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John Adams to Duncan, Jr Ingraham, February 19, 1783
Paris 19 th. Feb y. 1783. 1 Sir, Inclosed are six Passports for American Vessels, one of which You will please to deliver to M r. de Neufville for 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 Alleyne Fitzherbert, February 20, 1783
[ ca. 20 February 1783 ] Sir We have rec d. the Letter w h you did us the Honor to write on the 18 th. Inst, together with the…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, February 27, 1783
Paris Feby. 27th. 1783 My dearest Friend I read in a great Writer, Montesquieu that “l’honneur, en imposant la loi de servir, veut en être l’arbitre; et, s’il se trouve…
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John Adams to James Warren, March 20, 1783
Paris March 20 th. 1783.— 1 Sir, I was in hopes that the Peace would have put Us at ease; but it has not as yet much diminished our Anxiety.—…
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John Adams to James Warren, March 21, 1783
Paris March 21 st. 1783. 1 Sir, The Situation of things in England cannot be too much attended to at this time— The whimsical state of Parties; the Anarchy in…
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John Adams to Francis Dana, March 24, 1783
Paris. 24 th. March. 1783 Dear sir, I have received your favor of 14 th. February 1 —and am not without hopes of receiving from Congress, in a few days,…
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John Adams to Edmund Jenings, March 24, 1783
Paris March 24. 1783 Sir I am very much obliged to you for your excellent Letter of the 14 of this Month. As The British Administration have made it their…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, March 28, 1783
Paris March 28. 1783 My dearest Friend On the 30 Nov. our Peace was Signed. On the 28. March We dont know that you have Yet heard of it. 1…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, April 7, 1783
Paris April 7. 1783 My dearest Friend It is now compleatly five Years, Since I first arrived in Europe, and in all that time I was never more impatient to…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, April 11, 1783
Paris April 11. 1783 My dearest Friend There is at length a Ministry in England composed of Kings Friends and Peoples Men, which will effervesce, and throw out a great…
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John Adams to James Warren, April 13, 1783
Paris April 13 th. 1783. 1 Dear Sir, I have in some late Letters opened to You in Confidence the Dangers, which our most important Interests have been in, as…
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John Adams to Abigail (daughter of JA and AA) Adams, April 14, 1783
Paris, April 14th, 1783 My dear daughter By this time, I hope, your inclination to travel has abated, and the prospect of peace has made you more contented with your…
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John Adams to Robert R Livingston, April 14, 1783
Paris April 14 th. 1783 1 Sir, You may easily imagine our Anxiety to hear from America, when You know that We have no News to this Hour, either of…
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John Adams to William Gordon, April 15, 1783
Paris. 15 th: April. 1783— Dear Sir, Your letter of the 30 th. Novem r: came to hand yesterday, & afforded me real pleasure & great Consolation. The Sentiments it…
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John Adams to Abigail Adams, April 16, 1783
Paris April 16. 1783 My dearest Friend If Congress when they revoked my Commission had appointed another to make a Treaty of Commerce with Great Britain, We should have had…
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John Adams to Charles William Frederick Dumas, April 16, 1783
Paris April 16. 1783 Sir In Answer to the Inquiry of M r Fagel you will please to inform him that the Letters of Credence of M r Van Berckell…
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John Adams to James Warren, April 16, 1783
Paris April 16. 1783 1 Dear Sir It is my Duty to unbosom myself to Some Friend in Congress, upon whose discretion I can rely, and there is none to…
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John Adams to Francis Dana, April 18, 1783
Paris April 18. 1783 Dear Sir I have just received your Favour of March 12. O.S.— 1 It has for Sometime been my Intention to embark for the Blue Hills…
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John Adams to Edmund Jenings, April 18, 1783
Paris April 18. 1783 Sir Be so good as to accept of my Thanks for your favour of the 11. and its Enclosures. 1 I am not very anxious for…
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John Adams to Thomas Mifflin, April 28, 1783
Paris April 28 th. 1783. Sir, M r. Boinod, a Gentleman of Letters, is recommended to me by M r. Gyselaer of Dort, a manly Character, to whom We are…
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John Adams to Benjamin Franklin, April 28, 1783
John Adams and John Jay inform Benjamin Franklin that they have arranged a meeting with Henry Laurens and invite Franklin and his son to attend the gathering the following day. The meeting aims to coordinate efforts among the American ministers.
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John Adams to David Hartley, April 29, 1783
[ Paris, 29 April 1783 ]. PRINTED: JA , D&A , 3:114–115 . MS (Adams Papers). LbC (Adams Papers); APM Reel 109. LbC-Tr (Adams Papers); APM Reel 103. The commissioners…
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John Adams to Francis Dana, May 1, 1783
Paris May 1. 1783 1 Sir I have rec d your Favour of the 16 of March, 2 and in answer to it, I do assure you that I do…
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John Adams to Charles William Frederick Dumas, May 1, 1783
Paris May 1. 1783 Sir In Answer to your Favour of 25. Ult. I can only say that I have no Information of the United States having acceeded to the…