Papers of John Adams, volume 16
Your Excellency’s very Friendly Letter of the 22 April is safely come to hand, for which be pleased to accept my warmest thanks. a poor Acknowledgement truly for so Signal a favour.1 The Honourble Mr
Laurens advises me to proceed immediately to Copenhagen But his Lordship the Bishop of St Asaph, thinks I might as well Stay a
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few Weeks longer, and see whether or no Parliament will pass an Act for ordaining American Candidates without exacting the Oath. My very Generous Friend Mr Johnson thinks a Letter from your Excellency or some Illustrious Personage of your Acquaintance, to a Danish Bishop would do me much Service.2 this would be a favour of such Magnitude, as to surpass my Gratitude to Say how much it would Oblige
Your Excellency’s very Sincer / Friend & Servt.
Be pleased to direct your Letter to me at No 8 Quality Court Chancery Lane
RC (Adams Papers); internal address: “His Excellency Mr Adams.—”
For JA’s 22 April letter to Weems, see his letter to the president of Congress of that date, and note 2, above.
JA enclosed a passport rather than a letter of introduction when he responded to Weems on 19 May (LbC, APM Reel 107).