I should have troubled you a second time, & ^ have wrote you ^ by the last Post had I not...
2To John Jay from Sarah Livingston Jay, 18 February 1779 (Jay Papers)
I thank you my dear M r . Jay, for your kind letters of the 31 st . of Jan y . & 5 th . of Feb y...
When at Philadelphia I was favor’d with your affectionate letter I dared not trust myself to...
How invaluable, my dear Kitty! is a real friend; had I been ignorant of it’s worth till now, the...
5Sarah Livingston Jay to William Livingston, 24 June 1781 (Jay Papers)
I had the pleasure of writing you a long letter by M r : Toscan & likewise sending a duplicate of...
The happiness I rec. from my d r . Kitty’s affectionate attention w d . be compleat did I not...
With what pleasure my d r . madam do I take up my pen as a medium of or substitute for a...
I wrote to you my dearest sister the other day but as Cap n . Barney still waits dispatches from...
9To John Jay from Sarah Livingston Jay, 21 January 1783 (Jay Papers)
Immediately upon the rec t . of your letter of the 18 th ., I sent to request the favor of M r ....
Cap tn . Barney’s arrival here has made me much happier than before I rec d . your last letters...