John Adams to Benjamin Franklin, October 26, 1781
Amsterdam October 26. 1781 Sir I duely received your Excellencys Letter of August 6th, but have been prevented by Sickness and a variety of accidents from answering it Sooner. 1…
Amsterdam October 26. 1781 Sir I duely received your Excellencys Letter of August 6th, but have been prevented by Sickness and a variety of accidents from answering it Sooner. 1…
Amsterdam October 25th 1781 Sir I have the honor to inclose a Copy of a Letter I yesterday recieved from Corunna. 1 I communicate it to your Excellency in Confidence.…
Amsterdam October 15th. 1781 Sir I wish, if it were possible, to communicate to Congress the present State of every Affair, which they have been pleased to confide in any…
The Hague, 13 October 1781 Sir It is with great satisfaction that I have learned from Mr. Thaxter of your recovery. 1 I hope you have regained all of your…
Lahaie 13e. Oct. 1781 Monsieur C’est avec une très-grande satisfaction que j’ai appris de Mr. Thaxter votre heureux rétablissement 1 . J’espere que vous avez recouvré toutes vos forces, et…
Passy, Oct. 12. 1781 Sir I received the Letter your Excellency did me the honour of writing to me the 4th. Instant. I have never known a Peace made, even…
Amsterdam October 12. 1781 Sir I have received your Favours of September 14 and 28th. 1 but, by reason of an Amsterdam Fever, which they call an Introduction to the…
Amsterdam Oct. 10. 1781 Sir Your Favour of October 5. is just now brought to me, and I beg your Excellency to accept of my Thanks for your Congratulations on…
Amsterdam oct. 9, 1781 Dear Sir I was favoured, in due time with yours of 17. Septr, 1 but have not been able to acknowledge it, till now. The late…
Appeltern 6 October 1781 Sir It has been some time since one of my closest relations wrote me to ask if one of his nephews could be enlisted in the…