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Browsing: Papers of John Adams, Volume 12
Hendrik Bicker to John Adams: A Translation
Docno: PJA12d351
Recipient: JA
Date: 1782-04-22
[dateline] Amsterdam, 22 April 1782
[salute] Sir and very honored friend
A few weeks ago you met Mr. Saportas,1 the broker, at my house. I could not refuse writing to you on his behalf and telling you again that I have come to know him as an honest man who could contribute in helping you secure a loan for your country, and who would like you to keep him in mind when you decide on a brokerage house here.
[salute] I have the honor to be with the highest esteem, sir, your very humble and very obedient servant
[signed] H: Bicker
1. Samuel Saportas, an Amsterdam broker. At some point JA and Saportas apparently discussed his firm’s participation in the loan, but on 5 May Saportas wrote to JA that “a Conference with Sundry Gentlemen” about the loan had “not been attended with the desired success” (Adams Papers).
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/
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