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Stephen Sayre to John Adams, January 10, 1781
St Petersburg 30th. decr. 1780 Old Stile [ , Start insertion, 10 January 1781 N.S. , End, ] Dear Sir I am, not many days since favour’d with your Letter…
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Elbridge Gerry to John Adams, January 10, 1781
Marblehead January 10th. 1781 My dear Mr. Adams In June last I returned to this State, and have since been favoured with your several Letters of the 23d. and 29th.…
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Francis Dana to John Adams, January 10, 1781
Paris 10 January 1781. RC Adams Papers; filmed at 12 July 1780, Adams Papers, Microfilms, Reel No. 352. Designated “No. 9,” this letter is written on the lower half and…
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President of Congress to John Adams, January 1, 1781
Philadelphia January 1. 1781 Sir You will receive herewith enclosed, a Commission as Minister Plenipotentiary to the United Provinces of the low Countries, with Instructions for your Government on that…
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John Adams to President of Congress, January 1, 1781
Amsterdam 1 January 1781. RC in John Thaxter’s hand PCC, Misc. Papers, Reel No. 1, f. 204–211. printed : Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. description begins The Revolutionary Diplomatic…
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President of Congress to Prince of Orange and Stadholder of the Netherlands William V, January 1, 1781
[ , Start insertion, 1 January 1781 , End, ] 1 High and serene Prince The United States of America in Congress Assembled impressed with a deep sense of your…
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President of Congress to States General of Netherlands, January 1, 1781
[ , Start insertion, 1 January 1781 , End, ] 1 High and Mighty Lords The United States of North America in Congress Assembled impressed with a high sense of…
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John Adams to President of Congress, December 31, 1780
Amsterdam December 31st. 1780 Sir It will scarcely be believed in Congress, that at a Time when there are the strongest Appearances of War, there has not been a Newspaper…
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John Adams to Edmund Jenings, December 31, 1780
Amsterdam Decr. 31. 1780 Dear Sir I have the Honour of yours of the 28. We have no Letters or Papers from London later than the 19 or 20, which…
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John Adams to President of Congress, December 30, 1780
Amsterdam December 30th. 1780 Sir The Province of Zealand having been opposed to the other Provinces in so many Instances and having lately protested against the Resolutions of the States…
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Continental Congress to John Adams, December 29, 1780
[ , Start insertion, 29 December 1780 , End, ] 1 Plan of a treaty of amity and commerce between the United States of America and the United Provinces of…
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Samuel Huntington to John Adams, December 29, 1780
[ , Start insertion, 29 December 1780 , End, ] 1 The United States of America in Congress Assembled To all who shall see these Presents send Greeting. Whereas an…
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Samuel Huntington to John Adams, December 29, 1780
[ , Start insertion, 29 December 1780 , End, ] 1 Sir You will herewith receive a commission authorising you to negotiate a treaty of Amity and Commerce with the…
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Mercy Otis Warren to John Adams, December 28, 1780
Plimouth Dec 28th 1780 Sir Mr. Warren directed to you only one week since by Capt. Cazneau bound to Amsterdam, 1 therefore has now left it to me to write…
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Thomas J. McKean to John Adams, December 18, 1780
Philadelphia. Decemr. 18th. 1780 1 Dear Sir My letter of November 8th. 1779 by John Lowell Esquire in answer to your favor of the 20th. September preceding, did not, I…
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John Adams to President of Congress, December 18, 1780
Amsterdam December 18th. 1780 Sir War is to a Dutchman the greatest of Evils. Sir Joseph Yorke is so sensible of this, that he keeps alive a continual Fear of…
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John Adams to Edmund Jenings, December 18, 1780
Amsterdam Decr. 18. 1780 Dear Sir I have received your Favour of the 11. The Inclosures I have packed with my Dispatches, and the Duplicate of Mr. Amorys, to go…
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William Lee to John Adams, December 17, 1780
Bruxelles Decr. 17. 1780 Dear Sir I have the honor of your favor of the 6th. instant and perfectly agree with you that Congress must assume a more decided authority…
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John Adams to Thomas Digges, December 17, 1780
17th. Decr. 1780 I regularly recieve the Newspapers, but have not recieved the Books or Pamphlets of any kind. If a Majority of the People your Way think America still…
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Henry Grand to John Adams, December 15, 1780
Paris Dbe. 15th. 1780 Sir I have been honoured with your’s 7th. instant, 1 Serving to inform me that in case Messrs. Bondfield at Bordeaux and J. Williams at Nantz…