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John Adams to William Knox, December 15, 1784
Auteuil near Paris Dec r. 15. 1784 Sir I have just received your kind Letter of the 7. and am much obliged to you for your Information of So good…
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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 Cotton Tufts, December 15, 1784
Auteuil Dec r 15. 1784 1 My dear Friend What would be the Consequence if We should have an immediate War with Great Britain? dont be allarmed there is no…
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John Adams to Charles William Frederick Dumas, December 22, 1784
Auteuil near Paris Dec. 22. 1784 Sir The Capture of one or two of our Vessells by the Barbary Rovers, obliges Us to think Seriously of treating with the Port,…
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John Adams to Van Staphorst, and De la Lande & Fynje Willink, December 22, 1784
Auteuil near Paris December 22. 1784 Gentlemen On the Eleventh of this Month, I wrote you a Letter, in which I requested you to inform me, whether you had any…
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John Adams to Elbridge Gerry, January 31, 1785
Auteuil near Paris Jan. 31. 1785 Dear Sir I learn with much Pleasure, that you are again in Congress, at the head of a respectable Delegation, and that the States…
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John Adams to John Jay, January 31, 1785
Auteuil January 31. 1785. Dear Sir. Last Night, I had a visit from the Marquis, whom I was glad to see, for a variety of Reasons: his Representations of the…
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John Adams to Arthur Lee, January 31, 1785
Auteuil near Paris Jan. 31. 1785 Dear Sir I have received your Favour of the 12 th. August from New York, and by the Marquis de la Fayette who visited…
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John Adams to Richard Henry Lee, February 8, 1785
Auteuil near Paris Feb. 8. 1785 Dear Sir It was with very great Pleasure, that I learn’d your Return to Congress, and Election to the Chair. 1 indeed So many…
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John Adams to James Sullivan, March 11, 1785
Auteuil near Paris March 11. 1785. Dear Sir I have received within a few days your obliging Favour of Nov: 22. The Removal of Congress to New York, where their…
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John Adams to Jonathan Jackson, March 18, 1785
Auteuil near Paris March 18 1785 Dear Sir I thank you for your favour by M r West. 1 I am of your opinion that the present Commission will never…
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John Adams to John Jay, April 13, 1785
Auteuil near Paris. April 13. 1785 Sir I have written, by the late Packetts, for the Orders of Congress concerning near a Million of Guilders in the Hands of Mess…
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John Adams to Philippe André Joseph de Létombe, April 14, 1785
Auteuil near Paris April 14 1785 Sir The Packetts which go Monthly from L’Orient to New york are very beneficial in my humble opinion both to France and America—and I…
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John Adams to Joseph Willard, April 22, 1785
Auteuil near Paris April 22, 1785 Sir I have received the Letter you did me the Honour to write me the fourteenth of December, with the Resolution of the President…
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John Adams to Cotton Tufts, April 24, 1785
Auteuil April 24. 178< , Start deletion, 4 , End, >5 Dear Sir It was yesterday only that I received your Favour of Nov. 26, which contains many Things which…
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John Adams to John Trumbull, April 28, 1785
Auteuil April 28. 1785 Dear Sir It was with much Pleasure that I received your Letter by M r Humphreys, in whom I have found all those valuable qualities, you…
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John Adams to Richard Henry Lee, April 29, 1785
Auteuil April 29. 1785 Dear Sir The Appointment of a Secretary of foreign Affairs, interrupts the Official Correspondence, with your Excellency, and I know too well the constant Employment of…
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John Adams to Elbridge Gerry, May 2, 1785
Auteuil near Paris May 2. 1785 My dear Sir The Imputation of a weak Passion has made So much Impression upon me, that it may not be improper to Say…
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John Adams to John Jay, May 4, 1785
Auteuil near Paris May 4. 1785 Sir The day before Yesterday I received the Letter you did me the Honour to write me on the Eighteenth of March, inclosing a…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, May 22, 1785
Montreuil Sur mer May 22. 1785 My dear Sir We left Auteuil the 20 th. afternoon and have made easy Journeys. indeed We could not have done otherwise, because the…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, May 23, 1785
Dessin’s 1 Calais May 23. 1785. Monday. Dear Sir We are just arrived, covered with Dust, and have hired, our Boat, to go over tomorrow at ten. no green Peas,…
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John Adams to Marquis of Carmarthen, May 26, 1785
Bath Hotel May 26. 1785 M r Adams has the Honour to acquaint the Right Honourable the Marquis of Caermarthen, that he is just arrived in Town with Credentials from…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, May 27, 1785
Bath Hotel London May 27. 1785 Dear Sir I found that either the Duke of Dorsetts Letter to the Premier, had produced an order at Dover or that his Graces…
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John Adams to Benjamin Franklin, May 29, 1785
Bath Hotel May 29. 1785. Westminster Gentlemen Our Secretary of State for foreign Affairs, in a Letter of 13. Ap. informs me, that he wrote Us a Letter by Capt.…
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John Adams to John Jay, May 29, 1785
Bath Hotel Westminster May 29. 1785 Dear Sir I was obliged to a Letter from the Duke of Dorsett, to the Custom House at Dover, as I Suppose for the…