John Jay: Founding Father

John Jay was a central determine within the early historical past of the American Republic. A New York lawyer, born in 1745, Jay served his nation with the best distinction, and was some of the influential of its Founding Fathers. On this first full-length biography of John Jay in virtually 70 years, Walter Stahr brings Jay vividly to life, setting his astonishing profession towards the background of the American Revolution.

Drawing on substantial new materials, Walter Stahr has written a full and extremely readable portrait of each the private and non-private man. It’s the story not solely of John Jay himself, essentially the most outstanding native-born New Yorker of the eighteenth century, but additionally of his participating and clever spouse, Sarah, who accompanied her husband on his wartime diplomatic missions. This energetic and compelling biography presents Jay within the gentle he deserves.