Letter to the Governor of New York, John Jay [manuscript] 1797 March 17.

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Letter to the Governor of New York, John Jay [manuscript] 1797 March 17.

Linn expresses doubts that he can accept a military commission in the near future.

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University of Virginia. 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...

Linn, John Blair, 1777-1804

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American clergyman and poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Philadelphia, 1801 Feb. 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270591150 ...