The Selected Papers of John Jay

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The Selected Papers of John Jay is an ongoing endeavor by scholars at

Founding Father John Jay that demonstrate the depth and breadth of Jay's contributions as a nation builder. More than 13,000 documents from over 75 university and historical collections have been compiled and photographed to date. Printed volumes illustrate Jay's roles as a patriot, jurist, diplomat, peacemaker and governor. As of January 2022, all seven planned chronological letterpress volumes have been published. A free searchable database of Jay's papers is available through Founders Online, a website maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration that also includes the writings and letters of Washington, Adams, Franklin, Jefferson, Madison, and Hamilton.[1][2]

History

The project was originally begun by noted American historian Richard B. Morris in the 1950s. As of Morris's death in 1989, only two volumes had been published.[3] After more than a decade of little progress, new sources of underwriting helped reinvigorate the work. Under the leadership of editor Elizabeth M. Nuxoll and other prominent Jay scholars, Volumes 1 through 7 of The Selected Papers of John Jay were published as a series by the University of Virginia Press.[4][5]

In October 2010, the National Archives and University of Virginia Press announced their intention to create Founders Online, a public access website devoted to the writings of the Founding Fathers.[6] The website went online in October 2013, providing free access to the complete record of six founders, plus a limited number of Jay's papers.[7] In collaboration with Columbia University, the collection of Jay's writings and correspondence was expanded in 2020 with the addition of the first five volumes of The Selected Papers of John Jay.[1] Founders Online also includes the annotated writings and correspondence of Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington in a searchable database of 185,000 individual documents drawn from the letterpress editions of the founders' papers.[6]

In 2021, as Columbia's John Jay project reached completion, editors of the project together with Columbia University Libraries and the university's Office of the Provost hosted a two-day symposium featuring the research of numerous scholars with a keynote address by historian Joanne B. Freeman.[8]

Funding

The

Columbia University Law School.[9][10]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Founders Online News: Papers of John Jay added to Founders Online". archives.gov. Founders Online, National Archives and Records Administration. September 15, 2020. Retrieved March 8, 2022.
  2. ^ Jennnifer Schuessler. "The Many Faces of Alexander Hamilton, Just In Time for the Fourth". The New York Times. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  3. ^ "What you should know about forgotten founding father John Jay". PBS NewsHour. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  4. ^ Jennnifer Schuessler. "Better Than A Hamilton Shout-Out? John Jay Manuscript Surfaces". The New York Times. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  5. ^ "Selected Papers of John Jay". upress.virginia.edu. University of Virginia Press. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  6. ^ a b "About Founders Online". founders.archives.gov. Founders Online, National Archives. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  7. ^ "About the Papers of John Jay". founders.archives.gov. Founders Online, National Archives. Retrieved March 9, 2022.
  8. ^ Robb Haberman (January 26, 2021). "In Service to the New Nation: The Life & Legacy of John Jay: John Jay Papers Online Conference and Exhibit". Columbia University Libraries. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  9. ^ "Funded Projects Query Form - Grant number: RQ-230395-15". National Endowment for the Humanities. Retrieved May 7, 2017.
  10. Rare Book & Manuscript Library
    . Retrieved March 9, 2022.

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