Browsing: Papers of John Adams, Volume 4

1. On 25 March JA made a motion to accord Washington the formal thanks of the congress by resolution and by having a gold medal struck. He was made chairman of the committee of three, the others being John Jay and Stephen Hopkins, to prepare a suitable letter, which was apparently adopted without amendment and ordered transcribed for the president's signature ( JCC , 4:234; Diary and Autobiography , 3:375–376).