Selected Letters of John Jay and Sarah Livingston Jay

<p> This collection of letters chronicles the personal lives of founding father John Jay and his wife Sarah Livingston Jay in the tumultuous times during and after the American Revolution. The letters showcase Sarah as a devoted wife and mother who also helped further her husband's political career. Their correspondence reveals the abiding love of husband and wife their concern for their children the dangers and difficulties of travel descriptions of the lands they visited and events they witnessed as well as a sense of the effort it took to survive in the era even with the buffer of wealth.</p><p> The book includes essays on the Jay and Livingston families family trees and information about the character and appearance of both husband and wifeand other topics. Importantly there are textual bridges between the letters where necessary.</p>