Background
Jay was born on October 27, 1732, in New York City, the third son of Peter and Mary (Van Cortlandt) Jay. Chief Justice John Jay was a younger brother.
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James Jay
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Jay received the degree of M. D. at the University of Edinburgh in 1753, publishing a dissertation, De Fluore Albo (1753), which shows greater familiarity with former writers on the subject than with first-hand information.
Career
Upon his return to New York, Jay set up practice as a physician, but his career there was not happy, and he decided to go to England, consenting (1762) to make a collection there for the benefit of King's College. Upon his arrival, he met Rev. William Smith, there on a similar errand for the College of Philadelphia; thenceforth they worked jointly, agreeing to divide the contributions at the end.
On March 25, 1763, upon his presentation of an address from the Governors of King's College, Jay was knighted by George III. A premature attempt of the Governors to secure the funds Jay had collected, instigated by a jealous London agent, resulted in a law-suit, a breach between Jay and the Governors, and the failure of the college to acknowledge him as a benefactor. Jay's explanation was set forth in two Letters (published in 1771 and 1774, post). During the first years of the Revolution, Jay's sympathies were apparently with the American cause. He invented an ink for secret correspondence, which he used in communicating military information obtained in England. In July 1778, upon his return to America, he lent the clothier-general in Boston $20, 000 in Continental currency. Owing to depreciation, only a small part of his actual loan was repaid, and in 1813 he addressed to Congress a petition for reimbursement, a pamphlet of sixteen pages reciting his services to the government, upon which a settlement was made to him. He was a member of the New York Senate from October 1778 to April 1782, and he joined with John Morin Scott in securing the passage of the Act of Attainder of October 22, 1779, confiscating the property of the leading New York Loyalists.
In April 1782 by prearrangement he was captured in New Jersey and brought into the King's lines, where he conversed with Governor Robertson and William Smith, the historian, regarding his dread of the French and his project for reuniting the colonies with Great Britain. Nothing came of his plans, for he was suspected as a spy, but he was released by Sir Guy Carleton and allowed to go to England. For some time Sir James continued to practice in England and on the Continent, but he spent the last years of his life at Springfield, New Jersey. In 1791 his name appeared in the charter of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, and from 1807 to 1811 he was a trustee. He died at Springfield on October 12, 1815.
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Jay is best remembered for his political work. He also published some well-known works, including: An Humble Representation in Behalf of the Lately Erected Colleges of New York and Philadelphia (1762); Reflections and Observations on the Gout (1772); and A Letter to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, &c. (1774).
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A letter to the governors of the college of New York: respecting the collection that was made in this kingdom in 1762 and 1763, for the colleges of ... York To which are added, explanatory notes
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Reflections and Observations on the Gout: By Sir James Jay, ...
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A letter to the governors of the college of New York: respecting the collection that was made in this kingdom in 1762 and 1763, for the colleges of ... York To which are added, explanatory notes
Membership
Jay was a member of the New York Senate (1778-1782).
Personality
The materials available lead to the judgment that Sir James was a man of talent, ability, and sincerity, but proud, vain, at times overbearing, and because of infelicities of personality, undeservedly disliked and misunderstood.
Connections
- Father:
- Peter Jay
- Mother:
- Mary van Cortlandt
- Brother:
- John Jay
He was an American statesman, Patriot, diplomat, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, negotiator and signatory of the Treaty of Paris of 1783, second Governor of New York, and the first Chief Justice of the United States (1789-1795).
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American