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JAY, JOHN

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JAY, JOHN
(1745 - 1829) American jurist and statesman, member of the Continental Congress who also helped Franklin negotiate peace with Great Britain, first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Good content L.S. as governor of New York, 1p. 4to., New York, July 12, 1796 to Secretary of the U. S. Senate Samuel Otis, in part: "...I have been favored with yours without a Date enclosing the Journals of the Senate at the first Session of the fourth Congress, and am much obld. by your attention in transmitting them to me". Bold signature, very good.