John Adams to Ferdinand Grand, October 12, 1781
Amsterdam October 12. 1781 Sir I have received your Favours of September 14 and 28th. 1 but, by reason of an Amsterdam Fever, which they call an Introduction to the…
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.
Amsterdam October 12. 1781 Sir I have received your Favours of September 14 and 28th. 1 but, by reason of an Amsterdam Fever, which they call an Introduction to the…
Amsterdam October 15th. 1781 Sir I wish, if it were possible, to communicate to Congress the present State of every Affair, which they have been pleased to confide in any…
Amsterdam October 18th 1781. Sir, Thomas Beer, with his Wife and two small Children came to my House this forenoon, and presented me a Letter from Mr. Coffyn of Dunkirk…
Amsterdam Oct. 20. 1781 Your Letter, Sir, of the 26 Ult. I received last night, and should have [been] astonished at its date and Contents if I had not seen…
Amsterdam Oct. 21. 1781 My dearest Friend I have not yet seen the Work from whence the inclosed Extracts were made. A set is on the Road, a Present from…
Amsterdam October 25th 1781 Sir I have the honor to inclose a Copy of a Letter I yesterday recieved from Corunna. 1 I communicate it to your Excellency in Confidence.…
Amsterdam October 26. 1781 Sir I duely received your Excellencys Letter of August 6th, but have been prevented by Sickness and a variety of accidents from answering it Sooner. 1…
Amsterdam October 27. 1781 Sir I had last night the honour of your Letter of the 22d and I most heartily congratulate the French Court and Nation, on the acquisition…
Amsterdam November 1st 1781 1 Sir It is still as problematical as ever, what is the political System of this Republick, and indeed whether it has any System at all.…
Amsterdam November 12th 1781 Sir By the last Post, Letters have been recieved in this Town from Mr. Gillon and from a Passenger, Mr. Le Roy, 1 by which and…
Amsterdam November 19th 1781 Sir Your obliging Letter of the 7th instant I had the honor to recieve on Saturday night by Mr Fox, 9 to whom I shall be…
Amsterdam Nov. 22. 1781 Sir Last Evening, was brought to me, the Proposals of the owners of the Ships, in the following Words. “To take from the owners of the…
Amsterdam Novr 26th 1781. Sir, I presume You have a Copy from Congress of their Instructions to me of the 16th of August: 3 but as it is possible it…
Amsterdam November 27. 1781 Sir I am this moment honoured with your Letter of Yesterdays date and I thank you for your kind Congratulations, on the News from America. May…
Amsterdam Nov. 28. 1781 Sir I had the Honour to write you, on the 26 instant by the Post, a Conveyance which I am determined to try, untill I am…
Amsterdam Nov. 29. 1781 Sir I have recd your favours of 14 and 26. I thank you for the Extract, and hope you will discover by whom and to whom…
Amsterdam Nov. 29. 1781 Dr sir While you were at Sea I recd the inclosed dispatches with a desire to open them if you were absent, which I did, and…
Amsterdam Decr. 1st. 1781 Sir Last night I had the honor of yours of the 23d. and 26th. Ulto. If it should be convenient for Mr. Barclay to come here…
Amsterdam Decr. 8th 1781. Sir, This morning were brought me four Bills of Exchange drawn on Mr. Laurens on the 6th. of July 1780 for 550 Guilders each. I have…
Amsterdam Decr 10. 1781 Sir I have received your Favour of 23 of November, and thank you for your Congratulation on my freedom of Amsterdam, which however cost me dearer,…
Amsterdam Decr 10. 1781 Gentlemen I have recd the Letter which you did me the Honour to write me on the 8th. instant, 1 inclosing a Translation of Messrs Van…
Amsterdam 13 December 1781. RC in John Thaxter’s hand (PCC, No. 84, III, f. 426–429). printed : Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. description begins The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of…
Amsterdam December 13. 1781 Sir I have received your friendly Letter of the 10th of this month. The new Translation of the american Constitutions, into the Dutch Language, I have…
Amsterdam Decr. 14. 1781 My dear Son Your Letter of 21 Aug. O.S. 1 the first I have received, reached me only two or three days ago. I am pleased…