JAY, John (1745-1829), Founding Father . Autograph letter signed ("John Jay"), TO ROBERT LIVINGSTON, New York, 29 May 1776. 2 pages, folio, integral address leaf with free frank, seal hole, remnant of seal on address leaf, small holes at center fold, catching a few letters .
JAY, John (1745-1829), Founding Father . Autograph letter signed ("John Jay"), TO ROBERT LIVINGSTON, New York, 29 May 1776. 2 pages, folio, integral address leaf with free frank, seal hole, remnant of seal on address leaf, small holes at center fold, catching a few letters . "OUR CONVENTION WILL I BELIEVE INSTITUTE A BETTER GOVERNMENT THAN THE PRESENT" Amid fast-moving political events, and the distress of his wife's and parents' illnesses, Jay reports to New York's delegate at the Continental Congress about the move to form a third provincial Congress back home in New York: "Our convention will I believe institute a better government than the present, which in my opinion will no longer work anything but mischief. And altho the measure of obtaining authority by instructions may have its advocates, I have reason to think that such a Resolution will be taken as will open a Door to the election of new or additional members. But be the resolution what it may, you shall have the earliest advice of it. Should my conjectures prove right, I shall inform the Dutches [county] members of your readiness to serve and advise them to elect you...Don't be uneasy at receiving so few Letters from me. I have been so distressed by the ill health of my wife & parents that [I] have scarce written anything." In the immediate aftermath of Lexington and Concord, a first provincial Congress met in New York for just two days to elect delegates. A second congress convened in New York City from December 1775 to 13 May 1776, dominated by conservatives. So too was the third provincial congress, which opened with Jay as one of the delegates, on 22 May. Initially they instructed the New York delegates at Congress in Philadelphia to vote against independence. But when British troops appeared in New York harbor in June, the momentum began to swing towards Jay and the pro-independence faction. They called for the election of new delegates who favored independence, and a constitutional convention convened at White Plains to declare the state independent and--with Jay's help--write a new constitution.
JAY, John (1745-1829), Founding Father . Autograph letter signed ("John Jay"), TO ROBERT LIVINGSTON, New York, 29 May 1776. 2 pages, folio, integral address leaf with free frank, seal hole, remnant of seal on address leaf, small holes at center fold, catching a few letters .
JAY, John (1745-1829), Founding Father . Autograph letter signed ("John Jay"), TO ROBERT LIVINGSTON, New York, 29 May 1776. 2 pages, folio, integral address leaf with free frank, seal hole, remnant of seal on address leaf, small holes at center fold, catching a few letters . "OUR CONVENTION WILL I BELIEVE INSTITUTE A BETTER GOVERNMENT THAN THE PRESENT" Amid fast-moving political events, and the distress of his wife's and parents' illnesses, Jay reports to New York's delegate at the Continental Congress about the move to form a third provincial Congress back home in New York: "Our convention will I believe institute a better government than the present, which in my opinion will no longer work anything but mischief. And altho the measure of obtaining authority by instructions may have its advocates, I have reason to think that such a Resolution will be taken as will open a Door to the election of new or additional members. But be the resolution what it may, you shall have the earliest advice of it. Should my conjectures prove right, I shall inform the Dutches [county] members of your readiness to serve and advise them to elect you...Don't be uneasy at receiving so few Letters from me. I have been so distressed by the ill health of my wife & parents that [I] have scarce written anything." In the immediate aftermath of Lexington and Concord, a first provincial Congress met in New York for just two days to elect delegates. A second congress convened in New York City from December 1775 to 13 May 1776, dominated by conservatives. So too was the third provincial congress, which opened with Jay as one of the delegates, on 22 May. Initially they instructed the New York delegates at Congress in Philadelphia to vote against independence. But when British troops appeared in New York harbor in June, the momentum began to swing towards Jay and the pro-independence faction. They called for the election of new delegates who favored independence, and a constitutional convention convened at White Plains to declare the state independent and--with Jay's help--write a new constitution.
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