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Published by Washington, DC, 1923
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Add to basketStiff Card. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 4.5" X 5.75"; 1 pages; An engraved invitation (measures 4.5" X 5.75") printed on white card stock. The text reads "The Chief Justice and Mrs. Taft request the pleasure of the Company of Mr. and Mrs. Jay at luncheon on Sunday December Twenty third at 1:30 o'clock 2245 Wyoming Avenu…e" Provenance: This invitation is addressed to Mrs. Peter Augustus Jay -- Peter Augustus Jay (1877 â" 1933) was an American diplomat born in 1877 at Newport, Rhode Island, into the esteemed Jay family that traces its direct lineage to John Jay, Founding Father and first United States Chief Justice. In 1902, he began his professional diplomatic career at the American embassy in Paris followed by service in Constantinople. Jay became Chargà d'Affaires in Tokyo in 1908, where he served until the end of 1909 when President William Howard Taft appointed him Consul General to Egypt in Cairo (1910 - 1913). In 1920, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Jay as U.S. Minister to El Salvador; soon after President Warren G. Harding, made him U.S. Minister to Romania (1921-1925), where he assisted in negotiating that country's repayment terms of $42 million for wartime and post World War I development loans. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge appointed him U.S. Ambassador to Argentina. This was his last foreign service job, as he resigned his post and returned to Washington, D.C in December 1926, following the death of his young daughter Emily. William Howard Taft (1857-1930) was the 27th president of the United States, serving from 1909 to 1913, and the tenth chief justice of the United States, serving from 1921 to 1930, the only person to have held both offices.
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Published by U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, 1930
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Add to basketStiff Card. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 4.75" X 5.75"; 1 pages; An engraved invitation (measures 4.75" by 5.75") printed on cream card stock. The text reads "The Secretary of State and Mrs. Stimson/ request the honor of the company of / Mr. and Mrs. Jay / at breakfast / on Wednesday the first of January/ at half after t…welve o'clock / at the Pan American Union" Provenance: This invitation was to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Augustus Jay -- Peter Augustus Jay (1877 â" 1933) was an American diplomat born in 1877 at Newport, Rhode Island, into the esteemed Jay family that traces its direct lineage to John Jay, Founding Father and first United States Chief Justice. In 1902, he began his professional diplomatic career at the American embassy in Paris followed by service in Constantinople. Jay became Chargà d'Affaires in Tokyo in 1908, where he served until the end of 1909 when President William Howard Taft appointed him Consul General to Egypt in Cairo (1910 - 1913). In 1920, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Jay as U.S. Minister to El Salvador; soon after President Warren G. Harding, made him U.S. Minister to Romania (1921-1925), where he assisted in negotiating that country's repayment terms of $42 million for wartime and post World War I development loans. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge appointed him U.S. Ambassador to Argentina. This was his last foreign service job, as he resigned his post and returned to Washington, D.C in December 1926, following the death of his young daughter Emily. Henry Lewis Stimson (1867 â" 1950) was an American statesman, lawyer, and Republican Party politician. Over his long career, he emerged as a leading figure in U.S. foreign policy by serving in both Republican and Democratic administrations. He served as Secretary of War (1911â"1913) under President William Howard Taft, Secretary of State (1929â"1933) under President Herbert Hoover, and again Secretary of War (1940â"1945) under Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, overseeing American military efforts during World War II.
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Published by U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, 1931
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Add to basketStiff Card. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 4.5" X 5.5"; 1 pages; An engraved invitation (measures 4.75" by 5.75") printed on cream card stock with embossed eagle seal. The text reads "The Secretary of State and Mrs. Stimson/ request the honor of the company of / Mrs. Jay / at dinner / on Wednesday May sixth / at eight o'cl…ock // Woodley / 3000 Cathedral Avenue" Provenance: This invitation was to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Augustus Jay -- Peter Augustus Jay (1877 â" 1933) was an American diplomat born in 1877 at Newport, Rhode Island, into the esteemed Jay family that traces its direct lineage to John Jay, Founding Father and first United States Chief Justice. In 1902, he began his professional diplomatic career at the American embassy in Paris followed by service in Constantinople. Jay became Chargà d'Affaires in Tokyo in 1908, where he served until the end of 1909 when President William Howard Taft appointed him Consul General to Egypt in Cairo (1910 - 1913). In 1920, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Jay as U.S. Minister to El Salvador; soon after President Warren G. Harding, made him U.S. Minister to Romania (1921-1925), where he assisted in negotiating that country's repayment terms of $42 million for wartime and post World War I development loans. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge appointed him U.S. Ambassador to Argentina. This was his last foreign service job, as he resigned his post and returned to Washington, D.C in December 1926, following the death of his young daughter Emily. Henry Lewis Stimson (1867 â" 1950) was an American statesman, lawyer, and Republican Party politician. Over his long career, he emerged as a leading figure in U.S. foreign policy by serving in both Republican and Democratic administrations. He served as Secretary of War (1911â"1913) under President William Howard Taft, Secretary of State (1929â"1933) under President Herbert Hoover, and again Secretary of War (1940â"1945) under Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, overseeing American military efforts during World War II.
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Published by White House, Washington, DC, 1925
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Add to basketStiff Card. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 5" X 5.75"; 1 pages; An engraved invitation (measures 5" X 5.75") printed on cream card stock bearing the embossed gilt seal of the Cuban Embassy. The text reads "In honor of the Secretary of State and Mrs. Stimson / The Cuban Ambassador / and Madame Ferrara / request the honor of… the company of / Mrs. Peter Augustus Jay / at Dinner / on Thursday February 26th / at eight o'clock / R.S.V.P." Provenance: This invitation is addressed to Mrs. Peter Augustus Jay -- Peter Augustus Jay (1877 â" 1933) was an American diplomat born in 1877 at Newport, Rhode Island, into the esteemed Jay family that traces its direct lineage to John Jay, Founding Father and first United States Chief Justice. In 1902, he began his professional diplomatic career at the American embassy in Paris followed by service in Constantinople. Jay became Chargà d'Affaires in Tokyo in 1908, where he served until the end of 1909 when President William Howard Taft appointed him Consul General to Egypt in Cairo (1910 - 1913). In 1920, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Jay as U.S. Minister to El Salvador; soon after President Warren G. Harding, made him U.S. Minister to Romania (1921-1925), where he assisted in negotiating that country's repayment terms of $42 million for wartime and post World War I development loans. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge appointed him U.S. Ambassador to Argentina. This was his last foreign service job, as he resigned his post and returned to Washington, D.C in December 1926, following the death of his young daughter Emily. Orestes Ferrara y Marino (1876 - 1972), known in Italy as Oreste Ferrara, was an Italian Cuban, who fought for Cuba's independence. He was also an attorney, a journalist, a writer and an entrepreneur who founded one of the most successful newspapers of La Habana, El Heraldo de Cuba. He served as Cuba's Ambassador to the United States during the Coolidge Administration.
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Published by U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, 1930
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Add to basketStiff Card. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 4.5" X 5.5"; 1 pages; An engraved invitation (measures 4.75" by 5.75") printed on cream card stock with embossed eagle seal. The text reads "The Secretary of State and Mrs. Stimson/ request the pleasure of your company / at a Garden Party / on Tuesday the twenty-seventh of May / f…rom five until seven o'clock // Woodley / 3000 Cathedral Avenue" Provenance: This invitation was to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Augustus Jay -- Peter Augustus Jay (1877 â" 1933) was an American diplomat born in 1877 at Newport, Rhode Island, into the esteemed Jay family that traces its direct lineage to John Jay, Founding Father and first United States Chief Justice. In 1902, he began his professional diplomatic career at the American embassy in Paris followed by service in Constantinople. Jay became Chargà d'Affaires in Tokyo in 1908, where he served until the end of 1909 when President William Howard Taft appointed him Consul General to Egypt in Cairo (1910 - 1913). In 1920, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Jay as U.S. Minister to El Salvador; soon after President Warren G. Harding, made him U.S. Minister to Romania (1921-1925), where he assisted in negotiating that country's repayment terms of $42 million for wartime and post World War I development loans. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge appointed him U.S. Ambassador to Argentina. This was his last foreign service job, as he resigned his post and returned to Washington, D.C in December 1926, following the death of his young daughter Emily. Henry Lewis Stimson (1867 â" 1950) was an American statesman, lawyer, and Republican Party politician. Over his long career, he emerged as a leading figure in U.S. foreign policy by serving in both Republican and Democratic administrations. He served as Secretary of War (1911â"1913) under President William Howard Taft, Secretary of State (1929â"1933) under President Herbert Hoover, and again Secretary of War (1940â"1945) under Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, overseeing American military efforts during World War II.
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Published by U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC, 1928
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Add to basketStiff Card. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 5" X 7"; 1 pages; An engraved invitation (measures 5" by 7") printed on cream card stock bearing the embossed American Eagle seal. The text reads "In honor of the Delegates to the / International Conference of American States / on Conciliation and Arbitration / The Secretary of St…ate and Mrs. Kellogg / request the honor of your company / at a reception / on Monday evening the tenth of December / at ten o'clock / at the Pan American Union" Provenance: This invitation was to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Augustus Jay -- Peter Augustus Jay (1877 â" 1933) was an American diplomat born in 1877 at Newport, Rhode Island, into the esteemed Jay family that traces its direct lineage to John Jay, Founding Father and first United States Chief Justice. In 1902, he began his professional diplomatic career at the American embassy in Paris followed by service in Constantinople. Jay became Chargà d'Affaires in Tokyo in 1908, where he served until the end of 1909 when President William Howard Taft appointed him Consul General to Egypt in Cairo (1910 - 1913). In 1920, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Jay as U.S. Minister to El Salvador; soon after President Warren G. Harding, made him U.S. Minister to Romania (1921-1925), where he assisted in negotiating that country's repayment terms of $42 million for wartime and post World War I development loans. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge appointed him U.S. Ambassador to Argentina. This was his last foreign service job, as he resigned his post and returned to Washington, D.C in December 1926, following the death of his young daughter Emily. Frank Billings Kellogg (1856-1937) served as Secretary of State during the full term of President Calvin Coolidge from 1925 until 1929. Even before he became Secretary of State, Kellogg, as Ambassador to the United Kingdom, influenced U.S. foreign policy, especially regarding German reparations to the Allies, as outlined in the Treaty of Versailles. Once Secretary, he was successful in negotiating a settlement between Chile and Peru regarding the Tacna-Arica border dispute and negotiating a treaty of arbitration with the Republic of Mexico. He also negotiated or signed nearly 80 other treaties with European and Western Hemisphere states, breaking the record set by William Jennings Bryan. Kelloggâs most lasting achievement, for which he received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1929, was the negotiation of the Kellogg-Briand Pact.
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Published by Washington, DC, 1925
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Add to basketStiff Card. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 4.25" X 5.25"; 1 pages; An engraved invitation (measures 4.25" X 5.25") printed on white card stock. The text reads "To meet The Members of Congress of The Committee Opposed to National Prohibition and The District Council of the Woman's Organization for National Prohibition Refor…m Miss Gurnee At Home on Wednesday evening February fourth at nine-thirty o'clock R.s.v.p. 1320 Sixteenth Street" Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Peter Augustus Jay -- Peter Augustus Jay (1877 â" 1933) was an American diplomat born in 1877 at Newport, Rhode Island, into the esteemed Jay family that traces its direct lineage to John Jay, Founding Father and first United States Chief Justice. In 1902, he began his professional diplomatic career at the American embassy in Paris followed by service in Constantinople. Jay became Chargà d'Affaires in Tokyo in 1908, where he served until the end of 1909 when President William Howard Taft appointed him Consul General to Egypt in Cairo (1910 - 1913). In 1920, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Jay as U.S. Minister to El Salvador; soon after President Warren G. Harding, made him U.S. Minister to Romania (1921-1925), where he assisted in negotiating that country's repayment terms of $42 million for wartime and post World War I development loans. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge appointed him U.S. Ambassador to Argentina. This was his last foreign service job, as he resigned his post and returned to Washington, D.C in December 1926, following the death of his young daughter Emily.
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Published by Rome, 1915
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Add to basketEphemera. Condition: Very Good. 8" X 10.5"; 2 pages; Holograph letter on Embassy letterhead with wax Embassy seal from Peter Augustus Jay at the American Embassy in Rome to his father Augustus Jay at the Knickerbocker Club in New York concerning death of relative Colonel William Jay and disposition of Jay property at the interse…ction of Pearl and Broad Streets in New York. TRANSCRIPTION: "American Embassy / Rome // April 10, 1915 // Dear Father // It has just struck me that now that dear Col. Willlaim Jay is dead Moppy (or rather Arthur Iselin) will want to sell their part of the property on the corner of Pearl and Broad Streets. I hope very much indeed that you will not consent to sell your share of this land. // You may not remember my great grandfather and your grandfather Peter A. Jay's will - which is given in full in Jack Jay's 'Reminiscences of Peter A. Jay' - In it he solemnly charges his descendents to hold on to this property and never to be induced by any stress to mortgage it, saying that it is the first land bought by our family in America. // Though we have lost Rye and now Bedford will no longer be Jay, we still have something to be proud of, namely an undisputed title to a piece of ground in New York handed down from father to son for well over 200 years -- a very rare thing in America. // I daresay that it may not pay expenses and it would be more business like to sell it instead of paying high taxes, but I very much hope you will not do so. // On the contrary, I hope you will leave it to me in your will with the reversion to Lanny's boy, in case I have no son (as unfortunately seems likely). // Believe me, dearest Father // love // Peter" The relatives PAJ refers to in the letter are William Jay II (1841-1915), the great grandson of American Founding Father John Jay. He was called âthe Colonelâ on account of his rank during the Civil War. In civilian life he was a lawyer, specializing in real estate law. William Jy and his wife Lucie Oelrichs Jay were fixtures in the upper class, Gilded Age set known as âthe Four Hundred.â Their only surviving child Eleanor Jay Iselin (1882-1953) was called âMoppyâ on account of her unruly hair. She married Arthur Iselin in 1904, and she inherited Bedford House when her father died in 1915. After her death in 1953 Eleanor Jay Iselin the Jay family Bedford Estate became an historical museum memorializing John Jay and his family. The author of this letter, Peter Augustus Jay (1877 â" 1933) was an American diplomat born in 1877 at Newport, Rhode Island, into the esteemed Jay family that traces its direct lineage to John Jay, Founding Father and first United States Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. In 1902, he began his professional diplomatic career at the American embassy in Paris followed by service in Constantinople. Jay became Chargà d'Affaires in Tokyo in 1908, where he served until the end of 1909 when President William Howard Taft appointed him Consul General to Egypt in Cairo (1910 - 1913). In 1920, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Jay as U.S. Minister to El Salvador; soon after President Warren G. Harding, made him U.S. Minister to Romania (1921-1925), where he assisted in negotiating that country's repayment terms of $42 million for wartime and post World War I development loans. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge appointed him U.S. Ambassador to Argentina. This was his last foreign service job, as he resigned his post and returned to Washington, D.C in December 1926, following the death of his young daughter Emily.
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Autographed Typed Letter from General John J. Pershing to Hon. Peter Augustus Jay; in Original Envelope with printed calling card laid-in
Pershing, General John J. ; [Peter Augustus Jay] ; [Mrs. Frederick Lewis Perry]
Published by General of the Armies, Washington, 1926
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Add to basketEphemera. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Autograph; 9" X 7"; 1 pages; A typed letter SIGNED by John J. Pershing on printed letterhead reading "General of the Armies / Washington" The letter is dated March 25, 1926 and is addressed to "The Honorable / Peter Augustus Jay, / American Ambassador, / Buenos Aires, Argentina" The… text reads: "My dear Mr. Ambassador: // This note will be presented to / you by Mrs. F.J. Perry, a very good friend / of mine who is making a trip along the east / coast of South America. She is an Army / woman who rendered very distinguished / services during the World War and I shall / appreciate any courtesies which you or the / Military Attache may find it convenient to / extend to her. // With very warm regards, believe me / Yours sincerely, [signed] John J. Pershing" Included is the printed calling card of Mrs. Frederick Lewis Perry with the penciled note "Savoy Hotel" , card bears a mark from old paperclip. General John J. Pershing had a long association with Mrs. Frederick Lewis Perry; in fact, his brother Ward B. Pershing was best man at the wedding of Mary Hooper Jouett and Lt. Frederick Lewis Perry in 1901. At the time of this letter, Peter A. Jay was U.S. Ambassador to Argentina. It is interesting to delve into the history related to the three individuals principal to this piece of correspondance. MRS. FREDERICK LEWIS PERRY -- Mary Hooper Jouett Perry (1868-1945) was the daughter of Major William Burchett Hooper of the Occidental Hotel in San Francisco. Major Hooper ventured to California in the first years of the gold rush. Rather than cast his lot with the miners, he embarked in the mercantile business on an extended scale. Through his management, the Occidental Hotel acquired a wide fame and became the recognized hostelry for naval and military officers and ecclesiastical and fraternal leaders. Nearly three years after his death, the hotel was severely damaged in the 1906 earthquake and had to be torn down. In September 1901 Mary Hooper Jouett married Lt. Frederick Lewis Perry of the Artillery Corps, U.S.A. at the Occidental Hotel. Lt. Ward Beecher Pershing (4th Cavalry, U.S.A., brother of General John J. Pershing) was Perryâs best man. [Ward Pershing (1874-1909) died of illness contracted during his service in the Philippines War.] Lt. Perry, as aide to General Hale in the First Colorado Infantry, was slightly wounded in the Philippines. Perry was soon promoted to Captain, and they spent years at various postings from Virginia to the San Francisco Bay Area. Mary had two sons, William Hooper Jouett and John Hamilton Jouett; both served in the military. Recruited by Chiang Kai-shek, retired Major John H. Jouett lead 17 American instructor pilots, who were hired to turn the Chinese Aviation School into a replica of the United Statesâ Randolph Field. They spent two years in the war-torn nation completing the training of 335 Chinese cadets using an American system similar to the one used at Randolph Field in Texas. PETER AUGUSTUS JAY -- Peter Augustus Jay (1877 â" 1933) was an American diplomat born in 1877 at Newport, Rhode Island, into the esteemed Jay family that traces its direct lineage to John Jay, Founding Father and first Chief Justice of the United States. In 1902, he began his professional diplomatic career at the American embassy in Paris followed by service in Constantinople. Jay became Chargà d'Affaires in Tokyo in 1908, where he served until the end of 1909 when President William Howard Taft appointed him Consul General to Egypt in Cairo (1910 - 1913). In 1920, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Jay as U.S. Minister to El Salvador; soon after President Warren G. Harding, made him U.S. Minister to Romania (1921-1925), where he assisted in negotiating that country's repayment terms of $42 million for wartime and post World War I development loans. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge appointed him U.S. Ambassador to Argentina. This was his last foreign service job, as he resigned his post and returned to Washington, D.C in.
