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John Jay

John Jay II (1817-1894)

John Jay (2nd) was also an American lawyer and diplomat, son of William
Jay and a grandson of Chief Justice John Jay 1st (1745-1829). He was born in New
York City in 23 June 1817, graduated at Columbia College in 1836, and was admitted to the bar
three years later. He early became intensely interested and followed his father in
the anti-slavery movement, and while still in college (1834) was president of the
New York Young Men's Anti-slavery Society.

He was active in the Free Soil Party movement, presided at several of its
conventions, and was once its candidate for Attorney General of New York.

In 1854 he organized the series of popular meetings in the Broadway Tabernacle
and the next year was prominently identified with the founding of the Republican
Party From 1869 to 1875 he was the United States Minister to Austria-Hungary.

In 1877 Secretary Sherman appointed him chairman of the special commission
to investigate Chester A. Arthur's administration of the New York Custom House.

In 1883 Gov. Grover Cleveland appointed him the Republican member of the
New York Civil Service Commission, of which he later became president He
published many books and pamphlets on slavery and other issues and, in 1889,
was president of the American Historical Association.

He died on 5 May 1894 and is buried in John Jay Cemetery, Rye, Westchester County,
New York, USA.

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American lawyer and diplomat (1817-1894)

Born 23 June 1817
Died 5 May 1894

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  • Cover of: The peace negotiations of 1782 and 1783.: An address delivered before the New York Historical Society on its seventy-ninth anniversary, Tuesday, November 27, 1883.

    Cover of edition peacenegotiations00jayjrich Cover of edition peacenegotiation00jayjo First published in 1884 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: The great conspiracy: an address delivered at Mt. Kisco, Westchester County, New York, on the 4th of July, 1861, the eighty-fifth anniversary of American independence

    Cover of edition addressdelivered00jayj Cover of edition greatconspiracya1861 Cover of edition greatconspiracya00jayj First published in 1830 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The fisheries dispute: a suggestion for its adjustment by abrogating the Convention of 1818, and resting on the rights and liberties defined in the treaty of 1783; a letter to the Honourable William M. Evarts, of the United States Senate

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  • Cover of: Union League Club of New York: Address of the president, June 23, 1866.

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  • Cover of: The American church and the African slave trade: Mr. Jay's speech in the New York diocesan convention of the Protestant Episcopal church : on the 27th September, 1860 : with a note of the proceedings had in that council on the subject

    First published in 1860 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Correspondence between John Jay, Esq., and the Vestry of St. Matthew's Church, Bedford, N.Y.

    First published in 1862 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: A statistical view of American agriculture: its home resources and foreign markets, with suggestions for the schedules of the federal census in 1860. An address delivered at New York, before the American Geographical and Statistical Society, on the organization of the Agricultural Section.

    First published in 1859 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Thoughts on the duty of the Episcopal church, in relation to slavery: being a speech delivered in N.Y.A.S. convention, February 12, 1839

    First published in 1839 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The great issue.: An address delivered before the Union campaign club, of East Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday evening, Oct. 25, 1864.

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  • Cover of: The progress and results of emancipation in the English West Indies: a lecture delivered before the Philomathian Society of the City of New-York

    First published in 1842 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: America free--or America slave.: An address on the state of the country. Delivered by John Jay, esq., at Bedford, Westchester County, New York. October 8th, 1856.

    First published in 1856 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Voting by proxy in charitable societies.: Speech of the Hon. Mr. Noodle against the Assembly bill empowering members of benevolent and other societies to vote by proxy. With an introduction, containing the bill, the New York remonstrance, opinions of the press, and notice of Mr. Noodle

    First published in 1859 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The church and the rebellion: Mr. Jay's letter to the rector and vestry of St. Matthew's church, Bedford, with a preface in reply to the rector's speech from the chancel on Sunday, June 21, 1863, touching the recent visit of a clergyman of doubtful loyalty

    First published in 1863 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Mr. Jay's second letter on Dawson's introduction to The Federalist

    First published in 1864 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The battle of Harlem Plains: Oration before the New York Historical Society, September 16, 1876

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  • Cover of: New plottings in aid of the rebel doctrine of state sovereignty: Mr. Jay's second letter on Dawson's introduction to the Federalist ...

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  • Cover of: Facts connected with the presentment of Bishop Onderdonk: a reply to parts of the bishop's statement

    First published in 1845 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The great conspiracy: an address delivered at Mt. Kisco, West Chester county, New York, on the 4th of July, 1861, the 86th anniversary of American independence

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  • Cover of: Caste and slavery in the American church

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American lawyer and diplomat (1817-1894)

Born 23 June 1817
Died 5 May 1894

Subjects

Politics and government, Slavery, Foreign relations, Episcopal Church, History, Controversial literature, Federalist, Slavery and the church, United States, Correspondence, States' rights (American politics), United States Civil War, 1861-1865, American Anti-Slavery Society, American Tract Society, Antislavery movements, Campaign literature, 1856, Catholic Church, Charities, Criticism and interpretation, Definitive Treaty of Peace Between Great Britain and the United States, Emancipation, Foreign public opinion, Fourth of July orations, Libel and slander, Public opinion

Places

United States, Great Britain, British West Indies, Canada, Confederate States of America, Grande-Bretagne, Mexico, New York (State), Newfoundland, Newfoundland and Labrador, États-Unis

People

Henry B. Dawson (1821-1889), John Jay (1817-1894), Edward Brenton Boggs (1821-1895), Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), Benjamin T. Onderdonk (1791-1861), Benoit Julien Caujolle, Jeanne Du Lux (d. 1854), Jefferson Davis (1808-1889), John Jay (1745-1829), John Jay (1817-1894,), John P. Ferrié, William Jay (1789-1858), William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879), William Maxwell Evarts (1818-1901)

Time

1861-1865, Civil War, 1861-1865, 19th century, 1783-1865, 1775-1783, 1783-1789, 1815-1861, 1856, 1859, 1862, 1864, 1865-1869, 1865-1877, 1885-1889, European intervention, 1861-1867. [from old catalog], Revolution, 1775-1783, Révolution, 1775- 1783

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Alternative names

  • Jay, John
  • John Jay II
  • John Jay 2nd

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 26, 2012 Edited by J Gill Edited without comment.
April 26, 2012 Edited by J Gill Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import