Letter from John Jay to John Marsden Pintard, Commercial Agent of the Congress at Madeira

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Letter from John Jay to John Marsden Pintard, Commercial Agent of the Congress at Madeira

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National Archives at College Park

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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...

Pintard, John Marsden, -1811

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Relative of Lewis Pintard (1732-1797), a New York merchant who became the chief U.S. importer of Madeira wine after the Revolution. From the description of LS and invoice : Madeira, to Bartholomew Dandridge, Philadelphia, 1796 Feb. 27. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122541862 John M. Pintard was a cotton planter of Laurel Hill Plantation on Thompson's Creek, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Pintard apparently owned a store and rented at least part of ...