In 1801 John Jay retired from public life to his farm in Bedford, New York. The property was a sprawling country estate, around 700 acres. While the farm was managed by a separate staff, the day-to-day household and estate operations were overseen by John Jay and his daughter Nancy. In reviewing his account books, Jay…
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…
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…