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John Adams to Edmund Jenings, July 18, 1780
July 18. 1780 I have just received the Court Gazette with Clintons Proclamations. 1 I would give any Thing I had time to write you, a whole sheet about Carolina.…
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Letters from John Adams
B. 1735 · D. 1826
John Adams was a Founding Father and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain. During the latter part of the Revolutionary War and in the early years of the new nation, he served the Continental Congress of the United States as a senior diplomat in Europe. Adams was the first vice president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. He was a dedicated diarist and regularly corresponded with contemporaries, including his wife and advisor Abigail Adams and his friend and rival Thomas Jefferson.
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John Adams to President of Congress, July 19, 1780
Paris, 19 July 1780. RC in John Thaxter’s hand (PCC, No. 84, II, f. 201–206). printed : Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. description begins The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of…
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John Adams to President of Congress, July 19, 1780
Paris, 19 July 1780. Dupl in John Thaxter’s hand (PCC, No. 84, II, f. 207–209). printed : Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. description begins The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of…
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John Adams to Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, July 26, 1780
Paris July 26th 1780 1 Sir I have recieved the letter which your Excellency did me the honor to write me the twenty fifth of this month. The sincere respect…
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John Adams to Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes, July 27, 1780
Paris July 27th 1780 1 Sir Since my Letter of the Twenty first; and upon reading over again your Excellency’s Letter to me of the Twentieth, I observed one Expression…
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John Adams to President of Congress, July 30, 1780
Philadelphia July 30 1780 Sir Since your Arrival in Europe I have been favoured with your several Despatches of the 11. and 16. of December last, the 16. of January,…
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John Adams to Benjamin Franklin, August 17, 1780
Amsterdam 3 August 17. 1780 Sir I never was more amuzed with political Speculations, than Since my Arrival in this country.— Every one has his Prophecy, and every Prophecy is…
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John Adams to Jean Luzac, August 22, 1780
Amsterdam August 22. 1780 1 Sir At a Time, when the English Emmissaries are filling all Europe with their confidant Assertions, of the Distress of the Americans, the enclosed Papers…
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John Adams to President of Congress, August 22, 1780
Amsterdam, 22 Aug. 1780. RC (PCC, No. 84, II, f. 241–244). printed : Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. description begins The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States ,…
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John Adams to President of Congress, August 23, 1780
Amsterdam August 23d 1780 Sir The Errand of Mr. Cumberland to Madrid, is a mere finesse of the British Ministry, intended to aid the Stockjobbers, keep up the Stocks, aid…
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John Adams to President of Congress, August 24, 1780
Amsterdam Aug. 24. 1780 Sir I have only time by this Vessell to inclose the declarations of Sweeden and Denmark; 1 but the chance of her going safe is so…
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John Adams to President of Congress, September 4, 1780
Amsterdam, 4 Sept. 1780. RC ( MdHi : Gilmor Papers). A note attached to this letter by Robert Gilmor, a Baltimore merchant, indicates that he received it from Jared Sparks…
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John Adams to Charles William Frederick Dumas, September 5, 1780
Amsterdam Septr. 5. 1780 dear Sir I have this moment the Pleasure of yours of the 3d instant, and I thank you for your kind Congratulations on the glorious News…
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John Adams to Jean Luzac, September 5, 1780
Amsterdam Septr. 5. 1780 Sir Inclosed is an Abridgment of a Pamphlet, published in London last Winter. I beg your Attentive Perusal of it and your candid opinion, whether it…
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John Adams to President of Congress, September 5, 1780
Amsterdam September 5th. 1780 Sir As Eloquence is cultivated with more Care in free Republicks, than in other Governments, it has been found by constant Experience that such Republicks have…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, September 15, 1780
Amsterdam Septr. 15. 1780 My dear Portia I wish you to write me, by every Opportunity to this Place, as well as to France. It seems as if I never…
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John Adams to Samuel Huntington, September 20, 1780
Amsterdam Sept. 20. 1780 Sir Your Excellencys Letter of 12 July, I have received and thank you, sir, for recommending this Gentleman to me. 1 And shall on all future…
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John Adams to James Lovell, September 20, 1780
Amsterdam septr. 20. 1780 Dear Sir Yours of 10 July 1 is before me. Mr. Searle and every other Gentleman that you recommend to me, shall be treated with all…
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John Adams to Benjamin Rush, September 20, 1780
Amsterdam sept. 20. 1780 1 Dear Sir Yours of 13 July I have received. 2 Your Account of the Resurrection of the Spirit of 65 and 6, 3 is very…
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John Adams to William Lee, September 21, 1780
Amsterdam Septr. < , Start deletion, 12 , End, > 21st. 1780 1 Dear Sir Your favour of the 10th. is < , Start deletion, just come to Hand ,…
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John Adams to Jan van Vollenhoven, September 22, 1780
22 Septr. 1780 A Stranger, having particular Occasion to Speak with the Broker, who, Some time Since, negotiated in this City, a Loan of Money, for the City of Dantzick,…
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John Adams to John Thaxter, September 23, 1780
Amsterdam Septr. 23 1780 Dear Sir Last Night I had the pleasure of receiving yours of the 17th. After reflecting a little upon matters I think upon the whole it…
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John Adams to Edmund Jenings, September 23, 1780
Amsterdam Septr. 23. 1780 Dear Sir I have received your Favour, 1 written after your Return from Spa and am very glad you had so pleasant a Tour and found…
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John Adams to James Searle, September 23, 1780
Amsterdam September 23 1780 Sir I received, by the Hand of Mr. Dana, the Letters and Dispatches, which you brought for me, from Congress. 1 I should have been very…