John Jay papers, 1668- 1862

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Series I: Cataloged Correspondence



Box 1 A



Box 2 Ba - Banyer, M., 1792 - 1815]



Box 3 Banyer, M., [1816 - 1851 & n.d.]



Box 4 Bar - Bl


Box 4 Folder 26a Bayard, Stephen to Joshua Hathaway re. various deeds, 10 October 1813



Box 5 Bo - Ca



Box 6 Ce - Cla



Box 7 Cli - Cu



Box 8 D



Box 9 E - F



Box 10 G - Ham



Box 11 Han - Jar



Box 12 Jay, A.



Box 13 Jay, E. - Jay, John, [n.d. & 1765 - 1777]



Box 14 Jay, John, [1778 - July 1780]



Box 15 Jay, John, [Aug. 1780 - Aug. 1781]



Box 16 Jay, John, [Sept. 1781 - 1782]



Box 17 Jay, John, [1783 - April 1784]



Box 18 Jay, John, [May 1784 - Sept. 1785]



Box 19 Jay, John, [Oct. 1785 - 1786]



Box 20 Jay, John, [1787 - 1788]



Box 21 Jay, John, [1789 - July 1794]



Box 22 Jay, John, [Aug. 1794 - March 1795]



Box 23 Jay, John, [April 1795 - 1798]



Box 24 Jay, John, [1799 - 1804]



Box 25 Jay, John, [1805 - 1809]



Box 26 Jay, John, [1810 - 1812]



Box 27 Jay, John, [1813 - 1817]



Box 28 Jay, John, [1818 - 1821]



Box 29 Jay, John, [1822 - 1828]



Box 30 Jay, John Jr. - Jay, Peter



Box 31 Jay, Peter Augustus, [1781 - 1804]



Box 32 Jay, Peter Augustus, [1805 - 1813]



Box 33 Jay, Peter Augustus, [1814 - 1823]



Box 34 Jay, Peter Augustus, [1824 - 1839]



Box 35 Jay, Peter Augustus, [1840 - 1843]


Box 35 Jay, Sarah Livingston (Mrs. John), [1774 - 1786]



Box 36 Jay, Sarah Livingston (Mrs. John), [1787 - 1802]



Box 37 Jay, Sarah Louisa & Jay, William, [1808 - 1832]



Box 38 Jay, William, [1833 - 1840]



Box 39 Jay, William, [1841 - 1855]



Box 40 Jay, William [1856 - 1858] - Kent



Box 41 Ki - Le



Box 42 Li - Livingston, P.V.B.



Box 43 Livingston, R.R. - Livingston, W.



Box 44 Lo - Mad



Box 45 Man - Morris, G.



Box 46 Morris, J. - Mu



Box 47 N - Pic



Box 48 Pie - Rom



Box 49 Roo - Sc



Box 50 Se - St



Box 51 Su - Tro



Box 52 Tru - Va



Box 53 Ve - end

Series II: Cataloged Manuscripts and Documents



Box 54 A - Cl



Box 55 Co - Jay, James



Box 56 Jay, John (1745 - 1829), [n.d. - 1789]



Box 57 Jay, John (1745 - 1829), [1790 - 1800]



Box 58 Jay, John (1745 - 1829), [1801 - end]



Box 59 Jay, John (1817 - 1894) - Jay, William [ - 1843]



Box 60 Jay, William [1844 - end] - P



Box 61 R - end



Box 62 Documents in the Case Hunt v. Underhill

Series III: Miscellaneous Materials



Box 63 Uncataloged Manuscripts and Documents -- Printed Material -- Portraits



Box 64 Monaghan Purchase Inventory



Box 65 Treaty of Paris Candlesticks



Card File Box 66 Genealogical file, A-O



Card File Box 67 Genealogical file, P-Z & Miscellaneous

Series IV: Oversized, Encased and Bound Materials



Item 1 John Jay Letterbook, 24 Dec. 1779 - 19 Nov. 1782



Item 2 John Jay Letterbook, 10 Sept. 1782 - 25 July 1784 (and Appendix 20 - 27 Dec. 1779)



Item 3 John Jay Letterbook, 5 Feb. 1785 - 16 Sept. 1788



Item 4 John Jay Letterbook, 29 Sept. 1779 - 12 July 1780

[Copies of letters by others]



Item 5 John Jay Letterbook, 19 Oct. 1779 - 11 June 1780



Item 6 John Jay Letterbook, 2 July 1781 - 16 March 1782



Item 7 John Jay Letterbook, 21 May 1785 - 4 Oct. 1789

[Copies of correspondence regarding negotiations of Treaty with Spain]



Item 8 John Jay Letterbook, 9 April 1794 - 5 March 1795



Item 9 John Jay Letterbook, 29 May 1787 - 8 July 1830



Item 10 John Jay Letterbook, 11 July 1795 - 29 Feb. 1896



Item 11 John Jay Circuit Court Diary, 16 April 1790 - 4 Aug. 1792



Item 12 John Jay Manuscripts Pertaining to Peace with Britain



Item 13 John Jay Account Book of Letters Received, 15 Nov. 1781 - 1 Oct. 1782



Item 14 John Jay Receipt Book, 1789 - 1802



Item 15 John Jay Account Book of Jay's Mission to London, 1794



Item 16 Peter Jay Letterbook, 30 Dec. 1724 - 10 July 1735



Item 17 Peter Jay Letterbook, 9 Nov. 1745 - 16 Jan. 1748/9



Item 18 Peter Jay Letterbook, 17 Dec. 1748 - 20 Dec. 1772



Item 19 Sarah Livingston Jay (Mrs. John) Letterbook, [30 Dec. 1779] - 14 March 1783



Item 20 Sarah Livingston Jay (Mrs. John) Letterbook, 1779 - 1781



Item 21 Peter Jay Receipt Book, 1766 - 1782



Item 22 New York City Mayor's Court Ledger of Court Fees and Cases, 1758 -1776



Item 23 Draft of Federalist Paper #5, [1788]



Mapcase 13-I-11 Deed concerning the sale of land from John Jay to Moses Fish, Rome, NY, 1805


Mapcase 13-I-11 Deed concerning the sale of land from John Jay to Moses Fish, Rome, NY, 1810


Mapcase 13-I-11 Miscellaneous oversize correspondence and documents

Series V: Digitized Material


Flash Drive:



Box 68 1. About this drive (109kb)


Box 68 2. MOSES,Chldrn,HanPegs.key (62,078kb)


Box 68 3. Five Generations.pages (896kb)


Box 68 4. PropertyDeeds.pages (486kb)