Papers, 1787-1812.

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Papers, 1787-1812.

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Miscellaneous papers, 1787-1812, of American statesman and New York governor John Jay. includes contracts, receipts, and architectural drawings for construction work performed on the Jay family estate in Bedford, Westchester County, New York, as well as a three page manuscript concerning the history of Bedford prepared by Jay as an entry for a New York State gazetteer. Receipts record payment for labor and materials for the construction of windows, doors, a piazza, kitchen, etc., at the Bedford family estate, known today as the John Jay Homestead State Historic Site. Sketches include a basic floorplan for the house at Bedford and a gate to be commissioned for construction. Also included is a holograph manuscript draft of Federalist #64, ca. 1788.

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Churchill County Museum

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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...

Jay, John

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