Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1786-1787.

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Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1786-1787.

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Consists of two letters: one dated 7 January 1786, New York, to the Sieur de la Forest, confirming Forest's appointment as Vice-Consul General of the Kingdom of France to the United States; and one letter of 28 August 1787, New York, to George Fox of Philadelphia, secretary of the Society for Political Enquiries. This second letter was franked with Jay's signature in lieu of postage.

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University of Pennsylvania Library

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University of Pennsylvania Library

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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...

La Forest, Antoine-René-Charles-Mathurin, 1756-1846, comte de

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Fox, George, 1759-1828.

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George Fox was a Philadelphia physician and man of affairs. From the description of Letterbook, 1786-1797. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122578931 From the guide to the George Fox letterbook, 1786-1797, 1786-1797, (American Philosophical Society) The sons of Joseph Fox and Elizabeth Mickle, George (1759-1828) and Samuel Mickel Fox I (1763-1808) became intimate friends of Benjamin Franklin's grandson William Temple Frankli...

Society for Political Inquiries

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