Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for John Jay across 6 places, from 1745 to 1813.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
John Jay (1745 – May 17, 1829) was an American statesman, diplomat, signatory of the Treaty of Paris, and a Founding Father of the United States.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place John Jay is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where John Jay was documented, and when
23 December 1745exact date
New York Cityattested“Jay was born on December 23, 1745 (following the Gregorian calendar, December 12 following the Julian calendar), in New York City; three months later the family moved to Rye, New York.”source: Wikipedia: John Jay
23 December 1745exact date
Rye, New Yorkattested“Jay was born on December 23, 1745 (following the Gregorian calendar, December 12 following the Julian calendar), in New York City; three months later the family moved to Rye, New York.”source: Wikipedia: John Jay
23 December 1745exact date
New York (state)attested“Jay was born on December 23, 1745 (following the Gregorian calendar, December 12 following the Julian calendar), in New York City; three months later the family moved to Rye, New York.”source: Wikipedia: John Jay
1774year
New York (state)attested“In 1774, upon the conclusion of the Continental Congress, Jay elected to return to New York.”source: Wikipedia: John Jay
1783year
Parisattested“In 1783, one of Jay's slaves, a woman named Abigail, attempted to escape in Paris, but was found, imprisoned, and died soon after from illness.”source: Wikipedia: John Jay
1801year
Katonah, New Yorkattested“As an adult, Jay inherited land from his grandparents and built Bedford House, located near Katonah, New York, where he moved in 1801 with his wife Sarah to pursue retirement.”source: Wikipedia: John Jay
1813year
Katonahattested“Jay inherited this property upon the death of his older brother Peter in 1813 after Jay had already established himself at Katonah.”source: Wikipedia: John Jay
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27 September 1779exact date
Spainmentioned“On September 27, 1779, Jay was appointed Minister to Spain.”source: Wikipedia: John Jay
23 June 1782exact date
Parismentioned“On June 23, 1782, Jay reached Paris, where negotiations to end the American Revolutionary War would take place.”source: Wikipedia: John Jay
1786year
United Statesmentioned“It was largely through his efforts that in 1786 the state of New York passed a law emancipating enslaved people whose masters’ property had been confiscated, predating all other emancipation-related landmark events in the United States.”source: Wikipedia: John Jay
March 1795month
Philadelphiamentioned“In March 1795, the resulting treaty, known as the Jay Treaty, was brought to Philadelphia.”source: Wikipedia: John Jay
1799year
New York (state)mentioned“The Society helped enact the 1799 law for gradual emancipation of all slaves in New York, which Jay signed into law as governor.”source: Wikipedia: John Jay
1801year
Westchester County, New Yorkmentioned“In 1801, Jay declined both the Federalist renomination for governor and a Senate-confirmed nomination to resume his former office as Chief Justice of the United States and retired to the life of a farmer in Westchester County, New York.”source: Wikipedia: John Jay
1807year
Manhattanmentioned“In 1807, he had transferred the remains of his wife Sarah Livingston and those of his colonial ancestors from the family vault in the Bowery in Manhattan to Rye, establishing a private cemetery.”source: Wikipedia: John Jay
12 October 1816exact date
Pennsylvania Housementioned“In a letter addressed to Pennsylvania House of Representatives member John Murray, dated October 12, 1816, Jay wrote, "Real Christians will abstain from violating the rights of others, and therefore will not provoke war.”source: Wikipedia: John Jay
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back to it. Nothing is inferred, and a gap in the record is not evidence that someone was elsewhere.
A tag says how the fact is carried by its source: documented a structured,
explicitly dated record, attested a sentence that states the person was there,
mentioned a sentence that ties the person to the place without stating presence.
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