Papers of John Adams, volume 19

From David Ramsay

To the Marquis of Carmarthen

TRANSLATION
Paris, 21 September 1787

Mr. Trumbull has delivered to me, sir, the letter given to him by your excellency.1 I was quite dismayed to not have been home when he made the effort to stop by, but I will certainly seek him out and give him all of the attentions owed to your recommendation, sir, to the virtues of his esteemed father and to his talents. I beg you be persuaded that, should he 159 not rekindle his views which led him to France, it shall not be for my lack of trying.

I hope to be in England around the twelfth of next month, and I am already delighting in the prospect of renewing our acquaintance and in reminding you of the moments we spent together on the same ship. I will be very happy if my stay in London procures me new opportunities to confirm to you the very sincere attachment and the very high esteem with which I have the honor to be, sir, your most humble and most obedient servant

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