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Wilhem & Jan (business) Willink to John Adams, May 18, 1787
Amsterdam 18 th May 1787 Agreeable to what we had the honor to acquaint Your Excellency the 15 th Instant, We have exerted ourselves to procure Money for Payment of…
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James Warren to John Adams, May 18, 1787
Milton NE. May 18 th: 1787 Dear Sir I Thank you for your favour of Jan y. 9 th. & for the very valuable Present which Accompanied it. 1 I…
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Benjamin Franklin to John Adams, May 18, 1787
Philad a. May 18. 1787. Sir, I received by D r White the Letter you did me the honour of writing to me the 27th of January, together with two…
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Wilhem & Jan (business) Willink to John Adams, May 15, 1787
Amsterdam 15 th May 1787 We have your excellency’s esteemed favors of 7 th: and two of 8 Instant transmitting us Letters from the Board of Treasury. 1 The detention…
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Cotton Tufts to John Adams, May 15, 1787
Weymouth May. 15. 1787. Dear S r. I rec d. Yours by Capt. Cushing with 50 Vol. of the Defence &c Thirty of which, I put into the Hands of…
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Thomas Brand Hollis to John Adams, May 15, 1787
Chesterfeild Street May 15. 1787. Dear Sir It has been long matter of Surprise to me that the States of America when investigating the various forms of republicks should never…
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Walter Mowbray to John Adams, April 20, 1787
[ ca. 20 April 1787 ] 1 Sir, As the intelligence I am to communicate is in my opinion of the highest consequence to the mercantile interest of America I…
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John Adams to Rufus King, April 19, 1787
London April 19 th. 1787. D r. Sir— M r. Francis Upton, a Gentleman recommended to me by M r: Hartley, will have the Honour to deliver you this Letter,…
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John Adams to John Jay, April 19, 1787
London April 19. 1787 Dear Sir I do myself the Honour to inclose the New Act of Parliament for regulating the Trade between the Territories of the United states of…
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Patrick Miller to John Adams, April 14, 1787
Edinburgh 14. April 1787 Sir I beg leave to present Your Excellency with the Account of an Invention for the Improvement of Naval Architecture, which is intended for the general…
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John Adams to William Stephens Smith, April 11, 1787
Grosv r. square London April 11 th. 1787. Dear Sir. Congress by their Resolution of February the 3 d. 1787, determined, that the Letter to the Queen of Portugal herewith…
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John Adams to William Stephens Smith, April 11, 1787
[ 11 April 1787 ] To William Stephens Smith Esquire Secretary of the Legation of the United States of America to the Court of Great Britain— The Secretary of the…
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John Adams to John Jay, April 10, 1787
Grosvenor Square. April 10. 1787 Dear Sir The Public Councils of this Country, as far as they regard America, remain So exactly the same as to afford nothing new to…
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Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette to John Adams, April 9, 1787
Paris April the 9 th 1787 My dear Sir I Have long wished for a private opportunity to write to you, And while Expecting it, Have deprived myself of the…
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David Ramsay to John Adams, April 7, 1787
Charleston April 7 th 1787 Sir, By this time I suppose that the fame or rather the infamy of our new instalment law has reached you. 1 I wish that…
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Board of Treasury to John Adams, April 4, 1787
Board of Treasury April 4 th. 1787— Sir. We have the Honor of Enclosing to you a Letter to Mess rs: Wilhelm and Jan Willink, and Nicholas and Jacob Van…
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Thomas Barclay to John Adams, April 3, 1787
Barcelona 3 d. April 1787— Dear Sir Inclosed is a letter for M. Jay Covering Copies of sundry letters to M. Lamb and of one to M. Carmichael, 1 If…
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Richard O’Bryen to John Adams, February 13, 1787
Algiers February the 13 th. 1787. Sir, Your three Letters to us, dated London the 29 th. September, we received the 7 th. Instant, 1 and is exceeding Sorry to…
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Thomas Barclay to American Commissioners, February 10, 1787
Alicante 10 th. February 1787. Gentlemen. Since I wrote to you from hence the 6 th. of last month 1 I have been much aflicted with the Rheumatism in my…
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Rufus King to John Adams, February 10, 1787
New york 10 Feb y. 1787 1 D r. Sir Letters are this moment receivid from Gen l. Lincoln giving the pleasing intillegence that he dispersed the Party under Shays…