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Peter Augustus Jay (January 24, 1776 – February 20, 1843) was a prominent New York lawyer, politician and the eldest son of Founding Father and first United States Chief Justice John Jay.
Learn about the life and legacy of Peter Augustus Jay, the eldest son of John Jay and a successful lawyer, anti-slavery advocate and philanthropist. Explore his correspondence, his role in the Jay Treaty, his friendship with James Fenimore Cooper, and his family heritage at the Jay Heritage Center.
Peter Augustus Jay may refer to: Peter Augustus Jay (lawyer) (1776–1843), eldest son of Founding Father and first United States Chief Justice, John Jay; Peter Augustus Jay (born 1821) (1821–1855), son of Peter Augustus Jay (1776–1843) and grandson of John Jay; Peter Augustus Jay (diplomat) (1877–1933), American diplomat and great great ...
Peter Augustus Jay (January 24, 1776 – February 20, 1843) was a prominent New York lawyer, politician and the eldest son of Founding Father and first United States Chief Justice John Jay. Quick Facts Recorder of New York City, Preceded by ...
6 de jan. de 2002 · Peter Augustus, who was about to start studying law, proved to be charming and popular, a way for people to do favors for Jay by looking after his son. Peter Williams, much as he had done when Jay was riding circuit as Chief Justice, took care of Jay’s day-to-day needs and managed the household.2
Peter Augustus Jay, a son of John Jay, was a lawyer and a leader of the New-York Manumission Society. He opposed the admission of Missouri as a slave state and advocated for racial equality in the early 19th century.
7 de jan. de 2002 · Sometime after 1814, his sons William and Peter Augustus Jay began gathering materials for a Jay biography, this accelerating in 1817 with the selection of William Coleman as author.3 Jay had known Coleman when the latter was an ambitious young lawyer, and for many years the publisher of Hamilton’s New-York Evening Post.
