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.
The Hague March 24: 1784. Gentlemen I have received your favour of the 19: and congratulate you on the Success of the Loan. It gives me great Pleasure to find…
The Hague March 26 th: 1784. Gentlemen I have receiv’d the Letter you did me, the Honour to write me, on the twenty fourth of this month, and upon looking…
The Hague March 27 th: 1784 Sir I have the Honour to inclose Copies of three Notes which I have receiv’d from the Prussian Minister, the Baron de Thulemeier, by…
The Hague March 27: 1784. Monsieur le Baron I have received the Letter you did me the Honour to write me, the twenty fifth of this Month, and the Note…
John Adams informs Benjamin Franklin of two enclosed letters from Edward Browne of Ostend and Mr. De Berdt, whom Adams met in London and considers knowledgeable about local language, laws, and commerce. Adams requests Franklin to forward these letters to Congress for their consideration. The correspondence aims to provide Congress with valuable information regarding Ostend's commercial and legal environment.
The Hague March 27. 1784 Sir I have received the Letter you did me the Honour to write me the 15th with the Letters Packet and Copy inclosed. I think…
John Adams informs Benjamin Franklin that the King of Prussia agrees to model a treaty after the one with Sweden and requests a copy of that treaty for reference. Adams also discusses a petition from Boston regarding British condemnation of vessels taken after an armistice began, suggesting that Franklin and Jay clarify the legal interpretation to Congress to help affected parties seek redress in England.
The Hague April 3. 1784 My dear Brother Your kind Letter of 20 Jany. I received Yesterday. Mr. Tylers Letter inclosed is here answered. 1 Your Opinion has great Weight…
The Hague April 3. 1784 Sir I Yesterday received your Letter of the thirteenth of January. The Subject of it has for some time been to me an Occasion of…
The Hague April 20. 1784 Gentlemen I have just now received the Letter which D r Franklin did me the Honour to write me on the 16 th. with the…
The Hague April 20. 1784 Sir I have received the Letter you did me, the Honour to write me, the 20. Nov. last, and immediately wrote to my Colleagues upon…
Hague April 20. 1784 Dear Sir I am extreamly Sorry, to read in your Letter of the 8 th. that you think of embarking for America. Let me beg of…
The Hague April 20. 1784 1 Sir I am very much obliged by your Favour of the 21. of December. 2 it is a great Pleasure to learn that the…
The Hague 22 April 1784 Sir I have received the Letters you did me the Honour to write me from Madrid the 15. Jan. and the Feb.— 1 I am…
The Hague April 22. 1784 Sir I received Sometime Since a Letter from an American Gentleman now in London, a Candidate for Orders, desiring to know, if American Candidates might…
The Hague 23. April 1784. Dear Sir I have this Moment the Pleasure of your Letter of the 18. The Bills you mention, which were only accepted by me, and…
The Hague April 26: 1784. Gentlemen. I have two favours to ask of you. 1. That you would give orders to M r: Puller, in Broad street Buildings London to…
The Hague May 11. 1784. Dear Sir. I have this Moment rec’d your Letter of the 6 th: and have now only to say, that if you have not absolutely…
The Hague May 11. 1784 Dear Sir Your favour of the 27. April is, before me.— I wish very Sincerely that my family had made a Visit to me, or…
The Hague May 12. 1784 My dear Sir I am Sorry to have given you, So much Trouble about the House, to no purpose: But I am weary of these…
The Hague May 13. 1784 Dear Sir I have received your Letters by M r Jackson and M r Appleton. The former I answered Some days ago.— 1 My Son…
The Hague May 13. 1784 Sir The Measures taken by the Neighbouring Powers are likely to produce an intimate Friendship and Connection between this Republick and France. England, has mistaken…
The Hague 13 May. 1784 1 Dear Sir I have received your Letter with the Copy inclosed, 2 which has affected me too tenderly, to write any other Answer at…
The Hague May 14. 1784 Sir As I had the Honour to observe in a former Letter there is a Fermentation in the Courts of the two Empires and those…