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Jay, John, 1745-1829 to Samuel Johnson

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03381 Author/Creator: Jay, John, 1745-1829 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Letter signed Date: 15 June 1785 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 24 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

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.

Jay, John, 1745-1829
Johnson, Samuel, fl. 1785
Gerry, Elbridge, 1744-1814
Holten, Samuel, 1738-1816
King, Rufus, 1755-1827
Duane, James, 1733-1797
Livingston, Walter, 1740-1797

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