. Leslie's history of the greater New York . ed States Ministtn- toAustna in April, 18011, holding theoffice until his resignation in the fall of1871. He was President of the UnionLeague Club of New York City from1866 to 1869, and again in 1877. Hewas President of the American Uis-/ ffi^ # / M - i tMifiil Society of America, and was f^fai / ji-^5^H^ President of the National League for the Jrotection of American Institu-tions. He was for many years Man-ager and (orresi>onding Secretai-y ofthe New York Historical was one of the founders of theFreednuins Aid Inion, and was a manage
. Leslie's history of the greater New York . ed States Ministtn- toAustna in April, 18011, holding theoffice until his resignation in the fall of1871. He was President of the UnionLeague Club of New York City from1866 to 1869, and again in 1877. Hewas President of the American Uis-/ ffi^ # / M - i tMifiil Society of America, and was f^fai / ji-^5^H^ President of the National League for the Jrotection of American Institu-tions. He was for many years Man-ager and (orresi>onding Secretai-y ofthe New York Historical was one of the founders of theFreednuins Aid Inion, and was a manager of the Ireedmans AidSociety of New York. He was one of tlie incoriiorators of the Ameri-can Geographical Society. As President of tlie Inion League Club,he was active in tlie organization of the ^letropolitaii IMusenm of was a member of the Century, University, and Reform clubs, andof many societies of America and Europe. He maiTied, in , daugliter of H. W. Fiehl. The ]pres(iit (nlmiel ^^?iilianl Jay istheir onlv HON. .JOHN .LAY. JAY, ^l, only son of the late Hon. .Tolin Jay and EleanorField, Mas born in New York City, was graduated from Columbia Col-lege, and lias been engaged in the practice of law in this city since theCivil War. He served witli distinction from tlie beginning of thatconflict to the end, being attached, at various times, to the staffs of ENCYCLOPEDIA OF NEW YORK BIOGRAPHY. 33 General ^^ool, General Morrell, General Sykes, and General Meade,and attaining the rank of He is President of theNew York Cab Company, and a director of the Continental TrnstCompany, the Manhattan Storage and Warehouse Company, the Com-mercial Cable Telegraph Company, and the American Horse Ex-change. He is a well-known whip, and has been President of theCoaching Club. He is now President of the Meadow Brook Club. Heis a member of the iletropolitan, Century, Knickerbocker, (ity,Church, Lawyers, and other clubs; the Bar Association o
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