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John Jay Papers,
1668-[ca. 1862]
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); John Jay Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); John Jay Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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Summary Information
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Bib ID: | 4078947 View CLIO record |
Creator(s): | Jay, John, 1745-1829. |
Title: | John Jay Papers,
1668-[ca. 1862]
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Physical description: | ca. 10,500 items (68 boxes)
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Language(s): | In English
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Arrangement
Arrangement
This collection is arranged into 5 series:
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Scope and Content
Letters, manuscripts, documents, and letterbooks of Jay and of many members of his family. The letters touch on every aspect of American life and government of the period, and contain correspondence from such prominent individuals as John Adams, George Clinton, James Duane, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Rufus King, John Paul Jones, Marquis de Lafayette, Robert B. Livingston, William Livingston, Gouverneur Morris, Robert Morris, Edmund Randolph, Philip Schuyler, and George Washington. There are approximately 500 letters from Jay, primarily drafts of correspondence to the persons listed above, as well as his correspondence as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, 1784-1789. The manuscripts and documents include many reports, commissions, and diplomas, as well as a draft copy of
The Federalist
Number 5 and Jay's oath of office as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court; also included are manumission documents, and a group of documents from Trinity Church, where his father was a vestryman from 1715 to 1785. The collection includes copies of Jay's letter book as Secretary of State, 10 Oct. 1788-25 Dec. 1792, and of four letters from John Armstrong, 19 June-27 Dec. 1810; and a copy of the pair of silverplated candlesticks from the Treaty of Paris, 3 Sept. 1783, reproduced by the Smithsonian Institution.
Series I: Cataloged Correspondence
Series II: Cataloged Manuscripts and Documents
Series III: Miscellaneous Materials
Series IV: Oversized, Encased and Bound Materials
Series V: Digitized Material
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Restrictions on Use
Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Curator of Manuscripts/University Archivist, Rare Book and Manuscript Library (RBML). The RBML approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); John Jay Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
Identification of specific item; Date (if known); John Jay Papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.
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Columbia University Libraries. Rare Book and Manuscript Library; machine readable finding aid created by Columbia University Libraries Digital Library Program Division
Processing Information
Cataloged 07/--/89 Christina Hilton Fenn
Machine readable finding aid generated from MARC-AMC source via XSLT conversion July 7, 2009
Finding aid written in English.
2010-02-15
Legacy finding aid created from Pro Cite.
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The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives. All links open new windows.
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Adams, John, 1735-1826. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
African Americans--History. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Clinton, George, 1739-1812. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Duane, James, 1733-1797. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Families--New York (State) | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Hamilton, Alexander, 1757-1804. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Jones, John Paul, 1747-1792. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Judges. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
King, Rufus, 1755-1827. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Livingston, Robert Burr, 1918- | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Livingston, William, 1723-1790. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Morris, Gouverneur, 1752-1816. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Morris, Robert, ca. 1745-1815. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Randolph, Edmund, 1753-1813. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Schuyler, Philip John, 1733-1804. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Slaves--Emancipation. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Statesmen. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Trinity Church. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
United States--Foreign relations. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
United States--Politics and government--1783-1789. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
United States--Social life and customs. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
United States.--Dept. of Foreign Affairs.--Office of the Secretary. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
United States.--Dept. of State. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
United States.--Supreme Court. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
Washington, George, 1732-1799. | Portal | CLIO | ArchiveGRID |
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Biographical Note
American Chief Justice, diplomat.
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