Posts By: Heather Iannucci
Photo of Eleanor Jay Iselin in Newport, Rhode Island
19th Century Pier Table
John Jay Revolutionary Spymaster Series: The Story of James Armistead
Portrait of Anna Maricka Bayard Jay
French Porcelain Coffee and Tea Service
Jay Family Stories – Doctors Riots
On the evening of April 14, 1788, an angry mob of almost 5,000 people, or one quarter of the population of New York City, stormed the jail on Broadway yelling, “Bring out your doctors!” To control the crowd Governor George Clinton called in the militia but ordered them not to fire their weapons. He plead…
Letter from John Jay to Peter A. Jay re: the sale of an enslaved woman
Print of Baron William Grenville
John Jay Revolutionary Spymaster: The Thomas Hickey Assassination Plot
Photograph of John Jay Chapman
Federal Period “Lion” Mantel Clock
Jay Family Stories: John Jay “The Skier”
This month’s blog takes a look at the life of John Clarkson Jay IV (1915-2000), great-grandson of Dr. John Clarkson Jay (1808-1891), son of business executive John Clarkson Jay III (1880-1941) and Marguerite Soleliac (1877-1937). He is referred to as John Jay for here on out. John Jay was one of the most influential ski-film…