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John Adams to President of Congress, July 3, 1784
The Hague July 3. 1784. 1 Sir Soon after the Signature of the Preliminary Articles of Peace, I requested, of Congress, their Permission to return to America. This Request they…
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Wilhem & Jan (business) Willink to John Adams, July 2, 1784
Amst 2 July 1784 1 Sir We receive Notice of th’ Express, that a friend of his in Brussel, known by the Gouvernor remained Caution 2 for him, that the…
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John Adams to States General of the Netherlands, July 2, 1784
Fait a la Haye le 2. Juillet 1784 Hauts et Puissants Seigneurs Le Sousigne Ministre Plenipotentiaire des Etats Unis de L’Amerique, a l’honneur de proposer, qu’il laissa l’année passée, a…
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Wilhem & Jan (business) Willink to John Adams, July 1, 1784
Amsterdam 1 July 1784. Sir We are favoured with your esteemed letter of 30 th: June, we had wrote upon the same Subject to our M r. Van Berckel, and…
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John Adams to Samuel Adams, June 25, 1784
The Hague June 25. 1784 Dear Sir I have this morning received your Favours of the 16 & 17 of April, 1 and am fully with you in Sentiment, that…
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Edmund Jenings to John Adams, June 23, 1784
London June 23 d. 1784. 1 Sir There are several Arrivals from America one of which has, I am told, brought a Packet addressed to your Excellency & to D…
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Thomas Barclay to John Adams, June 22, 1784
Paris June 22 d. 1784 1 Account of Bills of Exchange drawn by the Comm rs. of Loans in America on Henry Laurence & John Adams Esq rs. at Amsterdam.—…
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John Adams to President of Congress, June 22, 1784
The Hague June 22. 1784 Sir If my Memory does not deceive me, I have heretofore transmitted to Congress, the Advice of some of the foreign Ministers here, that the…
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Thomas Jefferson to John Adams, June 19, 1784
Boston June 19. 1784. Dear Sir Supposing that you would receive from Congress a direct communication of the powers given to yourself, Doct r. Franklin & myself, I have deferred…
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Charles Thomson to American Commissioners, June 18, 1784
Philadelphia June 18. 1784 Gentlemen I have the honor of forwarding three comm[issions] which were not prepared in time to go by Mr Jefferson, 6 [and] a duplicate of the…
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Joseph B. Palmer to John Adams, June 16, 1784
Germantown, 16 th June 1784. Dear Sir I heartily give you joy of your meeting your M rs Adams & her amiable Daughter, as you will receive them before you…
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Robert Morris to John Adams, June 16, 1784
Office of Finance 16 June 1784. D r Sir, I have not any Letters from your Excellency which are unanswered except those of the twenty first of May and fourteenth…
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Elbridge Gerry to John Adams, June 16, 1784
Philadelphia 16 th June 1784 my dear M r Adams Here I am after a six Months Session at Annapolis, on my Way to Massachusetts, & altho my Opposition to…
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Tristram Dalton to John Adams, June 16, 1784
Boston June 16 th. 1784 Dear Sir I cannot omit paying my most sincere Respects by your good M rs Adams—on whom and your amiable Daughter attend my best prayers—…
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John Adams to Jonathan Jackson, June 15, 1784
The Hague June 15. 1784 Dear Sir The Day before Yesterday, M r Bingham arrived and delivered me the Extracts, for which I am obliged to you, they coincide with…
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John Adams to Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette, June 11, 1784
The Hague June 11. 1784 1 , Start deletion, Monsieur le , End, My dear Marquis I received in Season, the Letter mentioned in yours of the Second of this…
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John Adams to Richard Cranch, May 14, 1784
The Hague May. 14. 1784 dear Brother I am here in anxious Expectation of the Arrival of my Family, which I hope are coming in Calahan. When I Shall have…
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John Adams to President of Congress, May 14, 1784
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…
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Thomas Barclay to John Adams, May 13, 1784
Paris 13 th. May 1784— Dear Sir I am favor’d, with your letter of the 4 th. and thank you for the Trouble you took with the letters for Amsterdam—…
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John Adams to Edmund Jenings, May 13, 1784
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…