John Jay

  • American


American Founding Father, educated at King's College (today's Columbia University) and became a lawyer; wrote the State of New York's first state constitution in 1777; author of 5 essays in the Federalist Papers; President of the Second Continental Congress, Minister to Spain during the American Revolution and Secretary for Foreign Affairs under the Articles of Confederation; author and negotiator of the Treaty of Paris; Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court; author of Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation, Between His Britannic Majesty and The United States of America (Jay Treaty) with England; Governor of New York. - AsNotedIn

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Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1745/12/12 Born in New York City Born John Jay's Birthday
1754/00/00 Boyhood home (razed) Home Jay Heritage Center Rye
1774/04/28 Sarah Van Brugh Livingston marries John Jay Groom Liberty Hall Museum Union Marriage of Sarah Van Brugh Livingston and John Jay
1775/12/18 Benjamin Franklin, John Jay and Francis Daymon secretly meet with French emissary Julien Achard de Bonvouloir over 3 nights between December 18 and 27 in the 2nd floor library at Carpenters' Hall, resulting in Frances' support of the colonists. Vocation Carpenters' Hall Philadelphia, PA 1778 France Enters the American Revolution
1782/09/27 Formal peace negotiations to end the American Revolution begin. American representatives John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay and Henry Laurens discuss terms with British delegates David Hartley and Richard Oswald. American Delegate Treaty of Paris (1783)
1783/09/03 John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay meet at David Hartley's hotel and sign the Treaty of Paris in his room. Hotel d'York, 56 Rue Jacob, Paris, France. American Delegate Treaty of Paris (1783) Hotel d'York Building Rue Jacob, Paris 1781 American Revolution - After Yorktown
1786/00/00 Erasmus Hall Academy building is built by the townspeople of Flatbush on land donated by the Dutch Reformed Church. Money provided by such notable people as John Vanderbilt, Alexander Hamilton, Jacob Lefferts, John Jay, Aaron Burr Benefactor Erasmus Hall Academy New York City
1787/00/00 John Jay authors 5 essays for the Federalist Papers, 1787-1788 Author Federalist Papers Publishing of the Federalist Papers
1801/00/00 John Jay moves into renovated family home Home John Jay Homestead Katonah
1815/00/00 John Jay inherits house (razed) Home Jay Heritage Center Rye
1829/05/17 Died (buried in the Jay Cemetery) Died Jay Heritage Center Rye

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Federalist Papers Author 1787/00/00

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