- March 6, 1809, 217 years ago — Death of Thomas Heyward Jr..
- March 6, 1724, 302 years ago — Birth of Henry Laurens, President of the Continental Congress.
- March 7, 1707, 319 years ago — Birth of Stephen Hopkins, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
- March 7, 1699, 327 years ago — Birth of Susanna Boylston Adams, mother of John Adams.
John Jay
JAY, John, statesman and jurist, born in New York city, 12 December, 1745; died in Bedford, N.Y., 17 May, 1829.
He graduated from King’s College (now Columbia University) in 1764 and became a prominent lawyer. Jay was a delegate to the Continental Congress and co-authored the Federalist Papers with Alexander Hamilton and James Madison.
He served as president of the Continental Congress and was appointed minister to Spain. Jay negotiated the Treaty of Paris (1783), which ended the Revolutionary War. He later served as the first Chief Justice of the United States and negotiated the Jay Treaty with Great Britain in 1794.
Jay was governor of New York from 1795 to 1801 and a strong advocate for the abolition of slavery. His legal and diplomatic work helped shape the early republic and secure its international standing.
Source:
Wilson, James Grant, and John Fiske, eds. Appleton’s Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1887. Patriot Echoes Archive
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