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Additional Reading
Frank Monaghan, John Jay (1935, reissued 1972), is a well-written biography. Richard B. Morris, Witnesses at the Creation: Hamilton, Madison, Jay, and the Constitution (1985), characterizes the three men and analyzes the events surrounding the writing of the Federalist papers.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Columbia University - Digital Libraries Collection - A Brief Biography of John Jay. | Jun 15, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 13, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Heritage Foundation - John Jay: Father of American Jurisprudence and Diplomacy. | May 08, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of John Jay Homestead. | Jan 28, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Dec 08, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Supreme Court Historical Society - The First Chief Justice: John Jay and the Making of a New Nation. | Mar 12, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Columbia University - A Brief Biography of John Jay. | Jan 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: The National Museum of American Diplomacy - John Jay. | Dec 06, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Historical Society of the New York Courts - John Jay. | Oct 08, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Free Speech Center at Middle Tennessee State University - John Jay. | Jul 01, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 15, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: INTEL.gov - The Founding Father of U.S. Counterintelligence -John Jay and the Committee for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies. | Oct 27, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Columbia University Libraries - John Jay Papers. | Sep 15, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Online Library of Liberty - John Jay: Legal and Constitutional Framer. | Apr 12, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Oyez - Biography of John Jay. | Jan 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - John Jay. | Apr 01, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Colonial America - John Jay. | Nov 07, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Facts about Famous People - Biography of John Jay. | Jan 29, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: American National Biography Online - Biography of Jay John. | Dec 16, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: New York State Hall of Governors - Biography of John Jay. | Dec 16, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Washington Library Center for Digital History - The Digital Encyclopedia of George Washington - John Jay. | Dec 16, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Famous People - Biography of John Jay. | Jun 23, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: American History Central - John Jay. | Jun 23, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: America's Story from America's Library - John Jay, One of the Nation's Founding Fathers, Was Born. | Jun 23, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Supreme Court Historical Society - Biography of John Jay. | Mar 13, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: UShistory.org - John Jay. | Feb 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress - Biography of John Jay. | Jan 29, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: History Central - Biography of John Jay. | Jan 29, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - What you should know about forgotten founding father John Jay. | Jan 29, 2013 | ||
| Added information on his academic career. | May 10, 2010 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biography of John Jay. | Nov 05, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | May 10, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 01, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | May 04, 1999 |
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