John Adams to President of Congress, August 3, 1781
Amsterdam August 3d. 1781 Sir I have the honor to inclose Copies of some Papers which passed between the Comte de Vergennes and me, lately at Paris. 1 The Conjecture,…
Amsterdam August 3d. 1781 Sir I have the honor to inclose Copies of some Papers which passed between the Comte de Vergennes and me, lately at Paris. 1 The Conjecture,…
Amsterdam August 1st. 1781 Sir Upon my Arrival here I found your Letter of the 30th. of June. Copy of which had been sent along to me by Mr. Thaxter…
July 12. 1781 By the United states in Congress assembled Resolved That the commission and instructions for negotiating a treaty of Commerce between these United states and Great Britain given…
Philada. July 21st. 1781 Sir I do not find by President Huntington’s Letter Book that he has forwarded the within Resolve of July 12th. respecting your Powers of Sept. 29th.…
Paris July 21. 1781 1 Since my Letter of the nineteenth, Sir, another Point has occurred to me, upon which it seems necessary, that I Should Say Something to your…
Amsterdam, 21 July 1781. RC and signature in John Thaxter’s hand PCC, No. 84, III, f. 331–332. printed : Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. description begins The Revolutionary Diplomatic…
Amsterdam July. 19. 1781 Sir I think your Excellency will not be Surprized to find that I am stil at Amsterdam. 1 Mr. Dana is so well Accompanied on his…
Paris July 19. 1781 In my Letter, Sir, of the Eighteenth, I had the Honour to mention Some Things which lay upon my Mind: but am Still apprehensive that in…
Paris July 18. 1781 I have received the Letter, Sir, which you did me the honour to write me of this Days Date: and I assure your Excellency I never…
Versailles July 7. 1781. Hotel de Jouy Sir I have the honour to inform, you, that, upon an Intimation, from your Excellency, Signified to me by Mr. Berenger, and afterwards,…