Letter, 1796 January 15.

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Letter, 1796 January 15.

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Letter to a group of gentlemen restating the fact that the funds granted by "the Act respecting infectious Distempers" were insufficient to deal with the large amount of sickness in New York City. He also states that precautions were taken in Albany to prevent its introduction there, and these incurred expenses which were never provided for. He says he encloses two letters from the mayor of Albany, his reply, and accounts mentioned. Written at New York, N.Y.

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American Periodical Series I

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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...