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John Jay (1745-1829): chief justice of the United States Supreme Court and governor of New York.

Peter Augustus Jay: B.A., Columbia, 1794; admitted to the bar, 1797, and formed a partnership with Peter Jay Munro; transmitted the document for the Louisiana Purchase from France to U.S.; held many political posts in New York.

John Jay: B.A., Yale, 1898; involved in banking and brokerage firms in New York.

From the guide to the Jay family papers, 1772-1901, 1801-1901, (Manuscripts and Archives)

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