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Selected letters of John Jay and Sarah Livingston Jay : correspondence by or to the first chief justice of the United States and his wife / John Jay and Sarah Livingston Jay ; compiled and edited by Landa M. Freeman, Louise V. North and Janet M. Wedge.
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- Author/Creator:
- Jay, John, 1745-1829.
- Standardized Title:
- Correspondence. Selections
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jay, John, 1745-1829--Correspondence.
- Jay, John.
- Jay, Sarah Livingston--Correspondence.
- Jay, Sarah Livingston.
- Jay, John, 1745-1829.
- Statesmen--United States--Correspondence.
- Statesmen.
- Statesmen's spouses.
- Judges.
- United States.
- Judges--United States--Correspondence.
- Statesmen's spouses--United States--Correspondence.
- Genre:
- Correspondence.
- Personal correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 311 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2005]
- Summary:
- This collection of letters chronicles the personal lives of founding father John Jay and his wife, Sarah Livingston Jay, in the tumultuous times during and after the American Revolution.
- The correspondence reveals the abiding love of husband and wife, their concern for their children, the dangers and difficulties of travel, the lands they visited and events they witnessed, and the effort it took to survive in the era even with the buffer of wealth. The book also includes essays on the Jay and Livingston families, family trees, a chronology of John Jay's life, and information about the character and appearance of both husband and wife.
- Contents:
- Part I Ardor and Pain Amid the Anxieties of War: January 11, 1773-October 7, 1779 25
- Part II Together in Europe: December 12-26, 1779-December 30, 1783 63
- Part III The Demands of Public Service and Family: November 28, 1784-July 13, 1793 165
- Part IV Separated, Reunited, Parted: April 9-10, 1794-January 20, 1803 217
- Appendix Issues of Daily Life 289
- Health and Medicine 289
- Education 291
- Religion 293
- Slavery 296.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-305) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0786419555
- OCLC:
- 56414185
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