Papers, 1770-1952.

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Papers, 1770-1952.

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Papers include artwork, accounts, agreements, appraisements of the farm and livestock, contracts, correspondence, deeds, diaries, indentures, inventories and lists, maps of the Jay farm and vicinity, memorabilia, notes, payments and bills, plans of the Jay house, receipts, speeches, and wills. Persons represented include John Jay and his wife Sarah Livingston Jay, William Jay (1789-1858), Peter A. Jay, John Jay II (1817-1894), Col. William Jay II (1841-1915), and Eleanor Jay (Mrs. Arthur) Iselin. The correspondence is largely personal and concerns John Jay's advice to his children, family matters and visits, financial affairs, business, and social life, with several letters concerning abolition and assistance to black people. Other items include two volumes of the Civil War letters of Col. William Jay, 1862-1865; sermons of Peter A. Jay, 1841-1875; family account books, 1830-1895; speeches by William Jay including some on abolition; journal of the Boston Hemp Company, 1831-1843; scrapbook on coaching in Central Park (New York City), ca. 1889; and clippings on the lives and careers of various family members.

ca. 5 cubic ft.

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Jay, John, 1745-1829

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John Jay (December 12, 1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, patriot, diplomat, Founding Father, abolitionist, negotiator, and signatory of the Treaty of Paris of 1783. He served as the second governor of New York and the first chief justice of the United States. He directed U.S. foreign policy for much of the 1780s and was an important leader of the Federalist Party after the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788. Jay was born into a wealthy family of merchants and...

Boston Hemp Company (Boston, Mass.)

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Jay family.

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John Jay (1745-1829) held many national and state offices, served in several diplomatic posts, and was one of the writers of the FEDERALIST PAPERS. He retired to his farm in Westchester in 1801, which remained a family residence until 1953. From the description of Papers, 1770-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155540265 ...

Jay, Peter A. (Peter Augustus), 1877-1933

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Jay, Sarah Van Brugh Livingston.

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Jay, William, 1841-1915.

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Iselin, Eleanor Jay.

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Jay, William, 1789-1858

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Jurist and reformer. From the description of Letters of William Jay, 1854-1855. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423668 Wililam Jay was an American jurist and philanthropist. From the description of ALS, 1829 Apr. 21, Bedford [N.Y.] to Theodore Sedgwick. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 184904505 William Jay, son of John Jay, was a lawyer well known for his abolitionist views. Willard was a member of the Massachus...

Jay, John, 1817-1894

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Grandson of John Jay, active in anti-slavery movement, organizer of Republican Party in New York, U.S. minister to Austria. From the description of Letters to H.H. Boyesen and Rufus W. Griswold, II, 1851-1890. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 64433472 Lawyer, diplomat, and reformer. From the description of Letters of John Jay, 1878-1885. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79423666 American lawyer and diplomat. From the description of...

Iselin, Arthur.

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