The interior of the mansion, which is elegantly furnished, displays on its walls a large and valuable collection of cabinet pictures, and family and historical portraits ; among them are the following, viz : In the hall, George Washington, by Trumbull ; John Adams, by Trumbull ; Thomas Jefferson, after Stewart by Ames ; James Madison, by the same ; De Witt Clinton, John Jay, as Chief Justice ; Judge William Jay, by Huntington ; John Jay, by the same ; President Dwight, of Yale College ; Stephen Peloquir, Mayor of Bristol, who married Frances daughter of Pierre Jay.
In the parlors: Augustus Jay, Esq., born at La Rochelle in France, 1665; came to New York, 1697 -- in evening and full dress -- copy from an old French picture ; the late Mr. William Jay, by West; and the late Judge William Jay as a young man, by Vanderlyn.
The dining-room contains : Judge Egbert Benson, by Stewart ; Stephen Van Renselaer, Lt. Governor, by Stewart ; Alexander Hamila Van der Donk'8 N. N.
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ton, by Trumbull ; William Livingston, Governor of New Jersey as a boy; Judge William Jay, by Wenzleu; Mrs. John Jay, (Sarah Livingston) wife of Chief Justice John Jay and daughter of William Livingston, Governor of New Jersey, with her children William and Sarah, pastel by Pine; Mrs. H. G. Chapman and child, by Stone; the late H. W. Field, by Nims. Busts of Chief Justice (after a model of Carracio), by Frazee.0