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John Adams to Boston Patriot, April 22, 1809
Quincy, April 22, 1809. Sirs, WHEN I had received that authentic act of the sovereign authority of France, a copy of which is inserted in my last letter to you,…
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John Adams to Boston Patriot, April 25, 1809
Quincy, April 25, 1809. Sirs, A few words more on the subject of pressing. In strictness, we have nothing to do with the question, whether impressments of seamen in England…
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John Adams to Boston Patriot, April 26, 1809
Quincy, April 26, 1809. Sirs, THE gentlemen of the Senate informed me, that they came to confer with me on the subject of the nomination of Mr. Murray to France;…
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John Adams to Boston Patriot, May 2, 1809
Quincy, May 2, 1809. Sirs, THE message mentioned in my last letter, was in these words: Gentlemen of the Senate , The proposition of a fresh negociation with France, in…
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John Adams to Boston Patriot, June 6, 1809
Quincy, June 6, 1809. Sirs, In page 28, Mr. Hamilton acknowledges that “the President had pledged himself in his speech, (he should have said in his message) to send a…
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John Adams to Boston Patriot, June 7, 1809
Quincy, June 7, 1809. Sirs, In page 26, Mr. Hamilton says, that the mission “could hardly fail to injure our interests with other countries.” This is another of those phantoms…
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John Adams to Boston Patriot, June 8, 1809
Quincy, June 8, 1809. Sirs, IN page 20, Mr. Hamilton says, my “conduct in the office of President was a heterogeneous compound of right and wrong, of wisdom and error.”…
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John Adams to Boston Patriot, June 10, 1809
Quincy, June 10, 1809 Sirs, IN page 29. Mr. Hamilton says, “when an ordinary man dreams himself to be a Frederick,” &c. To this I shall make but a short…
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John Adams to Boston Patriot, July 27, 1809
Quincy, July 27, 1809. Sirs, HAVING laid together the negociations with the Comte De Vergennes, relative to that sublime machine for demolishing our independence, the mediation of the two Imperial…
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John Adams to Boston Patriot, July 30, 1809
Quincy, July 30, 1809. Sirs, Though I thought I was negociating for peace , to better purpose in Holland than I could in France, yet as I could not be…
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John Adams to Boston Patriot, July 31, 1809
Quincy, July 31, 1809. Sirs, On the 24th of August, 1780, transmitted to Congress, by another conveyance, duplicates of the declarations of Sweden, Denmark, &c. relative to the maritime confederation.…
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John Adams to Boston Patriot, August 3, 1809
Quincy, August 3, 1809. Sirs, ON the 12th of September, 1780, wrote to Mr. Dana, at Paris. “This will be delivered you by Mr. Samuel Hartley, who is recommended to…
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John Adams to Boston Patriot, August 4, 1809
Quincy, August 4, 1809. Sirs, ON the 20th of September, 1780, wrote to his excellency Joseph Reed, Esq. President, and the Supreme Executive Council of Pennsylvania, in answer to a…
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John Adams to Boston Patriot, September 5, 1809
Quincy, September 5, 1809. Sirs, The moments were so critical, that I felt it my duty to transmit to Congress every circumstance, and accordingly wrote them three letters on the…
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John Adams to Boston Patriot, September 8, 1809
Quincy, September 8, 1809. Sirs, 1780, Dec. 30—wrote to Congress: “The Province of Zealand having been opposed to the other Provinces in so many instances, and having lately protested against…
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John Adams to Boston Patriot, September 12, 1809
Quincy, Sept. 12, 1809. Sirs, Amsterdam, January 1st, 1781—wrote to Congress: “The mail from London arrived this morning, brought us for a new year’s entertainment, the following MANIFESTO. George R.…
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John Adams to Boston Patriot, September 16, 1809
Quincy, September 16, 1809. Sirs, Amsterdam, January 14th, 1781—wrote to Congress: “In an excursion which I have lately made through the principal cities of this province, that is, Haerlem, Leyden,…
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John Adams to Boston Patriot, October 21, 1809
Quincy, Oct. 21, 1809. Sirs, THE memorial promised in my last letter was in these words High and Mighty Lords , As soon as her Majesty the Empress, was informed…
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John Adams to Boston Patriot, November 3, 1809
Quincy, November 3, 1809. Sirs, The black cloud that hung over the whole of the seven provinces; the solemn gloom that pervaded the whole nation; the universal uncertainty and timidity…
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John Adams to Boston Patriot, December 8, 1809
Quincy, Dec. 8, 1809. Sirs, AMSTERDAM, May 27, 1781—wrote to Congress: “In the assembly of the States General, the following report has lately been made: Messrs. De Linden, De Hemmen,…
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John Adams to Boston Patriot, December 20, 1809
Quincy, 20, Dec. 1809. Sirs, AMSTERDAM, June 5, 1781, wrote to congress. “The deputies of Middleburg in the assembly of the states of the province of Zealand, on the 14th…
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John Adams to Boston Patriot, January 15, 1810
Quincy, January 15, 1810. Sirs, AMSTERDAM, June 29, 1781—wrote to Congress: “On the 21st of this month, the field marshal, the duke Louis of Brunswick, presented to the States General,…
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John Adams to Boston Patriot, January 25, 1810
Quincy, January 25, 1810. Sirs, During my absence, which was nearly through the whole month of July, the following state papers were translated by the gentlemen of my family, whom…
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John Adams to Boston Patriot, January 30, 1810
Quincy, January 30, 1810. Sirs, Amsterdam, July 13, 1781—transmitted to congress; “The following is an extract from the registry of the resolutions of their high mightinesses the states general of…