Adams Papers Digital Edition

Papers of John Adams
Volume 10, July–December 1780

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17 July 1780Dr. Sir Since my letter of the 12th. We have no arrivals from Ama., or any thing new but what will be mentiond below. I am anxious to know if my lett...

17 July 1780Dear Sir Enclosed I send you a copy of a conciliatory bill which I moved in Parliament on the 27th of the last month. You will perceive by the tenor ...

17 July 1780Dear Sir On the 4 June last I had the Pleasure of writing you a Letter acknowledging the Reciept of yours of the 15 May—since which none of your Favo...

18 July 1780Dear Sir I have just received yours of 15th. Mr. Gridleys News, was I suppose only The Fruit of the Tree of Cracovie. I have seen the Observations &c...

18 July 1780 I have just received the Court Gazette with Clintons Proclamations. I would give any Thing I had time to write you, a whole sheet about Carolina. The...

19 July 1780Paris, 19 July 1780. in John Thaxter's hand (PCC, No. 84, II, f. 201–206). printed: Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev., 3:867–869. This let­ter, re...

19 July 1780Paris, 19 July 1780. in John Thaxter's hand (PCC, No. 84, II, f. 207–209). printed : Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev., 3:869–870. In this letter,...

19 July 1780My Dear Sir Haveing Already wrote you pretty largely by Capt. Samson, this is only to Inform you that two days ago Arrived here one Mr. Mitchel with ...

20 July 1780Dear sir Yours of the 8th I received in due Course of Post. The Letter from Clinton, arrived first at L'orient, in a Phyladelphia Newspaper, which ha...

21 July 1780Sir I have had the Honour of receiving your Excellencys Letter of the 14th Instant: in Answer to which, I can only return your Excellency my most hum...

22 July 1780Paris, 22 July 1780. in John Thaxter's hand (PCC, No. 84, II, f. 211–218). printed: Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev., 3:873–875. This letter, rea...

22 July 1780My dear Sir The beginning of March I forwarded to You and friend Dana a joint letter, which I hope if received will be answered by one or other of yo...

22 July 1780 This Government the last Winter appointed Jonathan Loring Austin Esq. their Agent to repair to Europe and procure the Loan of One hundred and fifty T...

22 July 1780Dear sir Yesterday I had the pleasure of receiveing yours of the 16th. March last forwarded from Rhd. Isd. by the Counte de Noailles, who arrived the...

23 July 1780Sir I have been amused sometime with dark and unintelligible hints in Letters from London of some Messenger sent from Lord North to Madrid. Three wee...

24 July 1780Sir You Will doubtless hear from several quarters of the arrival of admiral Greavess squadron who anchored of point Judith 4 days since. You have hea...

25 July 1780My dear Sir I have but a Moment to write by the Mars, a Vessel belonging to this State, the Voyage having been kept secret upon political Accounts. I...

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28 July 1780Dr. Sir A Vessel from N York to Liverpoole which saild the 24th. June, brings advice that Clinton had got back to that quarter and gone up the No. Ri...

30 July 1780Sir Since your Arrival in Europe I have been favoured with your several Despatches of the 11. and 16. of December last, the 16. of January, the 15. 1...

31 July 1780Dear Sir Mr. Appleton sets off to morrow for Holland, and I shall deliver this enclosing a copy of a letter to you, from the Comte De Vergennes of th...

1 August 1780Dear Sir I have just received four letters from Nantes, one from Mr. Johnson, two from Mr. Williams, and one from Mr. Watson. They are short, and I w...

5 August 1780Sir I have followed your Excellence to this Town in hopes of seeing you before your departure. I should follow you stil, if I could flatter myself wi...

6 August 1780My dear Sir Your Letter from Antwerp, of the 5th. which I received last night by Mr. Douglas, was very agreable. The News it contains is very good. B...

7 August 1780Sir Having receivd a Letter from Nantes, datd the 29th Ultimo, I followed your Excellency to Antwerp to impart the Contents thereof, but on my Arriva...

14 August 1780Sir On the twenty seventh of July. I set out from Paris on a Journey to Amsterdam. I left Mr. Dana and Mr. Thaxter at Paris, who will regularly trans...

14 August 1780Dear Sir I take the liberty to introduce to your acquaintance my friend and relation Mr. Saml. Hartley. Some business carries him to Paris and he is ...

17 August 1780Dear Sir I have received your Letter of the 1. of this month and the Packetts you Sent with it, by Mr. Appleton. The arrival of the Convoy, at Bourde...

17 August 1780Sir I am lodged at Mr. Henry Schorns in this City, to which place you may direct your Letters, for Some Weeks to come. You may continue to Send the P...

17 August 1780Sir I never was more amuzed with political Speculations, than Since my Arrival in this country. Every one has his Prophecy, and every Prophecy is a P...

18 August 1780Sir Since I had the honor of writing You last, nothing material has occurred excepting the Declarations of the Danish and Sweedish Courts; which are ...

19 August 1780Dear Sir I did not expect yesterday when Mr. Thaxter wrote you, that I shou'd have been able to have done myself that honor, by this oppor­tunity, as...

19 August 1780Dear Sir The inclosed, which you will be so Kind as to peruse, seal, and send to its destination, will inform you with my situation, my views, and my...

20 August 1780Dear Sir Mr. Jenings having gone out of Town, has left in my care a packet for you that came to him last Monday by the Post; by the marks on it, I fa...

22 August 1780Sir At a Time, when the English Emmissaries are filling all Europe with their confidant Assertions, of the Distress of the Americans, the enclosed Pa...

22 August 1780Amsterdam, 22 Aug. 1780. (PCC, No. 84, II, f. 241–244). printed: Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev., 4:36–38. This letter, read by Congress on 20 N...

23 August 1780Dear Sir I have just now received yours of 20. Please to Send the Packet along here to me, chez Mr. Henry Schorn Amsterdam by the first Post. There a...

23 August 1780Sir The Errand of Mr. Cumberland to Madrid, is a mere finesse of the British Ministry, intended to aid the Stockjobbers, keep up the Stocks, aid the ...

24 August 1780Sir I have only time by this Vessell to inclose the declarations of Sweeden and Denmark; but the chance of her going safe is so small that I should n...

24 August 1780Dear Sir This week honor'd me with Your kind favors of 23d Febry.last, for which acknowledge myself much obliged. With respect to the Vessel sunk in ...

24 August 1780Dr. Sir I wrote you a few lines on the 18th and 22d Instants chiefly to inform you the news of those days, but as they were forwarded by the usual co...

25 August 1780Dr. Sir Since I wrote you the 22d (by a friend Mr. S. H——l——y) nothing material has transpird and the arrival of news by a small Vessel from Boston t...

25 August 1780My Dear friend Behold the fruits of the french Alliance! Our young men no longer look upon Great Britain as their home or Mother Country, but turn th...

27 August 1780Dear Sir I have been made very happy by the letters you forwarded to me. I presume you must have been also, by those you wou'd receive by the same ha...

27 August 1780Dr Sir As you desire in yours of the 23. I now send you the Packet and least the English mail should be detain'd by the wind from you as it has been ...

28 August 1780 Mr. Adams's Compliments to Mr. Gridley, and desires to know whether there is in Print, either in English or French, any particular description of the...

28 August 1780Sir There is a very compleat Survey of the Gulph of the River Saint Lawrence, done by Capt. Holland, it takes in, the whole of the Shore from Gaspee,...

29 August 1780Dr. Sir I am much obligd to you for a letter and some news papers by a friend. I have not yet seen the principal person concernd in the Flag to Brist...

30 August 1780Dear Sir I have received yours of 19. I have your Form of the Constitution and Some News Papers, none later than those you have. These I shall send b...

1 September 1780Sir I have received a Copy of the Constitution of the Massachusetts of which I beg your Acceptance. It has not yet been published in Europe, as it no...

1 September 1780 There is this day a Confirmation of the News of the taking the fleet mentioned in my Letter—with this addition that there is 62 instead of 55 taken—t...

2 September 1780Dear Sir Yours of 27 Ultimo came to hand last night. Mr. Bradford informs me that he Sent to Paris by Post a Packet from Dr. Cooper to me. Have you h...

2 September 1780Dr Sir I am much obliged to you, for your care of my Packet which I recieved with your favour of 27 of August, containing the News of the Confirmatio...

4 September 1780Amsterdam, 4 Sept. 1780. (MdHi: Gilmor Papers). A note attached to this letter by Robert Gilmor, a Baltimore merchant, indicates that he received it ...

5 September 1780dear Sir I have this moment the Pleasure of yours of the 3d instant, and I thank you for your kind Congratulations on the glorious News of the Captur...

5 September 1780Sir Inclosed is an Abridgment of a Pamphlet, published in London last Winter. I beg your Attentive Perusal of it and your candid opinion, whether it ...

5 September 1780Sir As Eloquence is cultivated with more Care in free Republicks, than in other Governments, it has been found by constant Experience that such Repub...

7 September 1780Dear Sir Your many Letters to Congress up to June 2d. have been read with Pleasure and I have received two from you—March 16. 29 received July 20th. ...

8 September 1780My dear Sir Being Just inform'd of an opportunity of writing to you by the Way of Bilboa, I snatch my Pen, to give you a laconic Account of Things he...

8 September 1780Dear Sir I had the pleasure of your's of the 30th. of last month, on the 4th. instant but my eyes being again in a bad state, and being otherwise unw...

8 September 1780Sir I Received your letter by the Frigate Alliance bearing date the 23d. Feby. last, Inclosing an Account of my son's Expences, on his Journey from F...

9 September 1780Dear Sir Just as I had finished the above yours of the 2d. came to hand. The packet mentioned by Mr. Bradford from Dr. Cooper to you, was a single le...

10 September 1780Dear Sir I have but one moment to tell you, that I left Mrs. Adams your Children, General and Mrs. Warren in good health four days ago. I shall soon ...

10 September 1780Dear Sir I have received your favor of the 2d. and thank you for the American Intelligence; indeed in all quarters the prospect seems favorable to ou...

12 September 1780Dear Sir This will be delivered you by Mr. Samuel Hartley, who is recommended to me by Mr. Digges and Mr. David Hartley. I should be obliged to you f...

12 September 1780Sir I am obliged to you for a Letter of the 14th of August, which was this day delivered me, by your Friend. You was not misinformed when you heard t...

14 September 1780Sir On my Arrival in Town from Spa and Aix La Chapelle, where I staid longer than I intended to drink the Waters, I found Mr. Austin in his Way to Ho...

15 September 1780Sir I have just now received yours of the 14. and I wish I had Time to write you a Sheet or two upon the Subject of it. I am very glad to find that y...

15 September 1780Dr. sir We are all so very busy in Election bustles that hardly anything political is talked of. The Ministry seem to be going on swimingly in gettin...

16 September 1780Sir I have the Honour to send by this Opportunity, a few Pamphlets and Papers. The Pamphlets relate to Subjects which interest the United States, and...

16 September 1780Dear Sir I am this moment arrived in Town, much fatigued, and as it is so late, you will excuse my not waiting on you this evening. You must not be s...

17 September 1780Sir Last night Mr. Dana arrived here, from Paris and brought me your Favour of the 11. of July. You cannot imagine, Sir how much Pleasure, this Lette...

19 September 1780Sir The day before yesterday, Mr. Dana arrived here from Paris with the dispatches which came by Mr. Searle. I am very sensible of the Honour that is...

20 September 1780My dear Sir Your Favour of the 10th. of July, is received. Mr. Searle, who is yet at Paris, I hope to see soon here. Am happy to learn that the Peopl...

20 September 1780My dear sir Yours of May 23, I received but 3 days ago, and am happy to find so agreable an Intercourse of good offices between the People and the fr...

20 September 1780Sir Your Excellencys Letter of 12 July, I have received and thank you, sir, for recommending this Gentleman to me. And shall on all future occasions ...

20 September 1780Dear Sir Yours of 10 July is before me. Mr. Searle and every other Gentleman that you recommend to me, shall be treated with all the respect possible...

20 September 1780Dear Sir Yours of 13 July I have received. Your Account of the Resurrection of the Spirit of 65 and 6, is very refreshing. The Ladies having undertak...

20 September 1780Dr. Sir A Servant of the De Neufvilles going to Amsterdam early in the morning gives me an opportunity of sending a letter to you for Mr. Ridley in M...

21 September 1780Dear Sir Your favour of the 10th. is yet unanswered. I am fully of your opinion, that the British Cabinet are determined on a Prosecution of the War...

22 September 1780 A Stranger, having particular Occasion to Speak with the Broker, who, Some time Since, negotiated in this City, a Loan of Money, for the City of Dant...

23 September 1780Dear Sir I have received your Favour, written after your Return from Spa and am very glad you had so pleasant a Tour and found So agreable a Receptio...

23 September 1780Sir I received, by the Hand of Mr. Dana, the Letters and Dispatches, which you brought for me, from Congress. I should have been very happy, to have ...

23 September 1780Sir The inclosed Letter has this moment been delivered by Mr. Celesia. I have thought it my duty to forward it to You. The letter, which Mr. Mazzei m...

24 September 1780Sir Since the Receipt of the Dispatches, by the Honourable Mr. Searle I have been uninteruptedly employed in attempting to carry into Execution the D...

25 September 1780 The People on your Side, Seem determined to revenge themselves for the Loss of their Power, on those who have done all they could to Save it. I shoul...

25 September 1780Sir There are Persons, in this Republick, who have been Attentive to this War, and who know somewhat of the History of the Rise and Progress, of the ...

25 September 1780Sir Messrs. van Vollenhoven, not with standing all the credit they have for the United States of North America Cannot accept of the Commission, Which...

26 September 1780Sir I Waited Yesterday for a Second him time on Messr. Van Vollenhoven after the recpt of your favour. The affair in question is to Extended to decid...

26 September 1780Dr. Sir My Friend Mr. B—— will give you the news by the Cartel I some time ago mentiond to you to have arrivd from Boston at Bristol, as well as the ...

27 September 1780Sir I have just this Moment receivd your Excellencys Letter of the 23d. Instant, it Honors and flatters me much and is a fresh Proof of your Excellen...

28 September 1780Amsterdam, 28 Sept. 1780. (PCC, No. 84, II, f. 273–276). printed: Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev., 4:72. Received by Congress on 29 Jan. 1781, t...

28 September 1780Dear Sir Having come here to converse with the worthy Governor, an opportunity of his Dispatch is afforded me of writing you a single line to inform ...

29 September 1780 Mr. Samuel Andrews, formerly of Boston lately of Demarara, is going to Paris upon Business, respecting a Vessell taken by the French and carried into...

29 September 1780Dr Sir I hope my letter of the 26 By Mr. H——y B——m——d and a parcell of Books will get safe to your hands. Since that period, the arrival of news from...

2 October 1780Sir It is a long Time Since I had the pleasure to Address you, or receive any of your Favours. I have Letters from my Wife which acknowledge the Rece...

2 October 1780Sir I have long had it in contemplation to pay my Respects to you, but a wandering Life and various avocations have hitherto prevented. I am very hap...

2 October 1780Sir In more than one Letter from Mrs. Adams, she has mentioned to me, your obliging Kindness to her, and to me. I am very sensible of your Politeness...

2 October 1780Sir By all our late Advices from America the Hopes you expressed that our Countrymen, instead of amusing themselves any longer with delusive Dreams o...

3 October 1780Dr. Sir I am sorry to inform You that Mr. Heny. Lawrens and two other Amn. Gentlemen Prisoners in England. They were taken in a small packet on the b...

4 October 1780Sir I have just received your Favour of the 3d, and thank you for the early Information of the arrival of the Courier from the Plenipotentiaries of t...

5 October 1780Amsterdam, 5 Oct. 1780. in John Thaxter's hand (PCC, No. 84, II, f. 277–280). printed: Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev., 4:81–82. Received by Con...

5 October 1780Amsterdam, 5 Oct. 1780. in John Thaxter's hand (PCC, No. 84, II, f. 281–282). printed: Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev., 4:82. In this letter, re...

5 October 1780Dear Sir I was very happy to find by your favor of the 21st. Ultimo that Mr. S. Adams still continues in the Public service and I am the more pleased...

6 October 1780Amsterdam, 6 Oct. 1780. in John Thaxter's hand (PCC, No. 84, II, f. 285–287). printed: Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev., 4:83–84. Received by Con...

6 October 1780Dr. Sir I am thankful for your late favor and shall send you the Books desird by first opportunity. Mr. Henr. Laurens was brought to Town last night,...

7 October 1780Dear Sir Mr. Bowdoin, a gentleman of Virginia, is passing through Brussells in his Way to France. He is a young American of good Character here, and ...

7 October 1780Dear sir The Bearer of this is a young Virginian, Mr. Bowdoin, who has been sometime here and has a good Character. I beg Leave to recommend him to y...

8 October 1780Sir I received the letter you did me the Honour of writing to me by Mr. Andrews, and shall render him every Service I can in his Application. Your Bo...

9 October 1780Dear Sir I reached Leide in the Scout at 6. o Clock, and finding it impossible from thence to get to Roterdam that night in a Scout, I took a Carriag...

10 October 1780Dr. Sir Since my letter of the 6th there has been no material incident relative to Mr. H. L——s Commitment; nor is the rigour of his confinement abate...

11 October 1780Amsterdam, 11 Oct. 1780. in John Thaxter's hand (PCC, No. 84, II, f. 289–304). printed: Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev., 4:88–95. The copy cited...

12 October 1780My Dear Sir My last two or three Letters were by Capt. Samson, who if he has not Shared the ill fate of some Others, must have been handed you long b...

13 October 1780Dear Sir This Letter is intended to go, by Monsieur Le Veillard, a Young Gentleman bound to America, with Design to engage in the service of Mr. Hol...

14 October 1780Sir Yours of 6 and 10 are received. Upon what Principle is it, that they confine Mr. L. as a Prisoner of State? After So many Precedents as have been...

14 October 1780Sir The Extracts of Letters You was so good as to send me, have been inserted in the Papers, and I should be obliged to You, for future Communication...

14 October 1780Sir Repeated Letters from London, confirm the Account of Mr. Laurens's being confined to the Tower, so close a Prisoner, that neither his old Corresp...

15 October 1780Sir I have only, Time, at present to request of you, to let me know whether, “the Pamphlet” is printed. You gave me hopes it would be out last Week b...

17 October 1780Sir I was an ardent partisan of the noble cause of America, only on account of my great love for liberty. But, since I have the honour of Knowing you...

17 October 1780Dr. Sir It was not until the 14th Instant that any person Whatever was permitted to see Mr. Laurens in the Tower. On that day after repeated applicat...

17 October 1780Respected Sir I have found a little Inconvenience in having nobody here on the Spot, that I could call my Guardian. I spoke to Doctor Franklin of it ...

18 October 1780 Congress took into consideration the report of the committee on the letters of 23 and 24 March last from the honble. John Adams minister plenipotenti...

19 October 1780 O! human nature, what are thou! When one of the most noted Republicans cannot be consistent; nor be placed on an eminence without having his head aff...

19 October 1780Sir Returning the day before yesterday from Boulogne, I had the Honor of receiving your Excellencys Letter by the Hands of Mr. Bowdoin, to whom I sha...

19 October 1780Dear Sir I shall make no apology for troubling you, Sir, as you have been so Kind as to grant me that liberty. I hope you received by Mr. Celesia my ...

20 October 1780Dr Sir The close confinement of our friend and the denyal of all visits, the use of pen, ink and Paper, as well as all newspapers, still continues wi...

20 October 1780Sir Understanding that in Case of Mr. Laurens's Absence, you are charged with the Affair of procuring a Loan in Holland, I think it Right to acquaint...

22 October 1780Sir I have this day recieved the Letter, which You did me the Honour to write me on the sixteenth instant. I beg You, Sir, to accept of my sincere Th...

23 October 1780Sir I have received the Letter which you did me the Honour to write me on the 17th. and I thank you for the favour as well as for your Care in procur...

23 October 1780My dear Sir Your excellent Letter of the nineteenth I have recieved. Your feelings I find are in Unison with mine, upon the behaviour of Cornwallis, ...

23 October 1780Sir I was duly honored with your Favor of the 2d Instant. Mr. Thaxter having left Paris, I applied to Mr. Grand for the twenty Louis d'ors which I re...

23 October 1780Dear Sir The discovery of Arnold's treachery, and the new Bennington Affair in the South, have given fresh hopes and Spirits to the Whigs. We had for...

24 October 1780Sir I have this moment the Honour of your Letter of the twentyeth of this Month and it is, as cold Water to a thirsty Soul. I have been busily employ...

24 October 1780My dear Sir I have just recieved your letter of the Seventeenth of October, and am obliged to you for writing to me, upon the subject of it. I ought ...

24 October 1780Sir I have recieved several Letters from London, concerning Mr. Laurens. It is certain that he has been treated with great Insolence by the Populace ...

27 October 1780Sir It seems to be now certain, that Some of Mr. Laurens Papers were taken with him. There have been Sent to his most Serene Highness the Prince of o...

27 October 1780Dr. Sir Your last is of the 25 Sepr. Mr. W.S.C. lately got the annexd note—it is Sent for your government. No news but what you will read in the pape...

28 October 1780Sir Give me Leave to trouble you, to Send me two Newspapers, the General Advertiser and the Morning Post, Let them be sent constantly by the Post, to...

28 October 1780Sir A fever that confind me to my Bed from the 15th Augt. to 20 Sept. and and absence in the Country to a few days past for my recovery deprived me t...

28 October 1780Dear Sir I shall endeavor to write largely to you, en Ami, but I will not risque the Sailing of the Vessel for that Purpose, at this moment. It is re...

28 October 1780 Resolved, That the Honble. John Adams be and hereby is authorised and instructed to accept the bills of Exchange drawn on the Honble. Henry Lawrens i...

31 October 1780Sir The British Ministry, by the terrible Examples of the Rioters, have So intimidated the Nation, and by their Success in the late Elections have So...

31 October 1780Dr. Sir We have not the least news from the Westward more than the publick papers will announce, but in hourly expectations of some from N York. Our ...

1 November 1780Sir I have the Honor of receiving your Excellencys Letter of the 23d Ultimo, acknowledging the Receipt of mine of the 19th. I am happy to find my Sen...

1 November 1780Sir I make no Apology for troubling you with a Letter, because your Excellency must know me by reputation, and because the purport of it is of a publ...

3 November 1780Sir I have recieved your favor of Octr. 13th and thank You for your Care in sending the Letters. The News Papers may come by any Opportunity. I shoul...

3 November 1780Dr. Sir I have received your line with an inclosure the 24th. ultimo, wrote to the partys, and am now busey in putting forward four of the Horsesrequ...

4 November 1780Sir Mr. De Neufville, this morning brought to me, a number of Bills of Exchange, drawn upon Mr. Laurens, in the Month of July, amounting to seven or ...

6 November 1780Sir Mr. Blomberg is so ill, that he cannot Speak, upon Business, which obliges me, to beg the Favour of your Advise, whether I ought to give more tha...

7 November 1780Sir I waited on Mr. Blomberg yesterday, but found him to ill to speak upon Business: I must therefore request You to recommend to me another Broker f...

7 November 1780Sir Yours of the 24. 27 and 31. Ultimo came altogether last night. The Note in that of 27 is of much Importance to me. I wrote, Sometime ago, to see...

7 November 1780Sir I have recieved yours of the first. Will You be so good as to explain to me, what is meant by “Instructions to endeavour to inspire American Agen...

9 November 1780Sir I have the Honour of yours of the 7. Inclosed are a few more Extracts, concerning the Treatment of Mr. Laurens. You will publish Such Parts as yo...

10 November 1780Dr. Sir Nothing material occurring, I did not write you on the last post day. Things were then in a train for other communications and I am in hopes ...

12 November 1780Sir A Fever having confind me to my lodgings some days, debar'd me of the pleasure of waiting on your Excellency, and of making a Verbal instead of A...

12 November 1780Sir I have received the Letter which you did me the Honour to write me the 12 of Novr. It would give me great Pleasure to do any thing in my Power co...

13 November 1780Sir I have received your Letter, and very Sorry you have found So little Success in your affair for the Massachusetts. You have this Consolation, how...

13 November 1780Sir I am honour'd by your Excellency's Letter of the 4th Instant, relating to the Bills drawn on Mr. Laurens. I recommended their being presented to ...

14 November 1780Dr. sir Your favors of the 28th ultimo and 7th Instant came both to hand since mine of the 10th and I began from yesterday to forward the two news pa...

15 November 1780Dear Sir A severe attack of a dangerous dysentery, a sick Family ever since Mr. Searle left us, and above all, having nothing material to communicate...

15 November 1780Sir I put a Letter of Introduction into the Hand of a son who has since unfortunately been made a prisoner by the Portland Man of War, and though hel...

16 November 1780Sir On the 10th of this month, Sir Joseph York, presented to the States General, the following Memorial. Whether Sir Joseph York, after 20 Years Resi...

17 November 1780Sir From the Time, of the Arrival of my Commission, I have been constantly employed in forming Acquaintances, making Inquiries and asking Advice; but...

17 November 1780Dear Sir I acknowlegd the Receipt of yours the 28th Octo. and 7th Instant in my last letter of the 14th. Since that day no material move with regard ...

18 November 1780Sir I have recieved the letter which You were so good as to write me on the 15th. of this Month. The Translation of the Narrative of Genl. Howe canno...

19 November 1780Dr Sr. The Bundle by Mr. Bromfield I received, and one or two Parcells since. Yesterday I received the N. Papers and yours of the 14th. I wish to kno...

19 November 1780Dear Sir I am honoured with yours of the 15 and congratulate you on your Recovery, and that of your Family, mine have all luckily escaped hitherto. T...

20 November 1780Sir I have the honour to inclose, a Smal Pamphlet lately published, which in this critical Moment may do Some good. The Hour draws nigh, when this Re...

20 November 1780Sir I have received your obliging Letter and a dozen Copies of the “Pensees.” I am much obliged to you Sir, for these Copies, and for an excellent Pr...

20 November 1780Sir Your Excellencys Letter of the 7th Instant came duly to Hand. The Queries, sent to England, came to me from Madrid; that which regards Instructio...

22 November 1780Dear Cozen I understood from seeing a letter lately from Paris there had appeard at a Dutch Bankers in that City sundry seconds of Bills for acceptan...

22 November 1780My Dear Sir Two days ago I received your favour of the 18th. March, without ever hearing before of, or seeing since the Gentleman there recommended. ...

24 November 1780Sir The Letter which your Excellency did me the Honour to write me on the thirteenth is recieved, and I have accordingly accepted the Bills, and shal...

24 November 1780Sir After the receit of the Letter you honoured Me with the 3rd of this Month I immediately wrote to Messrs. Ve. J. Fleury & Desmadieres at Orleans, ...

25 November 1780Sir It is now certain that the States General, have by a Plurality of five Provinces determined to acceed to the armed Neutrality. Zealand and Guelde...

25 November 1780Sir The Prince was ill advised, when he undertook, what he was not obliged to do, in producing Mr. Laurens's Papers, which he did too in a manner jus...

27 November 1780Dr. Sir I have received yours of the 17. with its Inclosure and that of the 22d.—and thank you for both. Things are coming to an Extremity, that Phil...

29 November 1780Dear Sir I am honor'd with your favor of the 19th. and am happy to hear that you and your Sons have escaped the general contagion of the Season. I fl...

30 November 1780Sir I have already accepted Bills drawn upon Mr. Laurens, to the Amount of Thirty four Thousand three hundred and fifty Eight Guilders. How many more...

30 November 1780Sir I was duly honoured with your Excellency's Letter of the eighth of October by Mr. Searle. I thank You, Sir, for inclosing the Resolution of Congr...

30 November 1780Sir The State of Parties in this Republick is still critical. Many anonymous Pamphlets appear on both Sides. Those which proceed from the English Par...

30 November 1780Sir Your kind Favour of the 24 with the two elegant Copies of the Pensees I have received, with Gratitude. The Republick appears to be, at this Time,...

30 November 1780Sir I have had a severe Fit of the Gout which has confined me six Weeks; but it is now going off, and I flatter myself that it has done me a great de...

30 November 1780Sir I did myself the Honor of writing to your Excellency the 20th of this Month and inclosing some Papers from Mr. Amory of Boston. I now take the Li...

1 December 1780Dear sir I thank You for your favour of the 20th. of November. I am really weary of reading such Follies as Motions to address the King for Peace. Th...

1 December 1780Amsterdam, 1 Dec. 1780. in John Thaxter's hand (PCC, No. 84, II, f. 321–324). almost entirely in 's hand (Adams Papers). printed:Wharton, ed., Dipl....

6 December 1780Sir I have received your Favour of 28 of Octr. and am very glad to hear of your Recovery from Sickness. The Non Arrival of the Cloathing, is a great ...

6 December 1780Sir I have received your very agreable Letter of the 8th of September. Nothing could give me more Satisfaction than to learn the peaceable Establishm...

6 December 1780Sir I congratulate you, on the Return of your Health and thank you for the Extract from Dr. Styles, which I have communicated to Mr. Searle and Mr. D...

6 December 1780Dear Sir I thank you, for yours of 30 Nov. I return the two Letters from Mr. L. I had the Honour of one, from him, by each of those opportunities, ne...

6 December 1780Dear Sir I have received your Favour of September 10th and am very glad to hear of your Visit to Braintree and Plymouth. I have traced your Path as f...

6 December 1780Dear Sir Yours from Lebanon 28 Sept. is just come to hand. I wish the Mass. happy in their Governor. It would not have been otherwise, as you Suggest...

6 December 1780Dear Sir Yours of the 29th. Ultimo is before me. Arnold's Apostacy shews the Necessity of nipping Dishonesty in the Bud. Congress must assume a more ...

6 December 1780Sir I received the Letter, which you did me the Honour to write me on the 21 of October, but a few days ago. I am much obliged to you, for the Inform...

7 December 1780Dear Sir I duly recieved your favour of the 6th of November, and ought to have acknowledged it before. I am glad to find by his Excellency's late Let...

7 December 1780Dear Sir I am this Moment finishing the Year, Since my last Arrival in Europe. And the dullest Year, it has been, that I ever Saw. I hope I shall nev...

8 December 1780Dear Sir Yours of the 17 with an inclosure to JT, as well as one of the 27th both got safe which was particularly satisfactory, as a friend who is no...

9 December 1780Dear Sir I wrote to you and Coll. Johonnot a few days ago, but have Since found a Letter, from you of 25 July which I am afraid is not acknowledged. ...

9 December 1780Sir I have received the Letter, which you did me the Honour to write me, on the 28. Ultimo. The Pamphlet, which I took the Liberty to Send you, may p...

9 December 1780My dear Friend Your Favours of July 11. and 19. are before me. They were received at Paris in my Absence and it is not long Since I received them. I ...

9 December 1780Madam It is not long Since I received your Favour of the 24 of July—and a wandering unsettled Life, have prevented me hitherto from answering it. Be ...

12 December 1780Dear Sir All your favours to the 27 ultimo and particularly that with a disagreeable inclosure came safe to hand, and I should be glad to know the pa...

13 December 1780Dear Sir As Mr. Brush on his way to Amsterdam has just come into this Inn, I shall attempt to give you a short account of the course of my travels hi...

14 December 1780Sir I am every day accepting the Bills of Exchange, which were drawn upon Mr. Laurens: but I have no prospect of obtaining Money to discharge them, f...

14 December 1780My dear Sir In my Letter of the 9th. I mentioned the Receipt of yours to the President of June 26. I inclose a Resolve passed in Consequence of the R...

15 December 1780Sir I have been honoured with your's 7th. instant, Serving to inform me that in case Messrs. Bondfield at Bordeaux and J. Williams at Nantz should dr...

16 December 1780 Charles William Frederick Dumas, personally appeared before Us and took the Oath of Allegiance to the United States of America, upon the holy Evangel...

17 December 1780 I regularly recieve the Newspapers, but have not recieved the Books or Pamphlets of any kind. If a Majority of the People your Way think America stil...

17 December 1780Dear Sir I have the honor of your favor of the 6th. instant and perfectly agree with you that Congress must assume a more decided authority to preven...

18 December 1780Dear Sir I have received your Favour of the 11. The Inclosures I have packed with my Dispatches, and the Duplicate of Mr. Amorys, to go by the first ...

18 December 1780Sir War is to a Dutchman the greatest of Evils. Sir Joseph Yorke is so sensible of this, that he keeps alive a continual Fear of it by Memorials afte...

18 December 1780Dear Sir My letter of November 8th. 1779 by John Lowell Esquire in answer to your favor of the 20th. September preceding, did not, I fear, get to han...

18 December 1780Sir You will receive herewith enclosed, a Duplicate of my Letter of the 30th of July, with a List of the original Letters and Duplicates which I have...

19 December 1780My dear Sir Having wrote you so often and so fully I presume you would readily Excuse me if I omitted this Opportunity more especially as I am at a d...

21 December 1780Sir The Sentiments and Affections of a People, may be learned from many little Circumstances, which few Persons attend to. The Poets and orators, are...

22 December 1780Dear Sir I am thankful for your favor and its inclosure of the 15th Instant. I hope my parcells go regularly for I never omit to put them in the comm...

25 December 1780Sir The Dispute between Great Britain and the United Provinces is now wrought up to a Crisis. Things must take a new Turn, in the Course of a few Day...

25 December 1780Sir It is very difficult to discover, with Certainty the secret springs which actuate the Courts of Europe, but whatever I can find with any degree o...

25 December 1780Sir Affairs are Still in Suspence. This Day being Chrismas and Yesterday a sunday, there was no publick Exchange held, on either. But Business, and e...

26 December 1780Sir The public Papers of this Morning inform Us, that Sir Joseph Yorke left the Hague on the Morning of the twenty fourth, without taking Leave of an...

26 December 1780Dear Sir I have had a sight of yours of the 15th, 17, and 18th Instant and am thankful for their inclosures. Whenever any publications worth notice, ...

27 December 1780Dear Sir Your favor of the 20th came to hand last Post. I have been confidently assured that the British Ministers, at least the greater part of them...

28 December 1780Sir The Dutch say that the English are acting the part of the Sailor, having quarrelled with three others as stout as himself, and got his Bones brok...

28 December 1780Sir I Had written to your Excellency a long Letter on the State of Affairs, which the Attention, I had the pleasure of paying to Mr. Dana, who staid ...

28 December 1780Sir Mr. Warren directed to you only one week since by Capt. Cazneau bound to Amsterdam, therefore has now left it to me to write one time asking your...

29 December 1780Sir You will herewith receive a commission authorising you to negotiate a treaty of Amity and Commerce with the United Provinces of the low countries...

29 December 1780 Whereas an Intercourse between the Citizens of the United Provinces of the Low Countries and the Citizens of these United States founded on the princ...

29 December 1780 Plan of a treaty of amity and commerce between the United States of America and the United Provinces of the low Countries. The parties being willing ...

30 December 1780Sir The Province of Zealand having been opposed to the other Provinces in so many Instances and having lately protested against the Resolutions of th...

31 December 1780Dear Sir I have the Honour of yours of the 28. We have no Letters or Papers from London later than the 19 or 20, which leaves Us in the dark. There h...

31 December 1780Sir It will scarcely be believed in Congress, that at a Time when there are the strongest Appearances of War, there has not been a Newspaper nor a Le...

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Appendix: List Of Omitted Documents, 1780