15 June 1785
Jay, John, 1745-1829
Letter signed
Title: to Samuel Johnson
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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