.”
• George A. Otis to Jay.
• Jay to Edward Livingston.
• 1823.
• Richard Henry Lee to Jay.
• Jay to Richard Henry Lee.
• 1824.
• Jay to General Lafayette.
• General Lafayette to Jay.
• 1825.
• Mrs. Banyer to Jay.
• 1826.
• Committee of the Corporation of the City of New York to Jay.
• Jay to the Committee of the Corporation of the City of New York.
• Additional Papers.
• Addresses to the American Bible Society, By John Jay.
• Jay to the Corporation of Trinity Church. 1
• Extracts From the Will of John Jay.
• Action of the New York Bar On the Death of John Jay.

JAY TO ALEXANDER HAMILTON.

London, 19th November, 1794.

My Dear Sir:

My task is done; whether finis coronat opus, the president, senate, and public will decide.

This letter goes by the packet, and the treaty with it; some parts of it require elucidation to common readers. I have not time for comments; Lord Grenville is anxious to dismiss the packet; I therefore write in haste. If this treaty fails, I despair of another. If satisfactory, care should be taken that the public opinion be not misled respecting it, for this reason the sooner it is ratified and published the better. I really think the good disposition of this country should be cherished. I came here in the moment of exultation and triumph on account of Lord Howe’s victory. From that day to this I have experienced no change in sentiments or conduct relative to the negotiation. I must, though not without reluctance, conclude; not being fit for a winter voyage, I shall stay here till spring. Indeed, I shall want repairs before I am quite fit for any voyage. God bless you.

Yours,

John Jay.