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10 Jan. 1785

Original paper slip text:10 Jan. 1785.

Auteuil, France

Original paper slip text:Auteuil

John Adams

Original paper slip text:JA

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Richard Henry Lee

Original paper slip text:to President of Congress

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4 p. (copy)
  • RG 59, PCC, No. 84, V
  • Note: "The original of this letter was reported on by the Secy. for for. affairs, 1st Als. 1785, & sent to congress & has not since been found on the Files by the Dep. Secy. 29 Jan. 1788."
  • See also JCC, 28:222n (31 March 1785), 234n (5 April 1785), Burnett, ed., Letters of Members, 8:78 (mention in King to Gerry, 31 March 1785).

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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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Dipl Corr 1783-1789

Original paper slip text:Printed: Dipl. Corr. 1783–1789, 1:472–473

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[William A. Weaver, ed.,] The Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States of America, from . . . 1783, to . . . 1789, Washington, 1837 [actually 1855]
3 vols.

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