534. JOHN JAY  (1745 - 1829) American jurist and statesman, member of the Continental Congress who also helped Franklin negotiate peace with Great Britain, first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. L.S., 1p, 4to, New York, April 21, 1785, to Peter V. Schaack, Esq., in part "...Have rec'd your favor...advising that you had rec'd my Brother Peter's Legacy & that you expected in a few days to receive the one bequeathed to my Brother Augustus & would place the whole in the hands of Messrs John & George...Bankers in Basinghall Street. For those sums you desire me to draw immediately, as you purposed to leave London in the spring. Having just heard that...the Sloop Peace & Plenty for London is still at the Coffee House. I take this opportunity of informing you that I shall draw for those monies by the next vessel making the bills payable as you desire and at Messers Whitehead & I wish in case of your absence that you would desire those gentlemen to pay them...". With the attached integral address leaf, fine. $800 - 1,000