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John Adams to Pieter van Bleiswyck, April 19, 1781
Leyden April 19th. 1781 1 Sir I have the Honour to inclose to your Excellency a Copy of a Memorial 2 to their High Mightinesses the States General of the…
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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 States General of Netherlands, April 19, 1781
Leyden April 19. 1781 1 High and Mighty Lords The Subscriber has the Honour to propose to your High Mightinesses, that the United States of America, in Congress Assembled, have…
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John Adams to Prince of Orange and Stadholder of the Netherlands William V, April 19, 1781
Leyden April 19. 1781 The Subscriber has the Honour to inform your most Serene Highness, that the United States of America, in Congress assembled, impressed with a deep Sense of…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, April 28, 1781
Amsterdam April 28. 1781 My dearest Friend Congress have been pleased to give me so much other Business to do, that I have not Time to write either to Congress,…
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John Adams to President of Congress, May 7, 1781
Amsterdam May 7th. 1781 Sir On the fourth of May I did myself the Honour to wait on Peter Van Bleiswick Esqr., Grand Pensionary of Holland, and presented him a…
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John Adams to Charles William Frederick Dumas, May 7, 1781
Amsterdam May 7. 1781 Dear sir I have this moment received yours of 6th. I have no Objection against your Plan. I informed the Grand Pensionary and the President that…
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John Adams to Benjamin Franklin, May 8, 1781
Amsterdam May 8. 1781 Sir I have the Honour of yours of the 29th of April, 1 and according to your desire, have inclosed a List of the Bills accepted…
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John Adams to John Laurens, May 8, 1781
Amsterdam May 8. 1781 Sir I have received the Letter you did me the Honour to write me, on the 28th. of April. I < , Start deletion, most ,…
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John Adams to President of Congress, May 16, 1781
Amsterdam May 16th. 1781 Sir There has been much said in the public Papers concerning Conferences for Peace, concerning the Mediation of the Emperor of Germany and the Empress of…
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John Adams to President of Congress, May 17, 1781
Amsterdam, 17 May 1781. LbC Adams Papers. printed : JA, Corr. in the Boston Patriot description begins Correspondence of the Late President Adams. Originally Published in the Boston Patriot. In…
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John Adams to President of Congress, May 25, 1781
Amsterdam, 25 May 1781. RC PCC, No. 84, III, f. 169–170. printed : Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. description begins The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States ,…
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John Adams to Benjamin Franklin, May 25, 1781
Amsterdam May 25. 1781 Sir I have the Honour to Advise you, that I have this day drawn four setts of Bills of Exchange, of two in each sett, for…
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John Adams to Charles William Frederick Dumas, May 26, 1781
Amsterdam May 26th. 1781 Sir I am honoured with yours of the 23d., and percieve by it that the Error I mentioned was not of the Press but of the…
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John Adams to Grand & Co Fizeaux, May 26, 1781
Amsterdam May 26. 1781 Gentlemen I have the Honour of your Letter of the 17th. instant, inclosing the 66 Bills of Exchange accepted by me, amounting to Bf. 109780, which…
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John Adams to President of Congress, May 27, 1781
Amsterdam, 27 May 1781. RC in John Thaxter’s hand PCC, No. 84, III, f. 173–176. printed : Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. description begins The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, May 29, 1781
Amsterdam May 29 1781 My dear Son I am two Letters, I believe in your Debt, but I have been too busily engaged, to be able to write you. I…
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John Adams to President of Congress, May 29, 1781
Amsterdam May 29th. 1781 Sir The English, by the capture of St. Eustatia, seem to have committed the most compleat blunder of all. There was found in that Island a…
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John Adams to John Quincy Adams, May 30, 1781
Amsterdam May 30. 1781 My dear John If there are any extraordinary Productions of Nature or Art, exhibited, at the Fair of Leyden, write me an Account and a description…
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John Adams to President of Congress, May 31, 1781
Amsterdam, 31 May 1781. RC in John Thaxter’s hand PCC, No. 84, III, f. 185–187>. printed : Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. description begins The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of…
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John Adams to Laurent Bérenger, June 7, 1781
Amsterdam June 7th. 1781 Sir Capt. Isaac Cazneau of Boston, lately arrived here from Norway, in his passage on board a Danish Vessel, unfortunately fell in with an English Privateer…
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John Adams to President of Congress, June 11, 1781
Amsterdam, 11 June 1781. RC in John Thaxter’s hand PCC, No. 84, III, f. 197–205. printed : Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. description begins The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of…
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John Adams to President of Congress, June 12, 1781
Amsterdam, 12 June 1781. RC in John Thaxter’s hand PCC, No. 84, III, f. 209–217. printed : Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. description begins The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of…
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John Adams to President of Congress, June 15, 1781
Amsterdam June 15th. 1781 Sir The long expected Courier has at last arrived at the Hague from Petersbourg. The Contents of his dispatches are not publick, but all hopes of…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, June 16, 1781
Amsterdam June 16. 1781 My dearest Friend Mr. Le Roy the Bearer of this is a native of N. York but has lived nine years in Amsterdam with his Aunt…