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3 May 1778 to 12 Feb. 1779

Original paper slip text:3 May 1778-12 Feb. 1779

John Adams

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Letterbook of the
Commissioners at Paris, 1st U.S. Joint Commission

Original paper slip text:Commissioners at Paris, 1st U.S. Joint Commission

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John Adams

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Benjamin Franklin

Original paper slip text:Benjamin Franklin,

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Arthur Lee

Original paper slip text:Arthur Lee)

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102 p. (copy, in unidentified hand).
  • RG 59, PCC, No. 84, I
  • Note: This letterbook is a clerk's copy of Lb/JA/4, copied under JA's direction and sent to the President of Congress as an enclosure in JA's letter of 7 Nov. 1779. Written on the front of letterbook: "Commissioner's Letter Book: Copies sent by Mr. J. Adams and rec'd by the President of Congress Novr. 22d. 1779. via Mr. A's Letter Novr. 7th. 1779 and with a Question relative to Mr. Franklin's Services."

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From the collection: RG 59: General Records of the Dept. of State, Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789

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