Jay, John, 1745-1829 to Thomas Mifflin

GLC03710

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GLC#
GLC03710
Type
Letters
Date
September 6, 1796
Author/Creator
Jay, John, 1745-1829
Title
to Thomas Mifflin
Place Written
New York, New York
Pagination
2 p. : address : docket ; Height: 24.5 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

Discusses the issue of Connecticut claimants to the Western Reserve lands taking refuge from Pennsylvania authorities by entering New York State. Expresses his opinion that the states have relations between them far more intimate than those between separate nations. Believes that new laws are necessary to handle the relations and that laws already in place do not properly address the issue of the intruders. Informs that the Attorney General Josiah Ogden Hoffman, will return soon and Jay will turn this problem over to him.

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