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The Selected Papers of , 1760–1779

Volume 1

Table of Contents

The Jay Family Editorial Note

Education Editorial Note

The Laws of King’s College in Force during Dr. Johnson’s Presidency, 29 August 1760

Peter Jay to David Peloquin, 16 May 1762

Samuel Johnson to Peter Jay, 24 September 1762

To John Jay from Peter Jay, early 1763

Entering upon Law Studies Editorial Note

Peter Jay to , 15 February 1763

Changes at King’s College Editorial Note

Statutes of King’s College in the City of , 2 March 1763

Peter Jay to James Jay, 14 April 1763

Peter Jay to David Peloquin, 14 April 1763

David Peloquin to Peter Jay, 26 July-6 August 1763

To John Jay from Peter Jay, 9 August 1763

To John Jay from Peter Jay, 23 August 1763

To John Jay from Samuel Johnson, 27 October 1763

Peter Jay to David Peloquin, 15 November 1763 Law Clerk for Benjamin Kissam Editorial Note

To John Jay from Peter Jay, 16 January 1764

To John Jay from Peter Jay, 28 February 1764

Peter Jay to David Peloquin, 15 May 1764

To John Jay from Peter Jay, 22 May 1764

Account of the King's College Commencement, 28 May 1764

The Jay-Livingston Friendship Editorial Note

From John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 2 April 1765

To John Jay from Peter Jay, 15 April 1765

From John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 1 May 1765

From John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 31 October 1765

From John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 4 March 1766

To John Jay from Benjamin Kissam, 25 April 1766

To John Jay from Benjamin Kissam, 26 April 1766

From John Jay to Benjamin Kissam, 12 August 1766

To John Jay from Benjamin Kissam, 25 August 1766

Account of the King's College Commencement, 28 May 1767

The Debating Society Editorial Note

Rules of the Debating Society, 1768 Notes on Debate: Was Virginius Morally Justified in Putting His Daughter to Death?

[1768]

Legal Practice Editorial Note

License to Practice Law in New York, 26 October 1768

From John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, January 1769

To John Jay from Benjamin Kissam, 6 November 1769

From John Jay to Samuel Kissam, 1 March 1770

The Moot Editorial Note

The Rules and Members of the Moot Club, 23 November 1770

The Vermont Lands Editorial Note

Petition to the Earl of Dunmore, 12 June 1771

John Tabor Kempe Editorial Note

From John Jay to John Tabor Kempe, 27 December 1771

To John Jay from John Tabor Kempe, 27 December 1771

From John Jay to John Tabor Kempe, 2 January 1772

The Social Club Editorial Note

To John Jay from , 1772

To John Jay from Samuel Kissam, 22 July 1772

The Dancing Assembly: An Invitation to a Duel Editorial Note

From John Jay to Robert Randall, 2 February 1773 From John Jay to Robert Randall, 3 February 1773

The New York- Boundary Commission Editorial Note

Certification of Proceedings of the Boundary Commission, 6 February 1773

From John Jay to the Earl of Dartmouth, 25 March 1773

Marriage Editorial Note

Peter Jay to , 31 January 1774

Early Political Activism Editorial Note

New York Committee of Correspondence to the Committee of Correspondence, Boston, 23

May 1774

From John Jay to John Vardill, 23 May 1774

Maria Eliza Philipse to , 1 July 1774

Delegate to the First Editorial Note

From John Jay to , 22 June [20 July] 1774

Role in the First Congress Editorial Note

From John Jay to John Vardill, 24 September 1774

Address to the People of Great Britain Editorial Note

Address to the People of Great Britain, 21 October 1774

New York Delegates to the Dutchess County Freeholders, 7 November 1774

New York Delegates to the Committee of Mechanics of New York, c. 18 November 1774

From John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 1 January 1775 Organizing a Provisional Government Editorial Note

New York Committee of Sixty to the New Haven Committee, 17 April 1775

Letter from Congress to the “Oppressed Inhabitants of Canada” Editorial Note

Letter from Congress to the “Oppressed Inhabitants of Canada,” 29 May 1775

John Jay’s Draft of a Petition to George III () Editorial Note

Draft of a Petition to George III (Olive Branch Petition), 3–19 June 1775

New York to the New York Delegates to the Continental Congress, 29

June 1775

To John Jay from , 30 June 1775

To John Jay from Robert R. Livingston, 17 July 1775

To John Jay from Gouverneur Morris, 28 July 1775

Address to the People of Ireland, 28 July 1775

From John Jay to Gouverneur Morris, August 1775

Operating under the Continental Boycott Editorial Note

New York Provincial Congress to the New York Delegates, 1 September 1775

From John Jay to Stephen Rapalje, 15 September 1775

To John Jay from William Laight, 3 October 1775

From John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 17 October 1775

From John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 26 October 1775

To John Jay from , 30 October 1775 To John Jay from Alexander McDougall, 30 October 1775

To John Jay from Samuel Kissam, 31 October 1775

To John Jay from Alexander McDougall, 15[–16] November 1775

From John Jay to the President of the New York Provincial Congress (Nathaniel Woodhull), 26

November 1775

To John Jay from Alexander McDougall, 26 November 1775

To John Jay from Alexander , 26 November 1775

To John Jay from Robert R. Livingston, 27 November 1775

To John Jay from Alexander McDougall, 29 November 1775

From John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 4 December 1775

To John Jay from Robert R. Livingston, 6 December 1775

Provincial Maneuvers Editorial Note

From John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 8 December 1775

“Between Hawk and Buzzard”: Disclaiming Independence While Edging toward

Continentalism Editorial Note

Proofs That the Colonies Do Not Aim at Independence, after 9 December 1775

From John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 13 December 1775

To John Jay from Alexander McDougall, 14 December 1775

To John Jay from Alexander McDougall, 18[–19] December 1775

From John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 19 December 1775 From John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 22 December 1775

From John Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 23 December 1775

From John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 23 December 1775

To John Jay from Alexander McDougall, 24 December 1775

To John Jay from , 31 December 1775

To John Jay from Alexander Hamilton, January 1776

From John Jay to James Jay, 4 January 1776

From John Jay to , 6 January 1776

To John Jay from Alexander McDougall, 13 February 1776

To John Jay from Robert R. Livingston, 15 February 1776

From John Jay to Edward Nicoll and Alexander McDougall, 17 February 1776

From John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 25 February 1776

From John Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, March 1776

To John Jay from Alexander McDougall, 7 March 1776

From John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 13 March 1776

To John Jay from Frederick Jay, 16 March 1776

To John Jay from Alexander McDougall, 20 March 1776

To John Jay from Alexander McDougall, 20 March 1776

From John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 21 March 1776

From John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 23 March 1776 From John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 27 March 1776

John Jay’s Draft of a Letter from the Continental Congress to , 2 April 1776

To John Jay from , 8 April 1776

From John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 11 April 1776

John Jay’s Draft Resolution in Congress, 15 April–3 May 1776

To John Jay from Alexander McDougall, 16 April 1776

John Alsop, John Jay, George Clinton, and to Walter Livingston, 17 April 1776

From John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 27 April 1776

To John Jay from , [before 27 April 1776]

From John Jay to Marinus Willett, 27 April 1776

From John Jay to the New York Committee of Safety, 27 April 1776

Last Stand against Independence Editorial Note

To John Jay from James Duane, 11 May 1776

To John Jay from James Duane, 16 May 1776

To John Jay from James Duane, 18 May 1776

To John Jay from James Duane, 25 May 1776

From John Jay to James Duane, 29 May 1776

From John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 29 May 1776

To John Jay from Robert R. Livingston, 4 June 1776

To John Jay from Edward Rutledge, 8 June 1776 Rounding Up Subversives, Detecting Conspiracies, and Determining Loyalty Editorial Note

To John Jay from Isaac Ketchum, 8 June 1776

Secret Committee to George Washington, 21 June 1776

Secret Committee to , 22 June 1776

Secret Committee Warrant for the Arrest of John Campbell, 22 June 1776

To John Jay from George Washington, 29 June 1776

To John Jay from Edward Rutledge, 29 June 1776

From John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 1 July 1776

From John Jay to the President of Congress (), 6 July 1776

From John Jay to Edward Rutledge, 6 July 1776

Endorsing Independence and Supporting Washington Editorial Note

Resolutions of the New York Convention Approving the Declaration of Independence, 9 July

1776

John Jay’s Motion for an Instruction to the Delegates, [after 9 July 1776]

New York Convention to the President of Congress (John Hancock), 10 July 1776

Defending the Hudson Editorial Note

Minutes of the Secret Committee, 19–20 July 1776

Secret Committee to George Washington, 18 [20] July 1776

To John Jay from Edward Rutledge, 20 July 1776

William Duer to John Jay and Robert R. Livingston, 21 July 1776 Secret Committee Appointment of Jacobus Van Zandt, Augustine Laurence, and Samuel

Tudor, 22 July 1776

Minutes of the Secret Committee, 22 July 1776

Notes on John Jay’s Mission to for the Secret Committee, 22–24 July 1776

To John Jay from Gouverneur Morris, 3 August 1776

Nathaniel Woodhull to the Secret Committee, 3 August 1776

To John Jay from Augustus Van Cortlandt, 7 August 1776

Report to the Secret Committee, 7 August 1776

To John Jay from Robert Livingston, 12 August 1776

To John Jay from Frederick Jay, 27 August 1776

John Morin Scott to the New York Convention, 6 September 1776

To John Jay from Lewis Morris, 8 September 1776

From John Jay to , 15 September 1776

To John Jay from Robert Morris, 23 September 1776

From John Jay to Robert Morris, 6 October 1776

From John Jay to Edward Rutledge, 11 October 1776

To John Jay from Frederick Jay, 19 October 1776

From John Jay to the General Court of , 31 October 1776

From John Jay to Robert Morris, 19 November 1776

To John Jay from Edward Rutledge, 24 November 1776 From John Jay to Robert Morris, 2 December 1776

To John Jay from , 2 December 1776

To John Jay from Alexander McDougall, 2 December 1776

To John Jay from Silas Deane, 3 December 1776

The Case of Peter Van Schaack Editorial Note

Minutes of the Committee for Detecting Conspiracies, 21 December 1776

An Address of the Convention of the Representatives of the State of New York to Their

Constituents Editorial Note

Draft of an Address of the Convention of the Representatives of the State of New York to Their

Constituents, 23 December 1776

Final Version of an Address of the Convention of the Representatives of the State of New York

to Their Constituents, 23 December 1776

The Case of , Professedly Cooper’s Spy Editorial Note

Minutes of the Committee for Detecting Conspiracies, 23 December 1776

To John Jay from William Duer, 3 January 1777

To John Jay from Robert Morris, 12 January 1777

To John Jay from Charles De Witt, 22 January 1777

From John Jay to Lewis Morris, 3 February 1777

To John Jay from Robert Morris, 4 February 1777

To John Jay from Lewis Morris, 15 February 1777 The Case of Beverly Robinson Editorial Note

Minutes of the Committee for Detecting Conspiracies, 22 February 1777

To John Jay from Henry Gilbert Livingston, 23 February 1777

To John Jay from , 24 February 1777

To John Jay from William Livingston, 3 March 1777

To John Jay from Beverly Robinson, 4 March 1777

To John Jay from Lewis Morris, 8 March 1777

To John Jay from Alexander McDougall, 9 March 1777

To John Jay from Egbert Benson, 19 March 1777

Religious Toleration and the New York State Constitution Editorial Note

Debates in the New York Convention on Religious Toleration, 20–26 March 1777

From John Jay to Susanna Philipse Robinson, 21 March 1777

From John Jay to William Livingston, 22 March 1777

To John Jay from Robert Troup, 22 March 1777

To John Jay from Robert Troup, 29 March 1777

To John Jay from Robert Morris, 1 April 1777

To John Jay from Lewis Morris, 14–17 April 1777

James Duane to Robert R. Livingston, John Jay, Gouverneur Morris, and Robert Yates, 19 April

1777

John Jay and the New York State Constitution of 1777 Editorial Note To John Jay from Robert R. Livingston and Gouverneur Morris, 26 April 1777

From John Jay to Robert R. Livingston and Gouverneur Morris, 29 April 1777

From John Jay to Richard Morris, 10 May 1777

The Case of Cadwallader Colden II Editorial Note

To John Jay from Cadwallader Colden II, 12 May 1777

To John Jay from Robert Troup, 15 May 1777

From John Jay to Abraham Yates Jr., 16 May 1777

To John Jay from William Duer, 28 May 1777

Cadwallader Colden II: Notes of a Conference with John Jay, 31 May 1777

To John Jay from Cadwallader Colden II, 31 May 1777

To John Jay from the American Commissioners ( and Silas Deane), 2 June

1777

The Election of 1777 Editorial Note

John Jay, Charles De Witt, Zephaniah Platt, Matthew Cantine, and Christopher Tappen to

Egbert Benson, 2 June 1777

To John Jay from Alexander Hamilton, 2 June 1777

To John Jay from Robert Troup, 2 June 1777

To John Jay from Nicholas Rogers, 4 June 1777

To John Jay from Philip Schuyler, 4 June 1777

From John Jay to , 5 June 1777 To John Jay from Peter W. Yates, 5 June 1777

From John Jay to Sarah Livingston Jay, 6 June 1777

From John Jay to John Ten Broeck, 6 June 1777

From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 20 June 1777

To John Jay from , 23 June 1777

To John Jay from Philip Schuyler, 30 June 1777

The Problems of the Northern Command Editorial Note

From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 11 July 1777

To John Jay from Richard Morris, 12 July 1777

To John Jay from Alexander Hamilton, 13 July 1777

To John Jay from Philip Schuyler, 14 July 1777

To John Jay from Henry Brockholst Livingston, 17 July 1777

To John Jay from Frederick Jay, 18 July 1777

From John Jay to Gouverneur Morris, 21 July 1777

From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 21 July 1777

Council of Safety to the General Committee of Tryon County, 22 July 1777

To John Jay from Robert Troup, 22 July 1777

To John Jay from Philip Schuyler, 24 July 1777

To John Jay from Arthur St. Clair, 25 July 1777

From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 26 July 1777 To John Jay from Philip Schuyler, 27 July 1777

Cadwallader Colden II: Notes of a Conference with John Jay, 27 July 1777

From John Jay to Arthur St. Clair, 28 July 1777

To John Jay from Peter Jay, 29 July 1777

To John Jay from James Duane, 3 August 1777

To John Jay from Philip Schuyler, 4 August 1777

To John Jay from Philip Schuyler, 17 August 1777

From John Jay to Robert Morris, 23 August 1777

To John Jay from Robert Troup, 25 August 1777

To John Jay from Robert Troup, 29 August 1777

Marinus Willett to James Duane and John Jay, 1 September 1777

Charge to the Grand Jury of Ulster County, 9 September 1777

From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 12 September 1777

To John Jay from Robert Troup, 14 September 1777

To John Jay from Silas Deane, 6 October 1777

To John Jay from Philip Schuyler, 6 November 1777

Catharine W. Livingston to John Jay and Sarah Livingston Jay, 21 November 1777

To John Jay from James Duane, 2 December 1777

From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 11 December 1777

From John Jay to James Duane, 14 December 1777 To John Jay from Marinus Willett, 17 December 1777

To John Jay from James Duane, 23 December 1777

From John Jay to Robert Morris, 26 December 1777

From John Jay to , 2 January 1778

From John Jay to Silas Deane and Benjamin Franklin, 5 January 1778

To John Jay from James De Lancey, 14 January 1778

John Jay’s “A Hint to the Legislature of the State of New York” Editorial Note

A Hint to the Legislature of the State of New York, [15 January–2 April 1778]

To John Jay from Gouverneur Morris, 1 February 1778

To John Jay from Philip Schuyler, 1 February 1778

From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 6 February 1778

From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 12 February 1778

From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 26 February 1778

From John Jay to Gouverneur Morris, 17 March 1778

From John Jay to Gouverneur Morris, 14 April 1778

From John Jay to Peter Van Schaack, 18 April 1778

To John Jay from Gouverneur Morris, 28 April 1778

From John Jay to Gouverneur Morris, 29 April 1778

To John Jay from George Clinton, 29 April 1778

To John Jay from Gouverneur Morris, 29 April 1778 To John Jay from Gouverneur Morris, 3 May 1778

Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court of Judicature Editorial Note

Report of the Judges of Oyer and Terminer to Governor George Clinton, 19 May 1778

From John Jay to Gouverneur Morris, 20 May 1778

From John Jay to Gouverneur Morris, 3 June 1778

From John Jay to Peter Van Schaack, 26 June 1778

To John Jay from Robert Troup, 29 June 1778

To John Jay from Gouverneur Morris, 23 July 1778

To John Jay from Gouverneur Morris, 16 August 1778

To John Jay from Robert Troup, 16 August 1778

To John Jay from James Duane, 22–24 August 1778

From John Jay to Gouverneur Morris, 29 August 1778

From John Jay to Gouverneur Morris, 13 September 1778

To John Jay from Robert R. Livingston, 8 October 1778

From John Jay to Gouverneur Morris, 21 October 1778

From John Jay to George Washington, 19 November 1778

To John Jay from Robert Troup, 23 November 1778 [with draft of Jay to Troup]

From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 8 December 1778

John Jay’s Presidency of the Continental Congress (10 December 1778–29 September 1779)

Editorial Note To John Jay from Egbert Benson, 23 December 1778

To John Jay from Edward Rutledge, 25 December 1778

To John Jay from Sarah Livingston Jay, 28–30 December 1778

From John Jay to Benjamin Franklin, 3 January 1779

From John Jay to Lafayette, 3 January 1779

Conrad Alexandre Gérard to Congress, 5 January 1779

Thomas Paine to Congress, 8 January 1779

From John Jay to George Clinton, 10 January 1779

To John Jay from Conrad Alexandre Gérard, 10 January 1779

From John Jay to Conrad Alexandre Gérard, 13 January 1779

From John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 13 January 1779

To John Jay from Conrad Alexandre Gérard, 14 January 1779

From John Jay to Beaumarchais, 15 January 1779

From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 15 January 1779

To John Jay from , 18 January 1779

To John Jay from Philip Schuyler, 18 January 1779

From John Jay to William Phillips, 23 January 1779

To John Jay from , 29 January 1779

To John Jay from Nathanael Greene, 1 February 1779

To John Jay from Anthony Benezet, 2 February 1779 To John Jay from George Clinton, 2 February 1779

New York Delegates to George Clinton, 3 February 1779

To John Jay from William Bingham, 3 February 1779

To John Jay from Robert R. Livingston, 3 February 1779

To John Jay from Robert Troup, 7 February 1779

To John Jay from John McKesson, 8 February 1779

From John Jay to Robert Morris, 15 February 1779

To John Jay from William Bingham, 17 February 1779

To John Jay from Sarah Livingston Jay, 18 February 1779

From John Jay to George Clinton, 19 February 1779

New York Delegates to Alexander McDougall, 20 February 1779

To John Jay from , 27 February 1779

To John Jay from George Washington, 1 March 1779

From John Jay to George Washington, 2 March 1779

From John Jay to George Washington, 3 March 1779

To John Jay from Robert R. Livingston, 4 March 1779

From John Jay to Anthony Benezet, 5 March 1779

To John Jay from Philip Schuyler, 5–8 March 1779

From John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 14 March 1779

To John Jay from Alexander Hamilton, 14 March 1779 To John Jay from Horatio Gates, 15 March 1779

From John Jay to Philip Schuyler, 21 March 1779

To John Jay from Alexander McDougall, 21 March 1779

From John Jay to , 22 March 1779

From John Jay to Alexander McDougall, 28 March 1779

To John Jay from George Bascome, 5 April 1779

From John Jay to George Washington, 21 April 1779

To John Jay from Robert R. Livingston, 21 April 1779

From John Jay to George Washington, 26 April 1779

To John Jay from George Washington, 28 April 1779

To John Jay from Philip Schuyler, 29 April 1779

To John Jay from Gustavus Risberg, 10 May 1779

Circular Letter to the Governors, 22 May 1779

From John Jay to George Clinton, 22 May 1779

To John Jay from Robert Troup, 22 May 1779

To John Jay from Thomas Pitcairn, 27 May 1779

To John Jay from Benjamin Franklin, 2 June 1779

To John Jay from Jeremiah Wadsworth, 5 June 1779

To John Jay from Lafayette, 12–13 June 1779

To John Jay from John Morgan, 15 June 1779 To John Jay from Jonathan Trumbull, 22 June 1779

To John Jay from Egbert Benson, 23 June 1779

To John Jay from Nathanael Greene, 24 June 1779

To John Jay from Egbert Benson, 6 July 1779

To John Jay from Nathanael Greene, 14 July 1779, enclosing Thomas Chase to Nathanael

Greene, 1 July 1779

To John Jay from Anne Conyngham, 17 July 1779

To John Jay from , 21 July 1779

From John Jay to George Washington, 27 July 1779

To John Jay from , 4 August 1779

From John Jay to Jeremiah Wadsworth, 16 August 1779

From John Jay to George Clinton, 18 August 1779

From John Jay to George Washington, 25 August 1779

From John Jay to George Clinton, 27 August 1779

To John Jay from John Penn, 27 August 1779

To John Jay from Alexander Gillon, 29 August 1779

To John Jay from Egbert Benson, 4 September 1779

To John Jay from , 5 September 1779

Circular Letter from Congress to their Constituents, 13 September 1779

From John Jay to George Clinton, 16 September 1779 From John Jay to Frederick Jay, 16 September 1779

From John Jay to Alexander Hamilton, 18 September 1779

To John Jay from Nathanael Greene, 19 September 1779

From John Jay to Edmund Pendleton, 21 September 1779

From John Jay to George Clinton, 25 September 1779, enclosing Resolutions of the Continental

Congress

From John Jay to Benjamin Franklin, 26 September 1779

To John Jay from Edmund Pendleton, 27 September 1779

Commission to the Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain, 29 September 1779

From John Jay to Robert R. Livingston and Gouverneur Morris, 29 September 1779

To John Jay from Alexander Hamilton, 29 September 1779

From John Jay to the President of Congress (Samuel Huntington), 4 October 1779

From John Jay to George Clinton, 5 October 1779, enclosing Draft Act on Vermont, 24

September–5 October 1779

To John Jay from George Clinton, 5 October 1779

To John Jay from Robert R. Livingston, 6 October 1779

To John Jay from George Washington, 7 October 1779

To John Jay from Edmund Pendleton, 11 October 1779

From John Jay to James Duane, 14 October 1779

From John Jay to George Washington, 14 October 1779 Congress Appoints John Jay Minister to Spain Editorial Note

To John Jay from the President of Congress (Samuel Huntington), 16 October 1779

From John Jay to George Clinton, 25 October 1779

From John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 25 October 1779

Henry Brockholst Livingston to Susannah French Livingston, 25 October 1779

From John Jay to Seth Harding, 26 November 1779, enclosing Minutes of the Council of

Commissioned Officers of the Confederacy, 23 November 1779

Sarah Livingston Jay to Susannah French Livingston, 12–26 December 1779

To John Jay from Robert R. Livingston, 22 December 1779

From John Jay to the President of Congress (Samuel Huntington), 24 December 1779

From John Jay to Robert R. Livingston, 24 December 1779

From John Jay to the President of Congress (Samuel Huntington), 25 December 1779

From John Jay to the President of Congress (Samuel Huntington), 26 December 1779

From John Jay to Benjamin Franklin, 27 December 1779

To John Jay from Seth Harding, 27 December 1779

From John Jay to Seth Harding, 27 December 1779