Diary and Autobiography of John Adams | Volume 2, 1771–1781 | Documents | [1777] | [November 1777]
John Jay to William Livingston, 30 December 1784[–2 January 1785]John Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 2 January 1785John Jay to Lafayette, 19 January 1785John Jay to Matthew Ridley, 19 January 1785John Jay to Dorcas Montgomery, 20 January 1785A Man of Property [Editorial Note]Philip Schuyler to John Jay, 22 January 1785Secretary for Foreign Affairs [Editorial Note]John Jay to the President of Congress (Richard Henry Lee), 23 January 1785François de Barbé-Marbois to John Jay, 27 January 1785Circular to the States, 29 January 1785John Jay to the President of Congress (Richard Henry Lee), 31 January 1785John Jay, Anti-Slavery, and the New-York Manumission Society [Editorial Note]Minutes of the New-York Manumission Society, 4 February 1785Anglo-American Relations [Editorial Note]Draft of Instructions to the American Minister in London, [5 February 1785]The Longchamps Affair [Editorial Note]François de Barbé-Marbois to John Jay, 10 February 1785Minutes of the New-York Manumission Society, 10 February 1785Oliver Pollock to John Jay, 10 February 1785William Bingham to John Jay, 12 February 1785Report on Negotiations with Spain, 15 February 1785Report on the Longchamps Affair, 16 February 1785Philip Schuyler to John Jay, 21 February 1785Report on Richard Soderstrom, 2 March 1785John Adams to John Jay, 9 March 1785John Jay to the American Commissioners in Europe, 11 March 1785John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 17 March 1785Lafayette to John Jay, 19 March 1785John Jay to William Livingston, 21 March 1785John Jay to Benjamin Rush, 24 March 1785Report on a Letter of John Adams, 1 April 1785Report on the Eastern Boundary of the United States, 21 April 1785John Jay to Peter Jay Munro, 24 April 1785Matthew Ridley to John Jay, 2 May 1785John Adams to John Jay, 8 May 1785John Jay to John Lowell, 10 May 1785Lafayette to John Jay, 11 May 1785Minutes of the New-York Manumission Society, 12 May 1785Report on a Draft of a Treaty of Amity and Commerce, 17 May 1785Philip Schuyler to John Jay, 17 May 1785Robert Morris to John Jay, 19 May 1785Americans Engage in the China Trade [Editorial Note]Samuel Shaw to John Jay, 19 May 1785Philip Schuyler to John Jay, 30 May 1785John Jay to William Bingham, 31 May 1785Oliver Pollock, 3 June 1785 to John Jay, enclosing State of the Military and Naval Forces of CubaJohn Adams to John Jay, 26 June 1785The Franco-American Consular Convention [Editorial Note]Report on the Consular Convention with France, 4 July 1785Richard Price to John Jay, 9 July 1785John Jay to Lafayette, 15 July 1785John Adams to John Jay, 19 July 1785Interfering Claims to the Mississippi River [Editorial Note]Resolution of Congress regarding John Jay’s Appointment to Negotiate with Diego de Gardoqui, [20 July 1785]John Jay to the President of Congress (Richard Henry Lee), 2 August 1785John Jay to John Adams, 3 August 1785John Paul Jones to John Jay, 6 August 1785John Adams to John Jay, 10 August 1785John Jay to Adrienne Noailles de Lafayette, 13 August 1785John Jay to the President of Congress (Richard Henry Lee), 15 August 1785Report on a Letter from the Governor of Massachusetts, 16 August 1785Thomas Jefferson (private) to John Jay, 23 August 1785John Jay to Richard Price, 24 August 1785Congressional Resolution Changing John Jay’s Instructions for Negotiating a Treaty with Spain, 25 August [1785]The Bankruptcy of de la Lande & Fynje [Editorial Note]William Bingham to John Jay, 29 August 1785John Jay to François de Barbé-Marbois, 2 September 1785John Jay to the President of Congress (Richard Henry Lee), 2 September 1785John Jay to the President of Congress (Richard Henry Lee), 3 September 1785Lansdowne to John Jay, 4 September 1785John Jay to François de Barbé-Marbois, 5 September 1785John Jay to John Adams, 6 September 1785John Jay to Vergennes, 6 September 1785Secretary of Congress (Charles Thomson) to John Jay, 8 September 1785Baron de Beelen-Bertholff to John Jay, [before 14 September 1785]Report on the Treatment of American Citizens at Havana, 15 September 1785William Temple Franklin to John Jay, 15 September 1785Philip Schuyler to John Jay, 18 September 1785John Jay to Floridablanca, 21 September 1785Benjamin Franklin to John Jay and Sarah Livingston Jay, 21 September 1785Report on the Eastern Boundary of the United States, 22 September 1785John Jay to Richard Price, 27 September 1785Richard Soderstrom to John Jay, 27 September 1785George Washington to John Jay, 27 September 1785John Jay to James Duane, 30 September 1785Alexander Fowler to John Jay, 1 October 1785John Jay to Diego de Gardoqui, 4 October 1785Report on Complaints from French Merchants, 7 October 1785John Jay to James Duane, [11 October 1785]New York and Massachusetts Agents to the Judges, 12 October 1785John Jay to John Adams, 14 October 1785The Barbary States: A Problem with No Ready Solution [Editorial Note]Report on the Algerine Declaration of War, 20 October 1785Benjamin Franklin to John Jay, 26 October 1785Report on Consular Salaries and Fees, 31 October 1785John Jay and the Founding of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America [Editorial Note]John Jay to John Adams, 1 November 1785 (first letter)John Jay to John Adams, 1 November 1785 (second letter)Report on an Equestrian Statue, 2 November 1785Portuguese-American Diplomacy [Editorial Note]John Adams to John Jay, 5 November 1785John Adams to John Jay, 11 November 1785John Jay to the Secretary of Congress (Charles Thomson), 18 November 1785John Jay and Dutch Affairs [Editorial Note]Report on the Capture of the Sloop Chester, 24 November 1785Lewis Littlepage Redivivus [Editorial Note]Lewis Littlepage to John Jay, 25 November 1785Richard Price to John Jay, 25 November 1785Consuls de Gratia: The Role of British Consuls [Editorial Note]Report on the Reception of Sir John Temple as British Consul General, 28 November 1785John Jay to Ferdinand Grand, December 1785John Adams to John Jay, December 1785Report on a Letter from Lewis Littlepage, 2 December 1785John Adams to John Jay, 6 December 1785John Jay to Thomas Jefferson, 9 December 1785William Carmichael to John Jay, 9[–26] December 1785John Adams to John Jay, 15 December 1785Report on a Letter from the British Consul General, 31 December 1785Report on a Letter from the Governor of Massachusetts, 3 January 1786Otto to Vergennes, 10 January 1786John Jay to Thomas Jefferson, 19 January 1786Deposition against Henry Brockholst Livingston, [25 January 1786]Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 25 January 1786John Jay to Samuel Shaw, 30 January 1786Samuel Shaw to John Jay, 30 January 1786Report on Letters from John Adams, 31 January 1786John Jay to John Adams, 2 February 1786Diego de Gardoqui’s Notes on a Conference with John Jay, [4 February 1786]New-York Manumission Society: Draft Petition to the New York State Legislature, [after 8 February 1786]John Jay to the Commissioners of the Treasury, 9 February 1786Lafayette to John Jay, 11 February 1786John Adams to John Jay, 14 February 1786Ebenezer Hazard to John Jay, 16 February 1786Peter Van Schaack to John Jay, 21 February 1786John Adams to John Jay, 22 February 1786Richard Lushington to John Jay, 22 February 1786Report on Navigation of the Mississippi River, 25 February 1786, enclosing John Jay to Alexander Fowler, 13 February 1786John Adams to John Jay, 26 February 1786John Jay to Diego de Gardoqui, 1 March 1786John Jay to Charles Thomson, 3 March 1786Report on Memorials Presented by John Temple, 8 March 1786Supporting a Strengthened Constitutional Structure [Editorial Note]John Jay to Jacob Read, 16 March 1786John Jay to George Washington, 16 March 1786Report of Instructions to the Ministers to France and Spain, 22 March 1786John Adams and Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 28 March 1786Report on the Proposed Postal Convention, 29 March 1786Report on a Demand for Evacuation of the Frontier Posts, 30 March 1786John Jay to John Temple, 7 April 1786John Jay to Lansdowne, 16 April 1786John Jay to Lansdowne, 20 April 1786John Jay to John Adams, 4 May 1786 (first letter)John Jay to John Adams, 4 May 1786 (second letter)John Jay to John Adams, 4 May 1786 (third letter)Report on John Adams’s Letter on Commerce, 8 May 1786Report on Relations with Great Britain, 8 May 1786John Adams to John Jay, 16 May 1786George Washington to John Jay, 18 May 1786Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 23 May 1786John Adams to John Jay, 25 May 1786Diego de Gardoqui to John Jay, 25 May 1786Report on the Barbary States, 29 May 1786John Jay to the President of Congress ( John Hancock), 29 May 1786Jacob Read to John Jay, 12 June 1786John Jay to Lafayette, 16 June 1786Samuel Provoost to John Jay, [17 June 1786]Protestant Episcopal Church Convention Proceedings, 25 June 1786Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church to the Church of England Archbishops and Bishops, 26 June 1786John Jay to George Washington, 27 June 1786David Griffith to John Jay, 27 June 1786John Jay to the President of Congress (Nathaniel Gorham), 3 July 1786John Jay to the Secretary of Congress (Charles Thomson), 3 July 1786John Jay to John Temple, 5 July 1786John Jay to Thomas Jefferson, 14 July 1786Governor of New York (George Clinton) to John Jay, 20 July 1786Thomas Barclay to John Jay, 30 July 1786Negotiations with Gardoqui Reach an Impasse [Editorial Note]Report on Negotiations with Gardoqui, 3 August 1786Report on a Letter from John O’Donnell, 5 August 1786Report on a Letter from the President of New Hampshire ( John Sullivan), 5 August 1786John Jay to the President of Congress (Nathaniel Gorham), 10 August 1786George Washington to John Jay, 15 August 1786Frederick Jay to John Jay, [17 August 1786]Report on Spanish Territorial Claims and on French Sentiments Regarding American Navigation of the Mississippi River, 17 August 1786Report on the Consular Convention with France, 18 August 1786John Jay to Frederick Jay, [18 August 1786]John Jay to Thomas Jefferson, 18 August 1786John Jay to the President of Congress (Nathaniel Gorham), 22 August 1786Report on a Note from Pieter J. van Berckel, 23 August 1786 Circular to the Governors, 28 August 1786Report on a Letter from the Commissioners of the Treasury, 6 September 1786John Jay to the Governor of Massachusetts ( James Bowdoin), 22 September 1786Matthew Ridley to John Jay, 22 September 1786Henry Knox to John Jay, 3 October 1786John Jay to Diego de Gardoqui, 6 October 1786John Jay to Yranda, 12 October 1786Extracts from John Jay’s Report on Violations of the Treaty of Peace, 13 October 1786Resolution Authorizing Inspection of Letters in the Post Office, 23 October 1786Lafayette to John Jay, 28 October 1786John Jay to John Adams, 1 November 1786Edward Rutledge to John Jay, 12 November 1786John Jay to Jacob Read, 12 December 1786John Jay to Edward Rutledge, 12 December 1786John Jay to Thomas Jefferson, 14 December 1786John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 18 December 1786Robert R. Livingston to John Jay, 27 December 1786Samuel Shaw to John Jay, 31 December 1786Sarah Livingston Jay’s Invitation Lists, [nd–31 December 1786]John Jay to William Carmichael, 4 January 1787John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 4 January 1787Sarah Livingston Jay’s Invitation Lists, [5–28 January 1787]John Jay and the Constitutional Convention of 1787 [Editorial Note]John Jay to George Washington, 7 January 1787Lafayette to John Jay, 7 February 1787John Jay to Thomas Jefferson, 9 February 1787John Jay to Edward Newenham, 9 February 1787John Jay to Lafayette, 16 February 1787John Jay to John Adams, 21 February 1787Sarah Livingston Jay’s Invitation Lists, [22–23 February 1787]John Jay to Peter W. Yates, 1 March 1787Sarah Livingston Jay’s Invitation List, [5 March 1787]George Washington to John Jay, 10 March 1787Report on the Petition of Richard Lawrence, 14 March 1787Edward Rutledge to John Jay, 27 March 1787Report on the Status of Phineas Bond, 28 March 1787Report of a Draft Letter to the States, 6 April 1787Minutes of the New-York Manumission Society, [10 April 1787]Report on the State of Negotiations with Gardoqui, 11 April 1787Report on George Rogers Clark’s Seizure of Spanish Property, 12 April 1787Report on Moving Negotiations with Spain to Madrid, 20 April 1787Report on Anglo-American Relations, 23 April 1787John Jay to Thomas Jefferson, 24 April 1787Lafayette to John Jay, 1 May 1787John Adams to John Jay, 8 May 1787John Jay to the President of Congress (Arthur St. Clair), 9 May 1787Report on Thomas Jefferson’s Letter on the Consular Convention, 10 May 1787Lafayette to John Jay, 30 May 1787John Jay to John Adams, 4 July 1787John Jay to William Short, 5 July 1787Sarah Livingston Jay’s Invitation Lists, [5–15 July 1787]John Jay to William Livingston, 12 July 1787William Bingham to John Jay, 19 July 1787John Jay to William Stephens Smith, 20 July 1787John Jay to Taher Ben Abdelhack Fennish, 24 July 1787John Jay to John Adams, 25 July 1787John Jay to George Washington, 25 July 1787Report on Anglo-American Relations, 26 July 1787Circular to the States, 27 July 1787Report Opposing Formation of a Confederacy against Algiers, Tripoli, and Tunis, 2 August 1787Sarah Livingston Jay’s Invitation List, [2 August 1787]John Jay to George Mason Jr., 9 August 1787George Fox to John Jay, 13 August 1787John Jay to John Temple, 15 August 1787Minutes of the New-York Manumission Society, 16 August 1787Minutes of the New-York Manumission Society, 17 August 1787John Jay to John Marsden Pintard, 18 August 1787John Jay to William Livingston, [27 August 1787]John Jay to William Livingston, 6 September 1787John Jay to Mathew Carey, 8 September 1787John Jay to Thomas Jefferson, 8 September 1787Sarah Livingston Jay’s Invitation Lists, [10–26 September 1787]William Livingston to John Jay, 11 September 1787John Adams to John Jay, 22 September 1787John Adams (private) to John Jay, 22 September 1787Report Regarding the Exemption of Consuls from Import Duties, 25 September 1787John Jay to John Temple, 2 October 1787Joel Bordwell to John Jay, 2 October 1787John Jay to John Adams, 3 October 1787Report on John Sullivan and Spanish-American Relations, 4 October 1787Sarah Livingston Jay’s Invitation Lists, [6–22 October 1787]Thomas Jefferson, 8 October 1787 (first letter) to John Jay,Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 8 October 1787 (second letter)John Jay to Joel Bordwell, 9 October 1787John Adams to John Jay, 9 October 1787Report on Thomas Barclay’s Arrest, 12 October 1787Lafayette to John Jay, 15 October 1787Lafayette to John Jay, 15 October [1787] (private)John Jay to John Adams, 16 October 1787C. W. F. Dumas to John Jay, 26 October 1787The Federalist Editorial NoteThe Federalist 2, Independent Journal (New York), 31 October 1787Draft of The Federalist 3, [before 3 November 1787]The Federalist 3, New York Independent Journal, 3 November 1787Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 3 November 1787Thomas Jefferson (private) to John Jay, 3 November 1787Draft of The Federalist 4, [before 7 November 1787]The Federalist 4, Independent Journal (New York), 7 November 1787Draft of The Federalist 5, [before 10 November 1787]The Federalist 5, Independent Journal (New York), 10 November 1787John Adams to John Jay, 30 November 1787John Jay to John Vaughan, 1 December 1787Governor of Virginia (Edmund Randolph) to John Jay, 5 December 1787Matthew Ridley to John Jay, 6 December 1787John Adams to John Jay, 16 December 1787John Jay to the Governor of Virginia (Edmund Randolph), 17 December 1787Pieter J. van Berckel to John Jay, 18 December 1787Samuel Shaw to John Jay, 21 December 1787Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 31 December 1787John Jay to Matthew Ridley, 4 January 1788Sarah Livingston Jay’s Invitation Lists, 7–21 January 1788George Washington to John Jay, 20 January 1788Minutes of the New-York Manumission Society, [26 January 1788]William Bingham to John Jay, 29 January 1788John Jay and Henry Knox to the Board of Treasury, 1 February 1788John Jay to George Washington, 3 February 1788Diego de Gardoqui to John Jay, 8 February 1788Sarah Livingston Jay’s Invitation Lists, [12–15 February 1788]John Adams to John Jay, 14 February 1788Report on a Proposed Response to Moustier’s Speech at His Reception by Congress, 21 February 1788George Washington to John Jay, 3 March 1788Sarah Livingston Jay’s Invitation Lists, [4–27 March 1788]Draft of The Federalist 64 [I], [before 5 March 1788]Draft of The Federalist 64 [II] [before 5 March 1788]The Federalist 64, Independent Journal (New York), 5 March 1788Report on Relations with Portugal, 12 March 1788Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 16 March 1788Report on the Arrest of the Dutch Minister’s Servant, 24 March 1788John Jay to George Washington, 24 March 1788John Adams to John Jay, 26 March 1788John Jay to Benjamin Franklin, 28 March 1788Sarah Livingston Jay’s Invitation Lists, [8–17 April 1788]John Jay’s An Address to the People of the State of New-York on the Subject of the Constitution Editorial NoteAn Address to the People of the State of New-York on the Subject of the Constitution, Agreed Upon at Philadelphia, the 17th of September, 1787, [c. 12 April 1788]George Washington to John Jay, 15 April 1788Sarah Livingston Jay to Susannah French Livingston, [17 April 1788]John Jay to George Washington, 20 April 1788John Jay to Thomas Jefferson, 24 April 1788John Jay to the Independent Electors of the City of New-York, [28 April 1788]William Carmichael to John Jay, 29 April 1788Étienne Clavière for the Société des Amis des Noirs to the New-York Manumission Society, 29 April 1788Granville Sharp to the President, Vice President, and Treasurer of the New-York Manumission Society, 1 May 1788Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 4 May 1788George Washington to John Jay, 15 May 1788Sarah Livingston Jay’s Invitation Lists, [20–23 May 1788]John Jay to George Washington, 29 May 1788Lafayette to John Jay, 30 May 1788Matthew Ridley to John Jay, 3 June 1788Sarah Livingston Jay’s Invitation List, 3 June 1788John Jay to the President of Congress (Cyrus Griffin), 4 June 1788George Washington to John Jay, 8 June 1788Sarah Livingston Jay to John Jay, 19 June 1788Edward Rutledge to John Jay, 20 June 1788 