- John Jay
Biography of the fifth president of the Continental Congress, first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and Secretary of State under the Articles of Confederation.
www.ushistory.org/declaration/related/jay.htm
- Today in History: December 12
Biography and information about the first Chief Justice.
lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec12.html
- Founders' Constitution
Draft of a letter from justices of the Supreme Court to George Washington, regarding Article 3, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution.
press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/a3_1s14.html
- FindLaw: John Jay
Biography of the first U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice.
supreme.lp.findlaw.com/supreme_court/justices/pastjustices/jay.html
- Extract from an Address to the People of the State of New-York, on the Subject of the Federal Constitution
Includes Jay's 1788 argument that the Articles of Confederation were too weak and ineffective a form of government. Also includes a sermon against the slave trade.
memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/bds:@field(FLD001+90898137+):@@@$REF$
- Legal Information Institute: John Jay
Case information and full text of the opinions Jay delivered in Chisholm v. Georgia (1793) and Georgia v. Brailsford (1794).
www2.law.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/foliocgi.exe/historic/query=[Level+Case+Citati...
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