Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Mr. Jay” in entry jay-john of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

...e machinery of his State government, and being made a judge he entered Congress again late in 1778 and became president of that body. In September, 1779, he was sent to Spain to negotiate a loan. Mr. Jay was one of the commissioners for negotiating a treaty of peace with Great Britain. He returned to New York in 1784, and was secretary for foreign affairs from that year until the organization of t...
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