Letter from William Jackson to John Jay

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Letter from William Jackson to John Jay

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SNAC Resource ID: 11614212

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...

Jackson, William, 1759-1828

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William Jackson was a military officer in the U.S. Revolutionary War from South Carolina. He was the secretary of the U. S. Constitutional Congress in 1787 and a secretary to George Washington (1789-1791). He was the national secretary for the Society of Cincinnati from 1800-1828. From the description of [Letter, 1788? to] Sir / W. Jackson. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 244252255 William Jackson (1759-1828) was George Washington's aide-de-camp and private secretary, a...