Sarah Livingston Jay’s Invitation Lists, [22–23 February 1787]
Sarah Livingston Jay’s Invitation Lists
[New York, 22–23 February 1787]
22d. Febry.
Invited Sir J.T[emple].—, Lady T[emple]—, Mr. Dowse—, Mr. Rutherford—, Mrs. [Rutherford]—, Mrs. Livingston—1 Mrs. Montgomery—, Mr. M. Clarkson, Mr. G. V. Horne—, Mrs. G V. Horne—, Mr. Kean-1, Mrs. [Kean]—, Mr. Rickets, Mrs. [Rickets]—, Miss E. Living[ston]—, Mr. P. Peter Liv[ingston]—, Mr. Bingham—, Mr. Gardoqui—, Miss S. Living[ston]—, Major Beckwith, Chaumont—, Mr. & Mrs. Garyson [Grayson], Genl. Morris—, Mr. & Mrs. J. Living[ston]—, Miss Ranselaer1
23 Febry. Invited
Mr. King—, Mr. Dane—, Dr. Johnson—, Mr Mitchel—, Mr. Yates—, Mr. Haring—, Mr. Clark—, Mr. Schureman—, Genl. Irvan—, Mr. Maddison—, Mr. Grayson—, Mr. Huger—, Col. Few—, Major Pierce—, Genl. Knox—, Col. Parker—, President—, Bingham—, Meredith—, Cadwallader, Forrest—, Genl. Morris2
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1. Probably John Rutherfurd and Helena Morris (Mrs. John) Rutherfurd (1762–1840), daughter of Lewis Morris, or possibly John’s parents, Walter and Catherine Alexander Rutherfurd. Philip Peter Livingston (1740–1810), brother of Susan Kean and Sarah Ricketts. Possibly George Beckwith (1753–1823), British military officer operating as a confidential agent and source of information on American affairs to the British ministry (: 41–42). Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont (1760–1840), son of Jacques-Donatien Le Ray de Chaumont (1725–1803), known in the United States also as James Le Ray. Chaumont was sent to the United States in 1785 to persuade Congress to compensate his father and other French merchants for the losses they incurred when Congress devalued the paper money used to pay American debts. He bought land in New York State, became an American citizen, and married an American, Grace Coxe of New Jersey. The towns of Le Ray and Chaumont, New York, are named for him. : 322–23.
2. Nathan Dane (1752–1835), congressional delegate from Massachusetts, 1785–88. Stephen Mix Mitchell (1743–1835), congressional delegate from Connecticut, 1785–87. John Haring (1748–1810), congressional delegate from New York, 1785–87. Abraham Clark (1726–1794), congressional delegate from New Jersey, 1786–88, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention. James Schureman (1757–1824), congressional delegate from New Jersey, 1787. General William Irvine (1741–1804), congressional delegate from Pennsylvania, 1788. Daniel Huger (1742–99), congressional delegate from South Carolina, 1786–88. John Parker (1759–1832), congressional delegate from South Carolina, 1786–88. The President was Arthur St. Clair. Uriah Forrest (1746–1805), congressional delegate from Maryland, 1787.