Original paper slip text:20 June 1781.
Original paper slip text:Philadelphia
- Enc.:
- (1) Letter to Great Britain announcing appointment of JA as minister plenipotentiary to conclude a peace.
- (2) Letter to Great Britain announcing authority of JA, B. Franklin, J. Jay, H. Laurens, and T. Jefferson to accept mediation of the Emperor of Germany and the Empress of Russia.
- (3) Copy of (2).
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Original paper slip text:Printed: JA, Works, 7:456-457 (letter only)
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The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: with a Life of the Author, ed. Charles Francis Adams, Boston, 1850–1856
10 vols.
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Original paper slip text:Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev., 4:512
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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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Enclosed in Franklin to JA, 16 Aug. 1781;
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