Peter Augustus Jay (January 24, 1776 – February 20, 1843) was a prominent New York lawyer, politician and the eldest son of Founding Father
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Who was John Jay during the American Revolution?
During the Revolutionary War, John Jay played a crucial intelligence role directing clandestine operatives and running counterintelligence missions. This work directly informed the position he later took on the value of intelligence in one of the Federalist essays he authored.
What is John Jay's religion?
Religion. Jay was a member of the Church of England and later of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America after the American Revolution. Since 1785, Jay had been a warden of Trinity Church, New York.
Did John Jay ever marry?
John Jay started courting Sarah Livingston (1756-1802), the cousin of his law partner and best friend Robert R. Livingston, in the winter of 1772-73. The couple married on 28 April 1774 at Liberty Hall, the Livingston family manor located in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
Was John Jay a Democratic Republican?
In 1883, Democratic Governor Grover Cleveland (later U.S. President) appointed Jay as the Republican member of the New York Civil Service Commission, of which he later became president. Jay published several speeches and pamphlets on slavery and other issues.
John Jay deeded the family's country residence to his eldest son Peter in 1822 though original account records show that Peter was helping to manage the farm at ...
Peter Augustus Jay (October 23, 1821 – October 31, 1855) was an American heir. He was a grandson of Founding Father John Jay.
Jay, Peter Augustus; Recipient: Jay, John; Date: 19 April 1798. Reference. Cite as: “To John Jay from Peter Augustus Jay, 19 April 1798,” Founders Online, ...
To Peter Augustus Jay ... The Letter which Essex mentions to have written3 to me has arrived, and shall be answered as soon as I can find Leisure for the Purpose.
Peter Augustus Jay was the eldest son of Federalist, politician and American Founding Father, John Jay.
Peter Augustus Jay, John Jay's elder son, served as one of the presidents of the Manumission Society. In 1819, he addressed two thousand people in New York City ...
John and Sarah had six children: Peter Augustus (b. 1776), Susan (b. and d. 1780), Maria (1782), Ann (1783), William (1789), and Sarah ...
Parents (2) ; John Jay. 1st Chief Justice of the United States, Governor of New York, etc. 1745-1829 ; Sarah (Livingston) Jay. Mrs Sarah Van Brugh (Livingston) ...
John Jay (1745-1829): chief justice of the United States Supreme Court and governor of New York. Peter Augustus Jay: B.A., Columbia, 1794; admitted to the bar, ...