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Isaac Stephens to John Adams, July 18, 1786
algir July 18 th. 1786 1 Sir I take the Liberty of Directing a Letter to your Honour in order to Convey My Letters to Boston and Will be much…
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John Adams to John Paul Jones, July 17, 1786
July 17. 1786— Sir. I have received the Letter you did me the honour to write me, on the 10 th. of this month, and embrace the oppertunity by Colonel…
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Thomas Barclay to American Commissioners, July 16, 1786
Morocco 16 th. July 1786. Gentlemen I wrote you the 26 th. of last Month and expected to have followed my Letter in a Week, but several unforeseen Matters have…
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Sidi Haj Tahar Ben Abdulhaq Fennish to American Commissioners, June 28, 1786
[ 28 June 1786 ] Translation of the within Letter from his Excell cy. Sidi Hadg Taher Ben Abdelhack Fennish to their Excell cies: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson Esq…
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John Adams to John Jay, June 27, 1786
London June 27. 1786 Sir I have received the Letter you did me, the Honour to write me, on the 1 st. of May; and the Pleasure of Congress Signified…
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Thomas Barclay to American Commissioners, June 26, 1786
Morocco 26 th. June 1786 1 Gentlemen This day week we arrived here, since which I have had two audiences from His Majesty, the first a public one & the…
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David Griffith to John Adams, June 26, 1786
Philadelphia 26 th. June 1786 Sir, The General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church acknowledge themselves greatly obliged to your Excellency, for your kind attention to their religious concerns, in…
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John Adams to Philip Mazzei, June 26, 1786
London June 26. 1786 1 D r Sir The insinuation of the Abby Raynal, mentioned in your Letter of the 17 th. —that “the Savages were to be dispossessed of…
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John Adams to Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, June 26, 1786
London June 26, 1786— My dear Marquis— I am much obliged to you for your kind Letter of the 16 th. I most heartily wish you success in your endeavours…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, June 26, 1786
Grosvenor Square June 26. 1786 Dear sir Sometime Since I received from Gov. Bowdoin some Papers relating to Alexander Gross, with an earnest desire that I would communicate them to…
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John Adams to Edward Augustus Holyoke, June 26, 1786
June 26, 1786— Sir— About the time of the proposition of a Correspondence between your society and the Royal society of Medicine at Paris, I made a similar overture to…
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John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, June 25, 1786
London June 25. 1786 Dear Sir last night I received yours of the 16.— M r Lamb has not written to me. M r Randal I have expected every day,…
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Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, June 23, 1786
Paris June 23. 1786. Dear Sir I hear of a conveyance which allows me but a moment to write to you. I inclose a copy of a letter from mr̃…
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Guy Claude, Comte de Sarsfield to John Adams, May 29, 1786
Paris 29 may 1786 my dear friend Il faut donc vous Ecrire Clairement et Sans Enigmes. on m’avoit dit que Mademoiselle Adams alloit Se marier, mais que cela n’etoit pas…
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John Adams to John Jay, May 28, 1786
Grosvenor Square May 28. 1786 Dear Sir An Agent from South America, was not long Since arrested, at Rouen in France, and has not Since been heard of.— another Agent,…
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John Adams to Charles Storer, May 26, 1786
London May 26. 1786— Dear Sir. D r. Gordon called this morning and delivered me yours of the 7 th. of April in a Bundle of News Papers, thank you…
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John Adams to Tristram Dalton, May 26, 1786
May 26. 1786— Dear Sir— Your favour of Jan: 23. like all your other Letters, contains valuable information & judicious reflections— The time is now come, when the affairs of…
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John Adams to Richard Cranch, May 26, 1786
London May 26. 1786 My dear Brother During Such great Changes as We have seen When the whole World is put out of its Course and all Men are called…
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John Adams to John Jay, May 25, 1786
Grosvenor Square May 25. 1786 Dear Sir I have not presented a formal Memorial in the Name of our Sovereign concerning the Negroes carried off contrary to the Treaty, although…
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John Adams to Samuel Austin, May 25, 1786
May 25— 1786— Sir. I have received your of Dec r. 23 d. & have since received from M r. Jay our secretary of State for foreign affairs, the papers…