Jay, John, 1745-1829 to Samuel Johnson

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GLC#
GLC03381
Type
Letters
Date
15 June 1785
Author/Creator
Jay, John, 1745-1829
Title
to Samuel Johnson
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
2 p. : docket ; Height: 24 cm, Width: 19 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
Creating a New Government

Also signed by James Duane and Walter Livingston with Jay as agents for New York, and Elbridge Gerry, Samuel Holton, and Rufus King as agents for Massachusetts. Discusses Johnson's appointment as a judge in a boundary dispute between Massachusetts and New York. Urges him to accept the nomination and informs him that compensation will be satisfactory. Tipped to a border.

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