Papers of John Adams, volume 19
Inclosed is a Letter of Thanks to our fellow Citizens of New Haven and to Mr Edwards, for the most endearing Compliment I ever received.1 I suppose myself chiefly indebted to your Friendship for the favourable Representation of my Character among your Neighbours which has produced this obliging Result. I hope it will not be long before We shall have an opportunity to renew our former Acquaintance and Intimacy: in the meantime let me pray your acceptance of my Sincere Thanks for the Diploma under your Mayoralty and Signature; and that you will take the trouble of transmitting the enclosed Letter, which I leave open for your perusal, to Mr Edwards.
With the most cordial Affection / and the highest Esteem, I have / the Honour to be, dear sir, your / most obedient and most humble / servant
RC (MHi:Foster Family Autograph Coll.); addressed: “The Honourable / Roger Sherman Esqr / No. 59. Wall Street. / New York”; internal address: “The Honourable Roger Sherman Esqr / Mayor of New Haven &ca.”; endorsed: “Honble / John Adams’s Letter.”
The enclosure has not been found, but see JA’s 2 May letter to Pierpont Edwards, above.