Check out this article in the NY Times on modern beekeepers in Westchester. The John Jay Homestead has revived Mr. Jay’s hives. […]
Oyez Project
Justice John Jay at the Supreme Court’s Oyez Project . […]
Premier John Jay: The Most Important Man in America
John Kaminski’s talk, "Premier John Jay: The Most Important Man in America," delivered at the celebration of the publication of the Selected Papers of John Jay, volume 1, on March 25, 2010, is now available at Columbia University Library’s Academic Commons. "When John Jay returned from France in 1784, the Confederation Congress asked him to […]
The Fourth of July
The Jays celebrated the Fourth of July, 1783, at Passy, outside Paris, in the company of Benjamin Franklin and various American and French friends. Franklin began this practice in 1778. The following is an excerpt of a letter from Sarah Livingston Jay to her sister, Kitty Livingston, of 16 July 1783, describing her feelings on […]
Bullfight, part 1
The recent moves to ban bullfighting in France and Catalonia brought to mind a letter written by Henry Brockholst Livingston (Sarah Livingston Jay’s brother) to his father William Livingston, on 12 July 1780. Brockholst (as he was known) was in Spain with John Jay, acting as his brother-in-law’s secretary during the Spanish mission (1779-1782). When […]
John Jay– Action figure?
While browsing on Ebay, I came across this curious little item: a John Jay figurine. Approximately 2 3/4 inches tall, it caught my eye for two reasons. First, who would possibly think there was a market for a John Jay figurine? Second, the figurine itself looked remarkably like a Zombie John Jay. The seller stated […]
Earthquake!
In his letter to JJ of 29 November 1783, Robert R. Livingston ended his report of family business with the following account: I had hardly finished the last line when I was alarmed by a very loud rumbling noise accompanied by a quick tremulous motion of the earth the family are too much alarmed to […]
In Celebration of Volume One
March 25, 2010 Michael Ryan, Director of RBML, introduces the program Jay board member Herb Sloan introduces speaker John Kaminski Speaker John Kaminski John Kaminski and Jay board member, Patricia U. Bonomi Jay board member, Barbara Black, with Columbia graduate student, Ben Lyons Jay board member, Barbara Oberg (left), with editor Betty Nuxoll […]
Volume One has arrived!
Volume One of the Selected Papers of John Jay has arrived in the office and we are thrilled. Thank you to everyone who helped and supported us. […]
Columbia University Libraries Announces Publication of The Selected Papers of John Jay, Volume 1, 1760–1779
NEW YORK, March 18, 2010 – The Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Columbia University is pleased to announce the publication of The Selected Papers of John Jay, Volume 1, 1760–1779 by the University of Virginia Press, under the general editorship of Elizabeth M. Nuxoll, with Mary A. Y. Gallagher and Jennifer E. Steenshorne, Associate […]