John Jay’s Desk
Posts By: Heather Iannucci
Alexander Crummel Letter
Kitchen Scale
Boy’s Brooks Brothers Vest
Jay Family Stories: Lucie Oelrichs Jay and the Anti-German Music Movement of WWI
On April 6, 1917 the United States joined its allies and officially entered World War I. Patriotism was at an all time high and Americans furiously attacked any traces of German culture in the country. German place names were changed, German books and newspapers were burned in the streets, and sauerkraut was even renamed “Liberty…
Death of General Montgomery by John Trumbull
Mary Rutherfurd Jay
Paradise Lost by John Milton
William Livingston Silhouette
Hair Jewlery
Jay Family Stories: Adam Von Trott zu Solz and Operation Valkyrie
This month’s story is that of 20th century German statesman Adam Von Trott Zu Solz (1909-1944), a descendent of John Jay through his maternal grandmother Anna Jay Von Schweinitz, daughter of John Jay II. Von Trott zu Solz is perhaps best known for his participation in the infamous Operation Valkyrie plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler…
Wedding Photo by Matthew Brady
Jay’s Commission
Ann (Nancy) Jay
Clock with Bell Jar
Jay Family Stories: John Jay Chapman (1862-1933)
John Jay Chapman was a lawyer, author, and the great-great grandson of John Jay. Born in 1862 in New York City, Chapman attended Harvard Law School and was admitted to the Bar in 1888. After only practicing law for a decade, he dedicated the rest of this life to writing books and essays focusing on…