CONFERENCE The John Jay Papers Project, Columbia University Libraries, and Columbia University’s Office of the Provost are proud to present In Service to the New Nation: The Life & Legacy of John Jay, a two-day virtual conference (January 22-23, 2021) celebrating the near completion of the Project’s seven-volume series The Selected Papers of John Jay. Featuring […]
John Jay Papers now accessible on Founders Online
The Selected Papers of John Jay has received the honor of being selected as the first documentary edition to be added to the National Archives’ Founders Online Database on 17 September 2020, Constitution Day. The presence of Jay alongside such distinguished company as Washington, Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams, and Franklin highlights both the recognition of […]
New Date For The Conference “In Service To The New Nation: The Life And Legacy Of John Jay
The John Jay Papers and Columbia University Library announce the postponement of the conference “In Service to the New Nation: The Life and Legacy of John Jay.” The conference will now be held January 22-23, 2021. Due to the public health risks associated with large gatherings, the conference organizers have opted to hold the event […]
Documenting an ‘Embr’d Chair, worked by Madame Lafayette for Mrs. Jay’
Editors’ note: We are pleased to welcome Amy H. Henderson as a guest contributor to the John Jay Papers Blog. Amy H. Henderson, Ph.D., is an art historian and museum consultant whose work focuses on the intersection of politics and decorative arts. She is completing her first book manuscript, Furnishing the Republic: Material Culture, Gender, and […]
John Clarkson Jay Jr.: A Medical Journey Abroad
Editor’s Note: We are pleased to welcome Jack Engel as a guest contributor to the John Jay Papers Blog. Engel is a high school senior who has served for several years as an intern at the Jay Heritage Center in Rye, New York. He is the inaugural recipient of the John Jay History Prize, an […]
John Jay and the Yellow Fever Epidemics (Part 2)
As New York City is effectively shut down by a pandemic, we can remember that the COVID-19 outbreak is only the most recent to visit the region. During much of New York City’s early history, waves of infectious disease—including smallpox, measles, cholera, and yellow fever—struck the populace and severely disrupted public health, the economy, governance, […]
John Jay and the Yellow Fever Epidemics (Part 1)
As New York City is effectively shut down by a pandemic, we can remember that the COVID-19 outbreak is only the most recent to visit the region. During much of New York City’s early history, waves of infectious disease—including smallpox, measles, cholera, and yellow fever—struck the populace and severely disrupted public health, the economy, […]
CFP: In Service to the New Nation: The Life and Legacy of John Jay
The John Jay Papers Project seeks paper proposals for a conference entitled “In Service to the New Nation: The Life and Legacy of John Jay,” to be held on September 24-25, 2020, at Columbia University. Dr. Joanne Freeman, Professor of American History at Yale University, will serve as the event’s keynote speaker. The conference coincides […]
John Jay Confronts the Algerian Crisis
Editor’s Note: We are pleased to welcome David J. Dzurec as a guest contributor to the John Jay Papers Blog. David Dzurec is Chair of the History Department at the University of Scranton. This post is adapted from his recent book Our Suffering Brethren: Foreign Captivity and Nationalism in the Early United States (University of […]
William Livingston: Eighteenth-Century Media and Propaganda
Editor’s Note: We are pleased to welcome Nicole Skalenko and Victor Bretones as guest contributors to the John Jay Papers Blog. Sklaenko and Bretones are Honors undergraduate students in the Department of History at Kean University in Union, New Jersey. They collaborated on a study of William Livingston (1723-90), the father-in-law of John Jay. Their […]