On this day in 1778, the Third Continental Congress elected John Jay, the former chief justice of the New York Supreme Court, as its president. Jay’s fellow delegates turned to him only three ...

John Jay was a direct descendant of the man who became the fifth president of the Continental Congress and George Washington's first Supreme Court Chief Justice--he was the great-great-great ...

Yet the First Continental Congress was quietly momentous, a watershed moment in resistance to Britain’s policies. ... Meanwhile John Jay, among the more conservative delegates, ...

The First Continental Congress convened on on Sept.5, 1774, including delegates from 12 of the 13 colonies and Founding Fathers such as John Adams, Patrick Henry and George Washington.

On Sept. 5, 1774, the First Continental Congress convened at Carpenter's Hall in Philadelphia. Fifty-three delegates from 12 colonies attended. ... John Adams, John Jay and many others.

Jay was a central figure in the American Revolution and early Republic; a delegate to and president of the Continental Congress; America's representative in Madrid, Paris and London; Secretary for ...

The First Continental Congress formed in response to the British Parliament's passage of the Intolerable Acts (called the Coercive Acts in England), which aimed to punish Massachusetts for the ...

Continental Congress approves Treaty of Paris, Jan. 14, 1784 The United States issued a postage stamp marking the bicentennial of the Treaty of Paris in 1983. By Andrew Glass 01/14/2018 06:51 AM EST ...

"John Jay filled more high offices than any other Founding Father, including president of the Second Continental Congress, secretary of foreign affairs under the Articles of Confederation, and ...

The Continental Congress’ productive visit to York in 1777 to 1778 ... New York’s Gouverneur Morris also visited Livingston and described the symptoms to statesman John Jay back home ...