| Take a look in the Reference Area at a copy of an
historical letter written by John Jay to New York Governor George Clinton in
1782.
The original letter is on permanent loan to the University of
Washington Law School
from The National Society of The Colonial Dames of America in the State of
Washington, and is safely housed in the Law Library's Special Collections. When examining
the copy on display, note in particular the letter’s last paragraph, which
discusses the fair treatment of judges.
View a scanned image of the letter.
A digital image of what appears to be an earlier, rough draft of this
same letter can be found on the web at Columbia University Libraries’
The
Papers of John Jay. This database contains thousands of Jay’s papers
that can be searched by name of the writer, name of the recipient, date of
composition, name of holding institution and Jay ID number. Search for
Jay ID # 7625 to compare Columbia’s document with our own.
Who was John Jay?
John Jay served on the Continental Congress and became the first Chief
Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. You can learn more about John Jay at the
following websites:
To read more about John Jay, see the following books in the Gallagher Law
Library collection:
- John Jay, 1972. (American Statesmen, vol. 9). E176 .A52 v.9
1972 at Classified Stacks.
- John Jay, 1975, 2 vols. E302 .J425 at Classified Stacks
(reproductions of unpublished papers held by Columbia University
Libraries)
- John Jay: Founding Father, 2005. E302.6.J4 S73 2005 at
Classified Stacks.
- John Jay, the Nation, and the Court, 1967. KF8745.J3 M6 at
Classified Stacks.
- George Van Santvoord's Sketch of John Jay: From Sketches of the
Lives, Times & Judicial Services of the Chief Justices of the Supreme
Court of the United States, 3d ed. 2001. E302.6.J4 V25 2001 at
Classified Stacks.
- The Life of John Jay . . . by His Son, 1833. 2 vols. E302.6.J4
J42 1833 at Classified Stacks.
- The Supreme Court in the Early Republic: The Chief Justiceships of
John Jay and Oliver Ellsworth. KF8742 .C36 1995 at Classified Stacks.
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