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Browsing: Papers of John Adams, Volume 10
To the President of Congress, No. 25
Docno: PJA10d273
Recipient: President of Congress
Recipient: Huntington, Samuel
Date: 1780-12-01
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[dateline] Amsterdam, 1 Dec. 1780.
Dupl in John Thaxter's hand (PCC, No. 84, II, f. 321–324). LbC almost entirely in JQA's hand (Adams Papers). printed:
Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev.
, 4:176–177.
This letter, received by Congress on 19 Nov. 1781, contained the order of battle of the combined French and Spanish fleets at Cádiz. The information, probably taken from the Gazette de Leyde of 1 Dec., was copied into the Letterbook by JQA immediately below JA's brief opening paragraph. It is the first known instance where JQA, acting as his father's secretary, copies a letter to Congress.
Dupl
in John Thaxter's hand
PCC, No. 84, II, f. 321–324
LbC
almost entirely in JQA's hand
Adams Papers
.
printed:
Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev.
, 4:176–177.
Cite web page as: Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2007.
http://www.masshist.org/ff/
http://www.masshist.org/ff/