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John Jay at the New York Ratifying Convention [Editorial Note]John Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 21 June 1788Extract from Francis Childs’s Debates, 23 June 1788Extract from John McKesson’s Notes of Debates, 23 June 1788John Jay to George Washington, [post 24 June 1788]Extracts from Francis Childs’s Debates, 25 June 1788Extracts from John McKesson’s Notes of Debates, 25 June 1788John Jay to Henry Remsen Jr., 27 June 1788John Vaughan to John Jay, [before 27 June] 1788John Jay to John Vaughan, 27 June 1788Extracts from John McKesson’s Notes of Debates, 30 June 1788Extract from Francis Childs’s Debates, 1 July 1788Extract from John McKesson’s Notes of Debates, 1 July 1788Extracts from John McKesson’s Notes of Debates, 2 July 1788Extracts from Melancton Smith’s Notes of Debates, 2 July 1788John Jay to John Adams, 4 July 1788John Jay to Francis Corbin, 4 July 1788John Jay to George Washington, 4[–8] July 1788John Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 5 July 1788Extract from Francis Childs’s Debates, 11 July 1788Extracts from John McKesson’s Notes of Debates, [11] July 1788Extract from Melancton Smith’s Notes of Debates, 11 July 1788Extract from Melancton Smith’s Notes of Debates, [between 11 and 15 July 1788]Extract from Melancton Smith’s Notes of Debates, 12 July 1788Extract from Melancton Smith’s Notes of Debates, 14 July 1788Extract from Gilbert Livingston’s Notes of Debates, 15 July 1788Extract from John McKesson’s Notes of Debates, 15 July 1788Extract from Jonathan Elliot’s Debates, 16 July 1788Extracts from Gilbert Livingston’s Notes of Debates, 16 July 1788Extracts from Gilbert Livingston’s Notes of Debates, 17 July 1788John Jay to George Washington, 17 [i.e., 18] July 1788George Washington to John Jay, 18 July 1788Extracts from Gilbert Livingston’s Notes of Debates, 19 July 1788Extract from Melancton Smith’s Notes of Debates, 21 July 1788Extracts from Gilbert Livingston’s Notes of Debates, 22 July 1788John Jay to George Washington, 23 July 1788Extracts from Gilbert Livingston’s Notes of Debates, 24 July 1788Extract from the Journal of the New York Ratifying Convention, 25 July 1788Extracts from Gilbert Livingston’s Notes of Debates, 25 July 1788John Jay’s Draft of the Circular Letter from the Convention of the State of New York to the Governors of the Several States, 26 July 1788Extract from the Journal of the New York Ratifying Convention, 26 July 1788Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 3 August 1788George Washington to John Jay, 3 August 1788Report of the Oversight Committee on the Department of Foreign Affairs, 14 August 1788Minutes of the New-York Manumission Society, 21 August 1788New-York Manumission Society to the Société des Amis des Noirs, [post 28 August 1788]Instituting a New Government [Editorial Note]John Jay to Bourgoing, 29 August 1788John Jay to Lafayette, 1 September 1788Report on the Navigation of the Mississippi River, 2 September 1788Sarah Livingston Jay’s Invitation Lists, 2–12 September 1788John Jay to the President of Congress (Cyrus Griffin), 12 September 1788Report on the Transportation of British Convicts to the United States, 13 September 1788Diego de Gardoqui to John Jay, 19 September 1788John Jay to George Washington, 21 September 1788John Jay to William Carmichael, 23 September 1788Sarah Livingston Jay’s Invitation List, 10 October 1788John Jay to Diego de Gardoqui, 17 October 1788John Jay to Thomas Jefferson, 25 November 1788John Jay to Peter T. Curtenius, 10 December 1788Arthur St. Clair to John Jay, 13[–15] December 1788James Duane to John Jay, 20 December 1788Sarah Livingston Jay’s Invitation List, [n.d., 1788]John Jay to Jeremiah Wadsworth, 13 January 1789Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 14 January 1789John Jay to John Adams, 16 January 1789John Jay to Benjamin Rush, 23 January 1789John Jay to John Adams, 23 January 1789John Jay to Arthur St. Clair, 28 January 1789Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 4 February 1789John Jay to George Washington, 1 March 1789John Jay to C. W. F. Dumas, 9 March 1789Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 12 March 1789John Jay to George Washington, 14 April 1789John Jay to George Washington, 17 April 1789Robert Morris to John Jay, 20 April 1789William Carmichael to John Jay, 6 May 1789George Washington to John Jay, 11 May 1789Edward Rutledge to John Jay, 21 May 1789Minutes of the New-York Manumission Society, 21 May 1789George Washington to John Jay, 8 June 1789John Jay to Thomas Jefferson, 19 June 1789Silas Deane to John Jay, 25 June 1789Gouverneur Morris to John Jay, 1 July 1789John Trumbull to John Jay, 3 July 1789George Washington to John Jay, 14 July 1789John Jay to Charles Pettit, 14 July 1789John Jay to George Washington, 24 July 1789John Jay’s Draft of Washington’s Address to the Senate, 24 July 1789Report to Congress, 25 July 1789John Jay to Diego de Gardoqui, 27 July 1789David Hartley to John Jay, August 1789Phineas Bond to John Jay, 11 August 1789John Jay to Phineas Bond, 26 August 1789Governor of Massachusetts ( John Hancock) to John Jay, 14 September 1789John Jay to William Short, 17 September 1789Theodore Sedgwick to John Jay, 23 September 1789John Jay’s Commission as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 26 September 1789Nathaniel Gorham to John Jay, 29 September 1789John Jay to William Carmichael, 2 October 1789Journal of the Office of Foreign Affairs, 2–19 October 1789George Washington to John Jay, 5 October 1789Benjamin Hawkins to John Jay, 6 October 1789John Jay to George Washington, 6 October 1789John Jay to Diego de Gardoqui, 7 October 1789Benjamin Vaughan to John Jay, 12 October 1789John Jay to George Washington, 13 October 1789Record of John Jay’s Oath as Chief Justice of the United States of America, 19 October 1789Edward Rutledge to John Jay, 31 October 1789Journal of the Office of Foreign Affairs, 1–28 November 1789Fisher Ames to John Jay, 10 November 1789Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 23 November 1789George Washington to John Jay, 30 November 1789John Jay to George Washington, 30 November 1789John Jay to Giuseppe Chiappe, 1 December 1789John Jay to William Cushing, 7 December 1789John Jay to George Washington, 9 December 1789John Jay to Thomas Jefferson, 12 December 1789John Jay to David Hartley, 14 December 1789David Humphreys to John Jay, 7 January 1790William Livingston to John Jay, 18 January 1790John Jay to William Livingston, 25 January 1790The Supreme Court: Procedures and Cases [Editorial Note]Minutes of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1–10 February 1790John Jay to John Dumont, 27 February 1790Journal of the Office of Foreign Affairs, 3–20 March 1790John Jay to George Clinton, 10 March 1790John Jay to James Iredell, 10 March 1790John Jay to Richard Law, 10 March 1790John Hancock to John Jay, 31 March 1790George Washington to the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, 3 April 1790Riding the Circuit [Editorial Note]John Jay’s Charge to the Grand Juries of the Eastern Circuit, 12 April–20 May 1790Circuit Court Diary, 16 April–30 May 1790Henry Hill to John Jay, 24 April 1790Reply of the Grand Jury of the Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts, 4 May 1790John Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 20 May 1790George Washington to John Jay, 13 June 1790John Jay to George Washington, 13 June 1790Edward Rutledge to John Jay, 20 June 1790Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, 9 July 1790Minutes of the Supreme Court, 2–3 August 1790John Blair to John Jay, 5 August 1790The Sinking Fund [Editorial Note]Minutes of a Meeting of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, [26 August] 1790Minutes of a Meeting of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, 27 August 1790George Washington to John Jay and the Heads of Departments, 27 August 1790John Jay to George Washington, 28 August 1790John Jay to William Cushing, 13 September 1790Justices of the Supreme Court to George Washington, [13 September] 1790Circuit Court Diary, 28 September–15 December 1790Joseph Willard to John Jay, 3 November 1790John Jay to George Washington, 13 November 1790Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, 13 November 1790Sarah Livingston Jay to John Jay, 14 November 1790George Washington to John Jay, 19 November 1790John Jay to Alexander Hamilton, 28 November 1790Sarah Livingston Jay to John Jay, [28 November] 1790John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 4 December 1790John Jay to George Washington, 12 December 1790John Adams to John Jay, 20 December 1790Report of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund, 21 December 1790John Jay to Alexander Hamilton, 22 December 1790George Washington to John Jay, 26 December 1790John Jay to Catharine Livingston Ridley, 1 February 1791Minutes of the Supreme Court, 7–8 February 1791James Iredell to John Jay and the Associate Justices, 11 February 1791John Jay to James Iredell, 12 February 1791John Shields to John Jay, 24 February 1791John Jay to George Washington, 13 March 1791Sarah Livingston Jay to Maria Jay, 23 April 1791John Jay to Peter Jay Munro, 20 June 1791Circuit Court Diary, 21 June–9 July 1791Circuit Court Diary, 27 July–7 August 1791Minutes of the Supreme Court, 1–3 August 1791John Jay to Richard Varick, 2 September 1791James Creighton to John Jay, 2 September 1791Peter Van Schaack to John Jay, 20 September 1791John Jay to George Washington, 23 September 1791John Jay to George Washington, 3 October 1791Circuit Court Diary, 11 October–16 December 1791John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 29 October 1791John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 12 November 1791Tench Coxe to John Jay, 16 November 1791Peter Augustus Jay to John Jay, 23 November 1791John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 29 November 1791John Adams to John Jay, 4 January 1792John Jay to Tench Coxe, 6 January 1792John Jay to John Adams, 10 January 1792John Jay to George Washington, 27 January 1792The Disputed Election of 1792 [Editorial Note]John C. Dongan to John Jay, 27 February 1792John Jay to John C. Dongan, 27 February 1792John Jay to the Corporation of the City of New York, 29 February 1792John Jay to James Iredell, 3 March 1792George Washington to John Jay, 6 March 1792John Jay to Thomas Johnson, 12 March 1792John Jay to William Cushing, 19 March 1792, enclosing a copy of John Jay to James Iredell, 19 March 1792John Adams to John Jay, 21 March 1792Edmund Randolph to John Jay, 21 March 1792John Jay to Alexander Hamilton, 23 March 1792Edmund Randolph, 29 March 1792, enclosing Act of the Board of Trustees of the Sinking Fund to John Jay, [26 March] 1792John Jay to Edmund Randolph, 31 March 1792, enclosing Report to the Board of Trustees of the Sinking Fund, 31 March 1792John Jay to Egbert Benson, 31 March 1792“Aristides” to John Jay, 4 April 1792John Jay to the Public, 4 April 1792Minutes of the Circuit Court for the District of New York, 5 April 1792John Jay to William Miller, 5 April 1792Joshua Purdy, Ezekiel Halstead, and Daniel Horton to the Public, 5 April 1792Circuit Court Diary, 15 April–1 June 1792Peter Jay Munro to John Jay, 29 April 1792John Jay to Robert Troup, 2 May 1792Robert Troup to John Jay, 2 May 1792Minutes of the Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut, 3 May 1792Robert Troup to John Jay, 6 May 1792John Jay to Peter Augustus Jay, 9–11 May 1792Sarah Livingston Jay to John Jay, 17 May 1792Robert Troup to John Jay, 20 May 1792Sarah Livingston Jay to John Jay, 23 May 1792John Jay to Robert Troup, 25 May 1792Robert Troup to John Jay, 27 May 1792Sarah Livingston Jay to John Jay, 2 June 1792Robert Troup to John Jay, 3 June 1792Sarah Livingston Jay to John Jay, 4 June 1792Robert Troup to John Jay, 10 June 1792Sarah Livingston Jay to John Jay, 10[–12] June 1792Robert Troup to John Jay, 13 June 1792Matthew Robinson to John Jay, 17 June 1792John Jay’s Charge to the Grand Jury, Circuit Court for the District of Vermont, [25] June 1792Philip Schuyler to John Jay, 29 June 1792Address of the Lansingburgh Committee and John Jay’s reply, 30 June 1792John Jay to Abraham Yates, [1 July 1792]Committee of the Citizens of Albany to John Jay, [2 July 1792]New York City Committee to John Jay, 13 July 1792John Jay to the New York City Committee, [13 July 1792]Circuit Court Diary, [2–4 August 1792]Minutes of the Supreme Court, [6–11 August 1792]The Justices of the Supreme Court to George Washington, 9 August 1792, enclosing The Justices of the Supreme Court to Congress, [9 August 1792]John Jay’s Moderate Response to the Whiskey Rebellion [Editorial Note]Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, 3 September 1792John Jay to Alexander Hamilton, 8 September 1792John Jay to Alexander Hamilton, 28 September 1792William Cushing to John Jay, 23 October 1792Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, 18 December 1792Francis Dana to John Jay, 19 December 1792John Jay to Alexander Hamilton, 29 December 1792John Jay to William Cushing, 9 January 1793John Jay to William Cushing, 27 January 1793Minutes of the Supreme Court, [4–20 February 1793]John Jay to Francis Dana, 16 February 1793John Jay’s Opinion, Chisolm v. Georgia, [18 February 1793]Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, 9 April 1793 (first letter)Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, 9 April 1793 (second letter)John Jay and the Issue of Neutrality [Editorial Note]John Jay to Alexander Hamilton, 11 April 1793, enclosing John Jay’s Draft of a Proclamation by George WashingtonJohn Jay’s Draft Charge to the Grand Jury, Circuit Court for the District of Virginia, [16 April–22 May 1793]George Washington to John Jay, 12 May 1793John Jay to George Washington, 12 May 1793John Jay’s Charge to the Grand Jury, the Circuit Court for the District of Virginia, 22 May 1793George Mason Jr. to John Jay, 25 May 1793John Jay’s Opinion, the Circuit Court for the District of Virginia: Ware v. Hylton (formerly Jones v. Walker), [7 June 1793]John Jay to Alexander Hamilton, 24 June 1793Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 12 July 1793Thomas Jefferson to the Justices of the Supreme Court, 18 July 1793Questions Proposed to be Submitted to the Justices of the Supreme Court, [18 July 1793]John Jay’s Draft of the Justices of the Supreme Court to Thomas Jefferson, 20 July 1793John Jay’s Draft of the Justices of the Supreme Court to George Washington, 20 July 1793Minutes of the Supreme Court, [5–6 August 1793]John Jay to William Cushing, 6 August 1793Justices of the Supreme Court to George Washington, 8 August 1793John Jay and the Genet Affair [Editorial Note]“A Mechanic,” [10 August 1793]John Jay and Rufus King to Messrs. Printers, [12 August 1793]“An Anti-Gallican Federalist” to John Jay and Rufus King, [17 August 1793]“One of the People” to John Jay and Rufus King, [21 August 1793]John Jay and Rufus King to Alexander Hamilton and Henry Knox, 26 November 1793John Jay and Rufus King “To the Public,” 26 November 1793John Jay to Alexander Hamilton, 26 November 1793Alexander Hamilton and Henry Knox to John Jay, 29 November 1793Rufus King to John Jay, 9 December 1793John Jay to Rufus King, 12 December 1793Rufus King to John Jay, 15[–16] December 1793John Jay to Rufus King, 19 December 1793John Jay to Rufus King, 22 December 1793John Jay to Ferdinand Grand, 31 December 1793Rufus King to John Jay, 5 January 1794James Iredell to John Jay, 21 January 1794John Drayton to John Jay, 29 January 1794Minutes of the Supreme Court, [3–18 February 1794]John Jay’s Charge to the Petit Jury for Georgia v. Brailsford, [7 February 1794]Justices of the Supreme Court to Congress, [c. 18 February 1794]John Jay’s Draft Opinion in Glass v. Sloop Betsey, [c. 18 February 1794]John Jay to Rufus King, 25 February 1794John Jay to John Drayton, 1 March 1794John Jay to George Washington, 1 March 1794Rufus King to John Jay, 2 March 1794John Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 9 April 1794John Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 15 April 1794George Washington to John Jay, 15 April 1794John Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 16 April 1794Sarah Livingston Jay to John Jay, [18 April 1794]The Jay Treaty: Appointment and Instructions [Editorial Note]Appointment of John Jay as Envoy Extraordinary, [19 April 1794]John Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 19 April 1794Edmund Randolph to John Jay, 19 April 1794John Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 20 April 1794John Trumbull to John Jay, 21 April 1794Sarah Livingston Jay to John Jay, 22 April 1794Peter Jay Munro to John Jay, 22 April 1794John Jay to George Washington, 30 April 1794Rufus King to John Jay, 2 May 1794John Jay to Rufus King, 3 May 1794John Jay to George Washington, [4 May 1794]Alexander Hamilton to John Jay, 6 May 1794Edmund Randolph to John Jay, 6 May 1794Robert R. Livingston to John Jay, [11 May 1794]John Jay to Robert L. Livingston, [11 May 1794] 