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John Jay Federalist from New York New York was a colony that like Pennsylvania was a melting pot of cultures. They have great soil for growing crops. Also the land was perfect with wide rivers to trade and trap for furs. The land was a perfect place for harbors also. The people were men and women with small farms. The culture was heavily mixed and tolerance was a way of life. John Jay was an intelligent young man at 19 he had graduated college with highest honors and at 23 was admitted into the New York BAR. He was a law man who later became a Justice and governor of New York. He also created treaties with Spain France and Great Britain. John Jay was a part of the constitutional congress from 1774-1776 and elected president of the congress in 1778. Jay was writer for the congress and wrote the Address to the People of Great Britain. He also served as the first Chief Justice. Jay also had a large hand in the New York constitution and the state government. John Jay was not a part of the state’s ratifying convention but held strong opinions of the constitution. //The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay//. Edited by Henry P. Johnston. 4 vols. New York and London: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1890--93. Kindig, Thomas. "John Jay" __ushistory.org__. 7/4/95. ushistory.org. 9/19/10 . John Jay" __Annals of American History__. Encyclopedia Britanntica. 9/19/10 .