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3 Aug. 1779

Original paper slip text:3 Aug. 1779.

Braintree,

Original paper slip text:Braintree

John Adams

Original paper slip text:JA

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John Jay

Original paper slip text:John Jay, President of Congress

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7 p.
  • RG 59, PCC, No. 84, I
  • See JCC, 14:981 (text not in Journal), under date of 20 Aug. 1779
  • See JA's remarks on the composition of this letter (No, that of 4 Aug.) in his letter to Mercy Warren, 28 July 1807 (MHS, Colls., 5th ser., 4:374–5)

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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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Wharton

Original paper slip text:Printed: Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev., 3:276–278 :"On the 27th of February. . . ."

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The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States, ed. Francis Wharton, Washington, D.C., 1889
6 vols.

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