Papers of John Adams | Volume 7, September 1778 – February 1779 | Documents | Leray de Chaumont to John Adams [document with translation]
The Jay Family [Editorial Note]Education [Editorial Note]The Laws of King’s College in Force during Dr. Johnson’s Presidency, 29 August 1760Peter Jay to David Peloquin, 16 May 1762Samuel Johnson to Peter Jay, 24 September 1762Peter Jay to John Jay, early 1763Entering upon Law Studies [Editorial Note]Peter Jay to James Jay, 15 February 1763Changes at King’s College [Editorial Note]Statutes of King’s College in the City of New York, 2 March 1763Peter Jay to James Jay, 14 April 1763Peter Jay to David Peloquin, 14 April 1763David Peloquin to Peter Jay, 26 July-6 August 1763Peter Jay to John Jay, 9 August 1763Peter Jay to John Jay, 23 August 1763Samuel Johnson to John Jay, 27 October 1763Peter Jay to David Peloquin, 15 November 1763Law Clerk for Benjamin Kissam [Editorial Note]Peter Jay to John Jay, 16 January 1764Peter Jay to John Jay, 28 February 1764Peter Jay to David Peloquin, 15 May 1764Peter Jay to John Jay, 22 May 1764Account of the King’s College Commencement, 28 May 1764The Jay-Livingston Friendship [Editorial Note]John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 2 April 1765Peter Jay to John Jay, 15 April 1765John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 1 May 1765John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 31 October 1765John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 4 March 1766Benjamin Kissam to John Jay, 25 April 1766Benjamin Kissam to John Jay, 26 April 1766John Jay to Benjamin Kissam, 12 August 1766Benjamin Kissam to John Jay, 25 August 1766Account of the King’s College Commencement, 28 May 1767The Debating Society [Editorial Note]Rules of the Debating Society, 1768Notes on Debate: Was Virginius Morally Justified in Putting His Daughter Virginia to Death? [1768]Legal Practice [Editorial Note]License to Practice Law in New York, 26 October 1768John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, January 1769Benjamin Kissam to John Jay, 6 November 1769John Jay to Samuel Kissam, 1 March 1770The Moot [Editorial Note]The Rules and Members of the Moot Club, 23 November 1770The Vermont Lands [Editorial Note]Petition to the Earl of Dunmore, 12 June 1771John Tabor Kempe [Editorial Note]John Jay to John Tabor Kempe, 27 December 1771John Tabor Kempe to John Jay, 27 December 1771John Jay to John Tabor Kempe, 2 January 1772The Social Club [Editorial Note]Philip Schuyler to John Jay, 1772Samuel Kissam to John Jay, 22 July 1772The Dancing Assembly: An Invitation to a Duel [Editorial Note]John Jay to Robert Randall, 2 February 1773John Jay to Robert Randall, 3 February 1773The New York-New Jersey Boundary Commission [Editorial Note]Certification of Proceedings of the Boundary Commission, 6 February 1773John Jay to the Earl of Dartmouth, 25 March 1773Marriage [Editorial Note]Peter Jay to William Livingston, 31 January 1774Early Political Activism [Editorial Note]New York Committee of Correspondence to the Committee of Correspondence, Boston, 23 May 1774John Jay to John Vardill, 23 May 1774Maria Eliza Philipse to Sarah Livingston Jay, 1 July 1774Delegate to the First Continental Congress [Editorial Note]John Jay to John Morin Scott, 22 June [20 July] 1774Role in the First Congress [Editorial Note]John Jay to John Vardill, 24 September 1774Address to the People of Great Britain [Editorial Note]Address to the People of Great Britain, 21 October 1774New York Delegates to the Dutchess County Freeholders, 7 November 1774New York Delegates to the Committee of Mechanics of New York, c. 18 November 1774John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 1 January 1775Organizing a Provisional Government [Editorial Note]New York Committee of Sixty to the New Haven Committee, 17 April 1775Letter from Congress to the “Oppressed Inhabitants of Canada” [Editorial Note]Letter from Congress to the “Oppressed Inhabitants of Canada,” 29 May 1775John Jay’s Draft of a Petition to George III (Olive Branch Petition) [Editorial Note]Draft of a Petition to George III (Olive Branch Petition), 3–19 June 1775New York Provincial Congress to the New York Delegates to the Continental Congress, 29 June 1775Gouverneur Morris to John Jay, 30 June 1775Robert R. Livingston to John Jay, 17 July 1775Gouverneur Morris to John Jay, 28 July 1775Address to the People of Ireland, 28 July 1775John Jay to Gouverneur Morris, August 1775Operating under the Continental Boycott [Editorial Note]New York Provincial Congress to the New York Delegates, 1 September 1775John Jay to Stephen Rapalje, 15 September 1775William Laight to John Jay, 3 October 1775John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 17 October 1775John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 26 October 1775Robert Troup to John Jay, 30 October 1775Alexander McDougall to John Jay, 30 October 1775Samuel Kissam to John Jay, 31 October 1775Alexander McDougall to John Jay, 15[–16] November 1775John Jay to the President of the New York Provincial Congress (Nathaniel Woodhull), 26 November 1775Alexander McDougall to John Jay, 26 November 1775Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, 26 November 1775Robert R. Livingston to John Jay, 27 November 1775Alexander McDougall to John Jay, 29 November 1775John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 4 December 1775Robert R. Livingston to John Jay, 6 December 1775Provincial Maneuvers [Editorial Note]John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 8 December 1775“Between Hawk and Buzzard”: Disclaiming Independence While Edging toward Continentalism [Editorial Note]Proofs That the Colonies Do Not Aim at Independence, after 9 December 1775John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 13 December 1775Alexander McDougall to John Jay, 14 December 1775Alexander McDougall to John Jay, 18[–19] December 1775John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 19 December 1775John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 22 December 1775John Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 23 December 1775John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 23 December 1775Alexander McDougall to John Jay, 24 December 1775Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, 31 December 1775Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, January 1776John Jay to James Jay, 4 January 1776John Jay to James Duane, 6 January 1776Alexander McDougall to John Jay, 13 February 1776Robert R. Livingston to John Jay, 15 February 1776John Jay to Edward Nicoll and Alexander McDougall, 17 February 1776John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 25 February 1776John Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, March 1776Alexander McDougall to John Jay, 7 March 1776John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 13 March 1776Frederick Jay to John Jay, 16 March 1776Alexander McDougall to John Jay, 20 March 1776Alexander McDougall to John Jay, 20 March 1776John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 21 March 1776John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 23 March 1776John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 27 March 1776John Jay’s Draft of a Letter from the Continental Congress to George Washington, 2 April 1776William Goforth to John Jay, 8 April 1776John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 11 April 1776John Jay’s Draft Resolution in Congress, 15 April–3 May 1776Alexander McDougall to John Jay, 16 April 1776John Alsop, John Jay, George Clinton, and Lewis Morris to Walter Livingston, 17 April 1776John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 27 April 1776Marinus Willett to John Jay, [before 27 April 1776]John Jay to Marinus Willett, 27 April 1776John Jay to the New York Committee of Safety, 27 April 1776Last Stand against Independence [Editorial Note]James Duane to John Jay, 11 May 1776James Duane to John Jay, 16 May 1776James Duane to John Jay, 18 May 1776James Duane to John Jay, 25 May 1776John Jay to James Duane, 29 May 1776John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 29 May 1776Robert R. Livingston to John Jay, 4 June 1776Edward Rutledge to John Jay, 8 June 1776Rounding Up Subversives, Detecting Conspiracies, and Determining Loyalty [Editorial Note]Isaac Ketchum to John Jay, 8 June 1776Secret Committee to George Washington, 21 June 1776Secret Committee to James Clinton, 22 June 1776Secret Committee Warrant for the Arrest of John Campbell, 22 June 1776George Washington to John Jay, 29 June 1776Edward Rutledge to John Jay, 29 June 1776John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 1 July 1776John Jay to the President of Congress (John Hancock), 6 July 1776John Jay to Edward Rutledge, 6 July 1776Endorsing Independence and Supporting Washington [Editorial Note]Resolutions of the New York Convention Approving the Declaration of Independence, 9 July 1776John Jay’s Motion for an Instruction to the Delegates, [after 9 July 1776]New York Convention to the President of Congress (John Hancock), 10 July 1776Defending the Hudson [Editorial Note]Minutes of the Secret Committee, 19–20 July 1776Secret Committee to George Washington, 18 [20] July 1776Edward Rutledge to John Jay, 20 July 1776William Duer to John Jay and Robert R. Livingston, 21 July 1776Secret Committee Appointment of Jacobus Van Zandt, Augustine Laurence, and Samuel Tudor, 22 July 1776Minutes of the Secret Committee, 22 July 1776Notes on John Jay’s Mission to Connecticut for the Secret Committee, 22–24 July 1776Gouverneur Morris to John Jay, 3 August 1776Nathaniel Woodhull to the Secret Committee, 3 August 1776Augustus Van Cortlandt to John Jay, 7 August 1776Report to the Secret Committee, 7 August 1776Robert Livingston to John Jay, 12 August 1776Frederick Jay to John Jay, 27 August 1776John Morin Scott to the New York Convention, 6 September 1776Lewis Morris to John Jay, 8 September 1776John Jay to Robert Morris, 15 September 1776Robert Morris to John Jay, 23 September 1776John Jay to Robert Morris, 6 October 1776John Jay to Edward Rutledge, 11 October 1776Frederick Jay to John Jay, 19 October 1776John Jay to the General Court of New Hampshire, 31 October 1776John Jay to Robert Morris, 19 November 1776Edward Rutledge to John Jay, 24 November 1776John Jay to Robert Morris, 2 December 1776Silas Deane to John Jay, 2 December 1776Alexander McDougall to John Jay, 2 December 1776Silas Deane to John Jay, 3 December 1776The Case of Peter Van Schaack [Editorial Note]Minutes of the Committee for Detecting Conspiracies, 21 December 1776An Address of the Convention of the Representatives of the State of New York to Their Constituents [Editorial Note]Draft of an Address of the Convention of the Representatives of the State of New York to Their Constituents, 23 December 1776Final Version of an Address of the Convention of the Representatives of the State of New York to Their Constituents, 23 December 1776The Case of Enoch Crosby, Professedly Cooper’s Spy [Editorial Note]Minutes of the Committee for Detecting Conspiracies, 23 December 1776William Duer to John Jay, 3 January 1777Robert Morris to John Jay, 12 January 1777Charles De Witt to John Jay, 22 January 1777John Jay to Lewis Morris, 3 February 1777Robert Morris to John Jay, 4 February 1777Lewis Morris to John Jay, 15 February 1777The Case of Beverly Robinson [Editorial Note]Minutes of the Committee for Detecting Conspiracies, 22 February 1777Henry Gilbert Livingston to John Jay, 23 February 1777Thomas Johnson to John Jay, 24 February 1777William Livingston to John Jay, 3 March 1777Beverly Robinson to John Jay, 4 March 1777Lewis Morris to John Jay, 8 March 1777Alexander McDougall to John Jay, 9 March 1777Egbert Benson to John Jay, 19 March 1777Religious Toleration and the New York State Constitution [Editorial Note]Debates in the New York Convention on Religious Toleration, 20–26 March 1777John Jay to Susanna Philipse Robinson, 21 March 1777John Jay to William Livingston, 22 March 1777Robert Troup to John Jay, 22 March 1777Robert Troup to John Jay, 29 March 1777Robert Morris to John Jay, 1 April 1777Lewis Morris to John Jay, 14–17 April 1777James Duane to Robert R. Livingston, John Jay, Gouverneur Morris, and Robert Yates, 19 April 1777John Jay and the New York State Constitution of 1777 [Editorial Note]Robert R. Livingston and Gouverneur Morris to John Jay, 26 April 1777John Jay to Robert R. Livingston and Gouverneur Morris, 29 April 1777John Jay to Richard Morris, 10 May 1777The Case of Cadwallader Colden II [Editorial Note]Cadwallader Colden II to John Jay, 12 May 1777Robert Troup to John Jay, 15 May 1777John Jay to Abraham Yates Jr., 16 May 1777William Duer to John Jay, 28 May 1777Cadwallader Colden II: Notes of a Conference with John Jay, 31 May 1777Cadwallader Colden II to John Jay, 31 May 1777American Commissioners (Benjamin Franklin and Silas Deane) to John Jay, 2 June 1777The Election of 1777 [Editorial Note]John Jay, Charles De Witt, Zephaniah Platt, Matthew Cantine, and Christopher Tappen to Egbert Benson, 2 June 1777Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, 2 June 1777Robert Troup to John Jay, 2 June 1777Nicholas Rogers to John Jay, 4 June 1777Philip Schuyler to John Jay, 4 June 1777John Jay to Leonard Gansevoort, 5 June 1777Peter W. Yates to John Jay, 5 June 1777John Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 6 June 1777John Jay to John Ten Broeck, 6 June 1777John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 20 June 1777Francis Lewis to John Jay, 23 June 1777Philip Schuyler to John Jay, 30 June 1777The Problems of the Northern Command [Editorial Note]John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 11 July 1777Richard Morris to John Jay, 12 July 1777Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, 13 July 1777Philip Schuyler to John Jay, 14 July 1777Henry Brockholst Livingston to John Jay, 17 July 1777Frederick Jay to John Jay, 18 July 1777John Jay to Gouverneur Morris, 21 July 1777John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 21 July 1777Council of Safety to the General Committee of Tryon County, 22 July 1777Robert Troup to John Jay, 22 July 1777Philip Schuyler to John Jay, 24 July 1777Arthur St. Clair to John Jay, 25 July 1777John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 26 July 1777Philip Schuyler to John Jay, 27 July 1777Cadwallader Colden II: Notes of a Conference with John Jay, 27 July 1777John Jay to Arthur St. Clair, 28 July 1777Peter Jay to John Jay, 29 July 1777James Duane to John Jay, 3 August 1777Philip Schuyler to John Jay, 4 August 1777Philip Schuyler to John Jay, 17 August 1777John Jay to Robert Morris, 23 August 1777Robert Troup to John Jay, 25 August 1777Robert Troup to John Jay, 29 August 1777Marinus Willett to James Duane and John Jay, 1 September 1777Charge to the Grand Jury of Ulster County, 9 September 1777John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 12 September 1777Robert Troup to John Jay, 14 September 1777Silas Deane to John Jay, 6 October 1777Philip Schuyler to John Jay, 6 November 1777Catharine W. Livingston to John Jay and Sarah Livingston Jay, 21 November 1777James Duane to John Jay, 2 December 1777John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 11 December 1777John Jay to James Duane, 14 December 1777Marinus Willett to John Jay, 17 December 1777James Duane to John Jay, 23 December 1777John Jay to Robert Morris, 26 December 1777John Jay to James De Lancey, 2 January 1778John Jay to Silas Deane and Benjamin Franklin, 5 January 1778James De Lancey to John Jay, 14 January 1778John Jay’s “A Hint to the Legislature of the State of New York” [Editorial Note]A Hint to the Legislature of the State of New York, [15 January–2 April 1778]Gouverneur Morris to John Jay, 1 February 1778Philip Schuyler to John Jay, 1 February 1778John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 6 February 1778John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 12 February 1778John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 26 February 1778John Jay to Gouverneur Morris, 17 March 1778John Jay to Gouverneur Morris, 14 April 1778John Jay to Peter Van Schaack, 18 April 1778Gouverneur Morris to John Jay, 28 April 1778John Jay to Gouverneur Morris, 29 April 1778George Clinton to John Jay, 29 April 1778Gouverneur Morris to John Jay, 29 April 1778Gouverneur Morris to John Jay, 3 May 1778Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court of Judicature [Editorial Note]Report of the Judges of Oyer and Terminer to Governor George Clinton, 19 May 1778John Jay to Gouverneur Morris, 20 May 1778John Jay to Gouverneur Morris, 3 June 1778John Jay to Peter Van Schaack, 26 June 1778Robert Troup to John Jay, 29 June 1778Gouverneur Morris to John Jay, 23 July 1778Gouverneur Morris to John Jay, 16 August 1778Robert Troup to John Jay, 16 August 1778James Duane to John Jay, 22–24 August 1778John Jay to Gouverneur Morris, 29 August 1778John Jay to Gouverneur Morris, 13 September 1778Robert R. Livingston to John Jay, 8 October 1778John Jay to Gouverneur Morris, 21 October 1778John Jay to George Washington, 19 November 1778Robert Troup to John Jay, 23 November 1778 [with draft of Jay to Troup]John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 8 December 1778John Jay’s Presidency of the Continental Congress (10 December 1778–29 September 1779) [Editorial Note]Egbert Benson to John Jay, 23 December 1778Edward Rutledge to John Jay, 25 December 1778Sarah Livingston Jay to John Jay, 28–30 December 1778John Jay to Benjamin Franklin, 3 January 1779John Jay to Lafayette, 3 January 1779Conrad Alexandre Gérard to Congress, 5 January 1779Thomas Paine to Congress, 8 January 1779John Jay to George Clinton, 10 January 1779Conrad Alexandre Gérard to John Jay, 10 January 1779John Jay to Conrad Alexandre Gérard, 13 January 1779John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 13 January 1779Conrad Alexandre Gérard to John Jay, 14 January 1779John Jay to Beaumarchais, 15 January 1779John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 15 January 1779Nathanael Greene to John Jay, 18 January 1779Philip Schuyler to John Jay, 18 January 1779John Jay to William Phillips, 23 January 1779Horatio Gates to John Jay, 29 January 1779Nathanael Greene to John Jay, 1 February 1779Anthony Benezet to John Jay, 2 February 1779George Clinton to John Jay, 2 February 1779New York Delegates to George Clinton, 3 February 1779William Bingham to John Jay, 3 February 1779Robert R. Livingston to John Jay, 3 February 1779Robert Troup to John Jay, 7 February 1779John McKesson to John Jay, 8 February 1779John Jay to Robert Morris, 15 February 1779William Bingham to John Jay, 17 February 1779Sarah Livingston Jay to John Jay, 18 February 1779John Jay to George Clinton, 19 February 1779New York Delegates to Alexander McDougall, 20 February 1779Charles Lee to John Jay, 27 February 1779George Washington to John Jay, 1 March 1779John Jay to George Washington, 2 March 1779John Jay to George Washington, 3 March 1779Robert R. Livingston to John Jay, 4 March 1779John Jay to Anthony Benezet, 5 March 1779Philip Schuyler to John Jay, 5–8 March 1779John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 14 March 1779Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, 14 March 1779Horatio Gates to John Jay, 15 March 1779John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 21 March 1779Alexander McDougall to John Jay, 21 March 1779John Jay to John Dickinson, 22 March 1779John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 28 March 1779George Bascome to John Jay, 5 April 1779John Jay to George Washington, 21 April 1779Robert R. Livingston to John Jay, 21 April 1779John Jay to George Washington, 26 April 1779George Washington to John Jay, 28 April 1779Philip Schuyler to John Jay, 29 April 1779Gustavus Risberg to John Jay, 10 May 1779Circular Letter to the Governors, 22 May 1779John Jay to George Clinton, 22 May 1779Robert Troup to John Jay, 22 May 1779Thomas Pitcairn to John Jay, 27 May 1779Benjamin Franklin to John Jay, 2 June 1779Jeremiah Wadsworth to John Jay, 5 June 1779Lafayette to John Jay, 12–13 June 1779John Morgan to John Jay, 15 June 1779Jonathan Trumbull to John Jay, 22 June 1779Egbert Benson to John Jay, 23 June 1779Nathanael Greene to John Jay, 24 June 1779Egbert Benson to John Jay, 6 July 1779Nathanael Greene, 14 July 1779, enclosing Thomas Chase to Nathanael Greene to John Jay, 1 July 1779Anne Conyngham to John Jay, 17 July 1779John Sullivan to John Jay, 21 July 1779John Jay to George Washington, 27 July 1779Timothy Pickering to John Jay, 4 August 1779John Jay to Jeremiah Wadsworth, 16 August 1779John Jay to George Clinton, 18 August 1779John Jay to George Washington, 25 August 1779John Jay to George Clinton, 27 August 1779John Penn to John Jay, 27 August 1779Alexander Gillon to John Jay, 29 August 1779Egbert Benson to John Jay, 4 September 1779Benjamin Lincoln to John Jay, 5 September 1779Circular Letter from Congress to their Constituents, 13 September 1779John Jay to George Clinton, 16 September 1779John Jay to Frederick Jay, 16 September 1779John Jay to Alexander Hamilton, 18 September 1779Nathanael Greene to John Jay, 19 September 1779John Jay to Edmund Pendleton, 21 September 1779John Jay to George Clinton, 25 September 1779, enclosing Resolutions of the Continental CongressJohn Jay to Benjamin Franklin, 26 September 1779Edmund Pendleton to John Jay, 27 September 1779Commission to the Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain, 29 September 1779John Jay to Robert R. Livingston and Gouverneur Morris, 29 September 1779Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, 29 September 1779John Jay to the President of Congress (Samuel Huntington), 4 October 1779John Jay to George Clinton, 5 October 1779, enclosing Draft Act on Vermont, 24 September–5 October 1779George Clinton to John Jay, 5 October 1779Robert R. Livingston to John Jay, 6 October 1779George Washington to John Jay, 7 October 1779Edmund Pendleton to John Jay, 11 October 1779John Jay to James Duane, 14 October 1779John Jay to George Washington, 14 October 1779Congress Appoints John Jay Minister to Spain [Editorial Note]President of Congress (Samuel Huntington) to John Jay, 16 October 1779John Jay to George Clinton, 25 October 1779John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 25 October 1779Henry Brockholst Livingston to Susannah French Livingston, 25 October 1779John Jay to Seth Harding, 26 November 1779, enclosing Minutes of the Council of Commissioned Officers of the Confederacy, 23 November 1779Sarah Livingston Jay to Susannah French Livingston, 12–26 December 1779Robert R. Livingston to John Jay, 22 December 1779John Jay to the President of Congress (Samuel Huntington), 24 December 1779John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 24 December 1779John Jay to the President of Congress (Samuel Huntington), 25 December 1779John Jay to the President of Congress (Samuel Huntington), 26 December 1779John Jay to Benjamin Franklin, 27 December 1779Seth Harding to John Jay, 27 December 1779John Jay to Seth Harding, 27 December 1779 