Adams Papers Digital Edition

Papers of John Adams
Volume 14, October 1782 – May 1783

Front Matter

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Descriptive List of Illustrations

Introduction

Guide to Editorial Apparatus

Documents

27 October 1782Sir It was with not a little chagrin that I found on my arrival here, you had set out to Paris but a few days before. The restriction I was laid unde...

31 October 1782Sir Having executed the Treaty of Commerce, at the Hague and dispatched four Copies of it, by four different Vessells bound to America from the Texel...

31 October 17821 November 1782My dear Sir I wrote you yesterday by a different course: You will receive that letter a few days after this comes to your hands. You will be pleased ...

1 November 1782Sir In answer to the Letter, your Excellency did me, the Honour to write me on the 15 of October, a Copy of which you delivered me Yesterday at Mr Os...

1 November 1782My dear Sir. I made my Acknowlegdments of the rect. of your favours of June 17. & July the 2d. by Capt. Grinnall who sailed for Amsterdam about a for...

2 November 1782Sir, I have this Morning recd. the Letter, You did me the honor to write me on the 20th. of Octr. together with the Present of a Medal, in Commemorat...

2 November 1782Gentlemen I have recd your letters of 21. and 28 of October, last night. As to your furnishing Money to Mr Dumas.— Some Repairs have been done to the...

2 November 1782Sir, I recd. the honour of your Excellency's last Letter of 12. August in Florence while I was preparing for my journey. Various impediments have ret...

4 November 1782Gentlemen, You may remember, that from the very beginning of our Negociation for settling a Peace between Great Britain and America, I insisted that ...

4 November 1782 Articles agreed upon by and between Richard Oswald Esquire the Commissioner of His Britannic Majesty, for treating of Peace with the Commissioners of...

5 November 1782Gentlemen I have this day received by Captain Barney in a Short Passage from Philadelphia, the Ratifications of our Contracts, which are all here inc...

5 November 1782Gentlemen. Knowing the expectations of the Kings ministers that a full Indemnity shall be provided for the whole Body of Refugees, either by a restit...

6 November 1782Dear Sir I have the Honour to inclose a Resolution of Congress of the 17 of September, enjoining upon us all, Attendance on the Negotiations for Peac...

6 November 1782Sir I had Yesterday the Honour of your Letter of 25. September, and I beg leave to thank you, for your kind Congratulations on our little Success at ...

6 November 1782Sir. Two days ago arrived, by Capn: Barney, the letters you did me the honor to write me, the 22d. 29th. 30, Triplicate of May, 4th. July, 29th. Augs...

6 November 1782Sir Captain Barney, arrived here, on the fifth Instant with the Letters you did me the Honour to write me on the 23. 25. 27 September and 7 of Octobe...

6 November 1782sir, The scene of Action is so entirely transfered to your side of the Atlantick that scarce any occurance among us at present is sufficiently intere...

6 November 1782Sir Since January last Bills drawn Quarterly for the amount of your Salary have been transmitted to Doctor Franklin by every Conveyance— I have now t...

7 November 1782Sir Yesterday Mr Le Couteulx, called upon me in order to communicate to me, the Contents of his Letters from you, concerning the Remittance of the Mo...

7 November 1782Dear Sir, Accept of my thanks for your favor of 28th. Septr.— The Analogy of Religion & of Manners are undoubtedly not less advantages in the Connect...

7 November 1782Sir, In answer to the letter you did us the honor to write on the 4th. inst. we beg leave to repeat what we often said in Conversation, viz. that the...

8 November 1782Dear Sir The King of G. Britain, by Patent under the Great Seal of his Kingdom has created Richard Oswald Esq, to be his Minister Plenipotentiary to ...

8 November 1782Dear Sir, The News that Mr. Brantzen wrote to our Friends before I left the Hague was true The King of Great Britain under the Great Seal of his King...

8 November 1782Sir In one of your Letters you Suppose that I have an open avowed Contempt of all Rank, give me leave to say you are much mistaken in my sentiments.—...

8 November 1782Gentlemen, Great Britain has acknowledged the Independence of America. The King has given a Commission under the Great Seal, to Mr. Oswald to treat w...

8 November 1782Monsieur, J’ai été charmé de recevoir enfin la nouvelle de votre heureuse arrivée.— Je com̃ence par vous obéir, en rendant compte à V. Exce. de ce qu...

9 November 1782Sir We beg Leave to acknowledge gratefully your Excellency's marks of Friendship, and thank you in the best manner for your confidence your Excellenc...

11 November 1782Sir, On my first arrival at Paris I found my Colleagues engaged in Conferences with Mr: Oswald. They had been before chiefly conducted by Mr: Jay, Mr...

12 November 1782Dear Sir, An untoward Circumstance had hurried me from Bath, where I had been about a Month in the progress of health; I was waiting the Determinatio...

14 November 1782Sir We have before us your Excellency's esteem'd favour of 2 inst, we shall when Mr Dumas furnishes the accts. you are pleased to mention of, pay and...

15 November 1782 The last post I had the honour to forward to your Excellency a letter from our very distressed Friend who desires I would inform you that he hopes to...

15 November 1782Sir We duly received the honour of your Excellencies favour dated the 5th. of this Month, with the Ratification of the bonds by Congres. We immediate...

17 November 1782Sir Upon my Arrival here, I found, Mr Jay, in very delicate Health, in the midst of great affairs and without a Clerk. He told me, he had Scarcely St...

17 November 1782Sir A few days Since, at Passy, in Conversation with Dr Franklin, concerning the Clerkship of our offices, I asked him, what Sum he had allowed to hi...

18 November 1782Sir The Instruction from Congress, which directs Us to pay So Strict an Attention to the French Ministry, and to follow their Advice is conceived in ...

18 November 1782Sir— Since my Letter of the 6th, Congress have been pleased to appoint Mr Jefferson, one of their Ministers plenipotentiary for negociating peace— I ...

18 November 1782Sir This will be handed to you by Mr: Randell, a merchant formerly of New-York; he is recommended to me by His Excellency the present President of Co...

19 November 1782Gentlemen Your Favour of 15th. Instant is this moment come to Hand. Mr Le Couteulx & Mr Grand called upon me last Evening upon the Same subject.— I t...

19 November 1782Sir An apology, I think, wou'd be Unnessary for addressing you; and I shall make no other than the regard I have for you. The time since I left Ameri...

19 November 1782Honoured and Dear Sir, Yr. Excy. will see by the inclosed Letter for Mr. Livingston, what we are doing here. After having perused it you will be so K...

21 November 1782Sir We live in critical Moments. Parliament is to meet and the Kings Speech will be delivered on the 26.— if the Speech announces Mr Oswalds Commissi...

21 November 1782Sir We in particular gratefully acknowledge your Excellency's marks of Confidence, on our Strickest secrecy you may always depend, and be assured of ...

21 November 1782Gentlemen Since the Early Period When I Had the Happiness to Be Adopted Among the Sons of America, I ever Made it My Point to do that Which I thought...

25 November 1782My dear sir, Your favr: of the 17th. & the letters accompanying it are come safe to hand. I recd. too a letter at the Hague, but had not time before ...

25 November 1782Sir, We have received the Letter you did us the honor to write on the 25th. Inst. Our Country has had early and repeated Proofs both of your Readines...

25 November 1782Dear Sir By the time this comes to your hands I hope you will have received a letter from your Son from Stockholm, as I charged him to write you with...

25 November 1782Sir We beg leave to confirm reverently our Letter of 21 Inst. when we were So Joifull of the happy event, that it prevented us to reflect on the date...

25 November 1782 The Three Commissioners Adams, Franklin and Jay, met at Mr Oswalds Lodgings at the Hotel de Muscovie, and after Some Conferences, Mr Oswald delivered...

26 November 1782Sir, Your favor from Bourdeaux of the 19th., I have had the pleasure to recieve, & congratulate You on your successful Voyages. I thank You too for y...

26 November 1782Monsieur, J’espere que Vous avez reçu toute mes précédentes, que j’ai adressées selon les directions que Mr. Thaxter m’a données de votre part; & qu’...

26 November 1782 Congress will recommend to the Legislature of each of the thirteen States to appoint Commissioners to be under Oath to appraise at a just Value, at t...

28 November 1782Monsieur, Quoique je n’aie pas réussi jusqu’ici à me procurer rien de satisfaisant, pour la demande qui vous a été faite pour le Département de la gu...

28 November 1782 Since my arrival in America no events of any great importance have taken place. Our affairs in general wear a favorable aspect, and the people of thi...

28 November 1782 That the Subjects of his Britannic Majesty and the People of the Said United States Shall continue to enjoy, unmolested, the Right to take Fish of ev...

29 November 1782 That the Subjects of his Britannic Majesty and the People of the Said United States, Shall continue to enjoy unmolested, the Right to take Fish of ev...

30 November 1782My dear Sir In answer to yours of July 2d, sent You, Sept 19, under cover to Messrs De Neufville's by a vessel,—Buffington Master—bound from Salem to...

30 November 1782Dear Sir I have not to this day Information that you comprehend the Cypher wch. I have very often used in my Letters. You certainly can recollect the...

30 November 1782 Articles agreed upon by and between Richard Oswald Esquire, the Commissioner of his Britannic Majesty for treating of Peace with the Commissioners of...

30 November 1782 Separate Article. It is hereby understood and agreed that in Case Great Britain at the Conclusion of the present War shall recover or be put in Posse...

1 December 1782Gentlemen, The Preliminaries, to be inserted, in the definitive Treaty of Peace, when the other belligerent Powers shall be ready, were yesterday sig...

3 December 1782Sir The Moments we live in, are critical and may be improved, perhaps to advantage, for which purpose I beg Leave to propose to your Consideration, w...

3 December 1782 I had the honor of writing your Excellency a few days past, via France. Nothing important has taken place since. The French troops are embarking on b...

4 December 1782Sir, It is with much pleasure that I transmit to you the Preliminary Treaty, between the King of Great-Britain and the United-States of America. The ...

4 December 1782Sir We duely receiv'd the Letter with which your Excellency pleased to favour us the 19th. of Novembr. past, by which we observe Messs. Le Couteulx a...

6 December 1782Dear Sir You may easily guess from your own Feelings, what mine may be in communicating to you, the Intelligence that the Preliminary Treaty, to be i...

8 December 1782Sir I have Receiv'd your much Esteemed favour of the 26 Ulto: for which I thank you most sincerely. In Consequence of a report of the preliminary Art...

9 December 1782Sir, We've received, by your most esteem'd favour of the 1st. of this month, the important news that the preliminaries of peace between England and t...

10 December 1782Monsieur, J’ai une Lettre de Mr. J. W. Van Arp d’Amsterdam, où il me demande en Hollandois ce qui suit. “Nous avons ici dans notre port le Vaisseau F...

10 December 178213 December 1782 Articles to be proposed in the definitive Treaty. ...

12 December 1782Sir We have the Honour to congratulate you, on the Signature of the preliminary Treaty of Peace, between his Britannic Majesty and the United States ...

12 December 1782Monsieur, Une seconde Lettre reçue ce matin de Mr. Van Arp, d’Amst. m’engage à écrire tout de suite; voici ce qu’il me dit en Hollandois. “Je vous su...

12 December 1782Sir We had the Honour to write yoúr Excellency the 9th. of this month, to which we beg Leave to refer. Since none of Yoúr Esteemed favours Shall this...

13 December 1782Sir, Dr: Franklin I suppose has written to London & consented to exchange Sir J. Jay, for Lt: Collo: Dundas— He recd. a letter fm. the late Advocate ...

14 December 1782 Thanks be to God, my dear Gerry, that our Tom Cod are Safe, in Spight of the Malice of Ennemies the Finesse of Allies and the Mistakes of Congress.— ...

14 December 1782Sir There is more matter than time to write at present. The King of Sweden has done the United-States great honor, in his Commission to his Minister ...

14 December 1782Sir, We have the honour to congratulate Congress on the Signature of the Preliminaries of a Peace between the Crown of Great Britain & the United Sta...

15 December 1782Sr: I have the Pleasure to congratulate you, upon the provisional Arrangement of our Affairs with England. The Terms are as good as we could obtain, ...

15 December 1782Dear Sir This goes with the Preliminary Treaty between the Crown of G. Britain and the United States of America—it is not to be in force untill Franc...

15 December 1782Monsieur Messieurs Willem & Jan Willinck Nicolas & Jacob van Staphorst & De La Lande & Fynje en me remettant Quatre cens mille Livres m’en faisoient ...

18 December 1782Dr Sir According to Your request I have to inform You, that the letters intrusted to my care to go by the Ships Cicero & Buccaneer I have Deliver'd t...

19 December 1782Dear Sir, The Preliminary Articles are only to take place, when France & G. Britain shall have agreed: but as they are not yet published by the Briti...

19 December 1782Sir In Answer to your Letter, give me Leave to inform you that I have written this day to Messrs Willinks, Van staphorsts and De la Lande and Fynje, ...

19 December 1782Gentlemen, Your several Letters I have recd.— The protested Bill ought to be accepted for the Honor of the Drawer. Altho’ I have no Authority over th...

19 December 1782Dear Sir I give you a thousand thanks for your short letter of the 8th. of last month which I recd. this morning. I had before received a Copy of the...

19 December 1782Sir The enclosed Letter for Mr Dana you will open & peruse—it may possibly contain information that may be of use to you which it will be unnecessary...

19 December 1782 Waited on Mr. Adams this Morning & after our conversation on Mr. Bridgen's affair as related in P. S. of a Letter to him. We entered upon the topic o...

20 December 1782Monsieur Je viens d’ecrire à M. de Lassonne que Je m’etois adressé à la societé Royale de Medecine par la voye de M. Vicq d’Asir son secretaire perpe...

22 December 1782Dear Sir, Your Letter of Novr. 14/25 I recieved the night before last, & went out with it yesterday to Passy. Dr. Franklin & I agreed to desire Mr. G...

22 December 1782Monsieur J’ay fait part de la letter que vous m’avez fait l’honneur de m’ecrire a la derniere assemblée de la Société Royale de Medecine, qui m’a cha...

23 December 1782Sr The happy moment is now arrived, the strugle is at an end. America is recognizsed free & independent States: I congratulate you on this important ...

23 December 1782Monsieúr Je me troùve honorée de la Votre du 2e. du Passé, Sensible aúx Louange que vous me faite, de mon travail, m’ont engagés d’un faire un autre,...

23 December 1782Sir, I am obliged to trouble your Excellency about a letter Mr. Lynch writes me to have sent me from Nantes the 10th. of October last, under cover to...

23 December 1782Sir Being without any of your favours, we take the liberty to addres you these few lines, on occasion that we are informed by Mr. Grand, that Mr. Mor...

24 December 1782Sir, When I address'd the rest of the Commissioners by Letters last Month, I was not inform'd you was at Paris; or I should not have been so wanting ...

26 December 1782Dear sir On my arrivel here—I enquir'd if any person was going for L’orient that might be depended on—but no such opportunity offer'd—Therefore agrea...

26 December 1782Monsieur, L’incluse, que vous voudrez bien avoir la bonté de fermer & acheminer par la voie de Mr. Barclai à l’Orient, vous paroîtra bien interessant...

27 December 1782Sir With the Compliments of the Season permit me to add the justly acquired Congratulations on the conducting executing and concluding the Great Buis...

27 December 1782Monsieur, Je n’ai que quelques minutes pour vous accuser l’honorée votre du 19e. reçue il y a deux heures seulement. Je n’ai fait usage de la confide...

28 December 1782Sir I have this moment received your Letter of the 23 of December. I have recd but one Letter for you, Since my Arrival in Paris, and that was inclos...

30 December 1782Sir, We refer to what we had the honour to write you the Inst. Since we received your much esteem'd favour of 19th. of this month, by which you are p...

31 December 1782Monsieur, Je ne vois rien a ajouter à ce que vous apprendra l’incluse, sinon, que les Etats d’Holl. sont ajournés à Vendredi 3e. du prochain, & que j...

31 December 1782Monsieur, Ma Lettre de ce jour étôit à la poste, lorsque j’ai appris de source, que, conformement aux desirs des principaux membres, présens ici, des...

1 January 1783Dr Sir returning this Evening from Versailles, where I had been to make the Compliments of the Season, I found your favours of 26 and 27. of Decr. Th...

1 January 1783Monsieur, Je profite, avec bien de l’Empressement, de l’occasion d’écrire à votre Excellence et de me rappeller à Son Souvenir. Mon attachement pour ...

1 January 1783My dear Sir The Bearer of this the Hoñble John Wheelock Esqr. President of Dartmouth College in New Hampshire visits Europe with the Design of promot...

2 January 1783Dear Sir, Your favor of 26. Decr. is come safe to hand, & I thank you for your Care of my dispatches. Mr. Storer will write to Mr. Williams to pay Yo...

2 January 1783Sir I have recd. the Letter, which You did me the honor to write me on the 23d. Decr. together with the Explication of your new Medal, in Commemorati...

2 January 1783Monsieur L’Assemblée dont j’ai parlé dans ma derne. de 31e. n’a pas eu lieu. Le G. Pe. a tant assuré les Pes. de Dt. & d’Amst que le Pce. de concert ...

3 January 1783Sir I return you, with great Sincerity, the Compliments of the Season and thank you for your Congratulations on the Signature of the Preliminaries. I...

7 January 1783Dear sir This day your Esteem'd Favor of 2d Instant came to hand— think myself Honor'd by the Communication, and wish a peace may take place soon, or...

John Adams and the Writing of the History of the American Revolution

9 January 1783Monsieur Actuellement vous êtes entierement livré au grand interêt des nations. Vous travaillez à rendre à l’univers le-repos que vous n’avez pas pu ...

14 January 1783Sir Your kind favour of the 9th, I recd, this day, and will give you, the best answer, which indifferent health and, various Avocations will admit of...

15 January 1783Sir It was with Pleasure, that I learn'd your Design of Writing upon the American Revolution, because your other Writings which are much admired by t...

16 January 178328 February 1783 L’ABBE DE MABLY est bien faché de ne s’etre pas trouvé chez lui quand Monsieur Adams lui a fait l’honneur d’y passer. Il a celui de lui remettre l’ec...

17 January 1783Sir, In the letter which I did myself the honor to write you, on the 15th. I did not think proper to mention myself, or any writings of mine, while I...

8 March 1783 Mr. Marmontel a l’honneur de faire mille complimens a Monsieur Adams, et de lui renvoyer l’excellente lettre qu’il a eu la bonté de lui confier’. Ell...

9 January 1783Sir We had the honour to write yoúr Excellency the 30th. December past. advising that in Consequence of your Opinion we had already Remitted part of ...

10 January 1783Dear Sir I was yesterday favoured with your's of the 6th. inst: from Paris, which has been 34 days on its rout here. Ten of them might have been save...

12 January 1783 J’aurois vivement desiré monsieur d’avoir l’honneur de vous voir avant mon depart de Paris et je me Suis a cet effet presenté chés vous inutilement J...

13 January 1783Dear Sir I had the pleasure of receiving your letter of the 25th. November, and was so well pleased to find you had not intirely forgot Me, that I di...

13 January 1783Dear Sir I have read your preliminary treaty with some attention and much satisfaction. You will suffer me however to suggest whether it might not be...

14 January 1783My Lady. I received Yesterday the Letter, your Ladyship did me the Honour to write me, on the twenty fourth of December, and am obliged to you for yo...

14 January 1783Monsieur, L’Incluse pour Philade. vous mettra au fait du courant ici. L’honorée vôtre du ler. Janv. est pour moi une vraie & précieuse Etrenne de nou...

14 January 1783Gentlemen I was honoured with your favour of the 12th. of Decr: by the last post, enclosing a Copy of the preliminary Treaty of Peace between his Bri...

16 January 1783Monsieur Voici enfin l’Etat militaire Suédois. Je l’ai extrait d’un Livre que Mr. D’Asp m’a prêté, & duquel j’ai ordonné à un Libraire de faire venir...

17 January 1783Sir Your Favour of the 23 of December never reached me, till to day. The Souvereignty of the United States of America, is indeed recognized by Great ...

19 January 1783Sir I have yet to acknowledge the Receipt of your Favours of the 26. 27. 30. & 31 of Decr. and 2 of January. Your Dispatches are sent along as you de...

19 January 1783Gentlemen You favour of the 30 of December, I have recd, as well as the Letter mentioned in it.— I am obliged to you Gentlemen, for paying the Intere...

19 January 1783Sir Altho’ I have not yet been honored with any Letters from your Excellency I cannot omit the Occasion of Writing which offers itself by Mr. Jeffers...

20 January 1783Versailles, 20 January 1783. of declarations in French; English translation by John Pintard (PCC, No. 84, IV, f. 323–330). 's of declarations and Art...

22 January 1783Sir, Upon a sudden notification from the Comte de Vergennes, Mr. Franklin and myself, in the Absence of Mr. Jay and Mr. Laurens, went to Versailles, ...

23 January 1783Sir, The letters you did me the honor to write me on the 6th. & 18th. of November, are come to hands— You do me honor, Sir, in applauding the Judgeme...

23 January 1783Monsieur Je remis hier à Mr. Ph. Massey, allant à Paris, un petit paquet, contenant la seconde Médaille de Mr. Holtzhey. Vous recevrez aussi, par cet...

23 January 1783Sir I take the Liberty to inform your Excellency that I arrivd here Safe last Friday after having had a tolerable good Journey. I have seen a Gentlem...

24 January 1783Monsieur je me propose d’aller à Versailles dans Le Cours de la semaine prochaine. je Chercherai de nouveau la traduction des Prior Documents que je ...

24 January 1783Monsieur, La maniere subite & imprévue dont on a reçu ici la nouvelle de la signature des Préliminaires par toutes les autres Puissances belligérente...

25 January 1783Sir Your Favour of 23 of December was brought to me this morning, and I have delivered the Letter inclosed to your son who is Still with me His Compa...

25 January 1783Sir I had the honor of writing you Some time ago Requesting a pasport for a Vessel I have here, on a Supposition that peace was near at hand, but was...

26 January 1783Dear Sir The post of this day has brôt me your favour of the 22d. ulto: in which you acknowledge the receipt of mine of the 14/25 of Novr:. I have si...

28 January 1783Sir, I am happy to find by your favor of the 23d. that You are safely arrived after a good Journey. It is best I believe that nothing should be said ...

28 January 1783Monsieur le Duc, I had, the day before yesterday, the pleasure of receiving the letters your Excellency did me the honor to write me on the 12th, fro...

28 January 1783Mr. Vous aurez reçu aujourd’hui, par un Courier de Mr. l’Amb. de fce. parti Samedi 24e après dîner ma Lettre du 24e., qui est de la derniere importan...

29 January 1783Sir, Upon receiving the letter you did me the honor to write me on the 24th. late last evening, I went immediately to consult with my Colleague, Mr: ...

29 January 1783Madam Your Favour of the 25 of October never reached me till to day, but it has given me great Pleasure as your Letters always do.— I was disappointe...

30 January 1783Monsieur, Les Lettres que j’ai eu l’honneur de vous écrire Vendredi 24 & mardi 28e. ne sont que l’Expression la plus fidele des sentimens de nos Répu...

30 January 1783Sir We congratulate Your Excellency on the happÿ conclusion of Peace wishing all possible advantage to America whch. can proceed of so fortunate an e...

31 January 1783Dear Sir After I had closed my last to you acknowledging the receipt of your's of the 22d. of Decr:, my Bankers advised me of the new Credit Mr: Gran...

1 February 1783Sir Mr. Fitzherbert has just been with me. He will give passports for american merchantmen, on our doing the like for british ones. He informed me th...

1 February 1783 The Definitive Treaty of Peace and Friendship, between his Britannick Majesty, and the United States of America. concluded at the Day of February 1...

2 February 1783 Mr Adams having Something of Consequence to communicate to the American Ministers Plenipotentiary, for the Peace, requests the Honour of His Excellen...

2 February 1783Sir, Being not in my power to go & pay my respects in person to your Excellency, on account of an indisposition occasioned by the short, but very har...

3 February 1783 Mr. Adams presents his Compliments to Mr. Fitzherbert, and has the Honour to acquaint him, that the American Ministers Plenipotentiary for the Peace,...

3 February 1783 Mr Fitz-Herbert presents his Compliments to Mr Adams, and as he is obliged to go to Versailles tomorrow, begs leave to propose to him and the other A...

3 February 1783Monsieur. La Socièté Royale de Medecine après S’être Empresseé de Contracter une association de Correspondance avec le Collegè de Boston, association...

3 February 1783 We John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and John Jay, three of the Ministers Plenipotentiary of the United States of America for making Peace with Great Bri...

4 February 1783Monsieur, L’honorée vôtre du 29e. a pleinement satisfait ces Messieurs; & Mr. V. B., au nom de tous, m’a chargé de vous en remercier, & de vous assur...

5 February 1783Sir, The Resolution of Congress of the 12th. July 1781,— “That the Commission and Instructions, for negociating a Treaty of Commerce between these Un...

5 February 1783Dear Sir, Your's of December 30th., I recieved last Night. Orders are long since gone from Mr. Grand to his Correspondent at St. Petersbourg, to furn...

5 February 1783Sir I recd last night your Favour of 30 of January, with the Copies of Letters inclosed.— I am not at all Surprized at the Sentiments expressed in th...

5 February 1783Gentlemen I recd last night yours of Jany 30, and I had before recd that with my Account, I have recd of Mr Van den Yver, frees & Comp. four hundred ...

6 February 1783My dear Sir Your Favour by Mr Randall, I received last Night, by the Way of Marseilles, where I Suppose that Gentleman landed and Still remains, as h...

6 February 1783Monsieur, Mrs. Jn. De Neufville & fils d’Amsterdam m’écrivent ce qui suit “Nous vous prions de nous procurer un Passeport, pour le Brig. Américain le...

7 February 1783Dear Sir I have heard no News of my Son, Since he was in Stockholm, the Beginning of December, although I was led to expect his arrival at the Hague ...

8 February 1783Sir: I take the liberty to acquaint your Excellency of my arrival in this place the 15th Ulto. from Havana, in the Ship, Commerce, belonging to Mess ...

9 February 178311 February 1783Sir We are honoured with your Excellency's letter of 5 Inst: by whch. you desire us to advertise in Some Gazette, for all persons in Amstm., who have...

11 February 1783Sir We are induced to take the freedom to write to your Excellency from a presumption that our complicated situation will Justify the liberty— In sho...

13 February 1783Sir, I have recd. this morning the letter you did me the honor to write me the 31st. January, & knowing nothing of Mr: Harras I opened the letter to ...

13 February 1783Monsieur, J’ai reçu les 2 respectables vôtres du 5 & du 7 court., la derniere mardi au soir directement, & la Iere. ce matin par Amsterdam. Je prends...

13 February 1783Sir Your much esteem'd favór of 7th Inst with which I am Honour'd was receiv'd Yesterday & am very sorry that you have cause to be anxious about your...

13 February 1783Sir On my return the night before last from a Journey to the State of Newyork, I found you favours of the 6th: 7th: 17th: 17th: 23d: September, they ...

14 February 1783Sir Mr Storer, whom you know, will deliver you this, but whether he will find you at Brussells or else where, I knew not. I begin to grow impatient t...

14 February 1783Sir I hope You will excuse the Liberty I take of writing You a Line by Mr. Charles Storer, who has been for some time one of my Family, to enquire af...

14 February 1783Sir Mr Charles Storer, of Boston who has for Sometime past made one of my Family, will have the Honour to deliver you this. On Account of his amiable...

14 February 1783Monsieur J’ai eu l’honneur de vous addresser Le 31 du mois dernier une lettre pour M Harras dont j’ai eu l’honneur de faire la connoissance à son pas...

14 February 1783 By the KING. A PROCLAMATION, Declaring the Cessation of Arms, as well by Sea as Land, agreed upon between His Majesty, the Most Christian King, the K...

15 February 1783Sir The Morceau inclosed, is translated from a Pamphlet lately published in London, in which this Piece is inserted. It is curious in itself, but con...

15 February 1783Monsieur, Je saisis l’occasion d’un Courier de la Rep., pour vous confirmer ma Lettre d’hier par la poste, où je vous rends compte des précautions pr...

15 February 1783Monsieur La situation des Finances ici est telle que je suis obligé de recourir à tous les moyens propres à les améliorer & comme la Voye de vôtre Em...

17 February 1783Sir None of yoúr Excellency's favours to answer Since our Last of 2 Janny. whereby we acquainted yoúr Excellency the Compleating of the £[₶]400/M Des...

18 February 1783Dear Sir The Bearer of this, Dr. John Wheelock, is President of an Institution in America, which is founded upon good Principles and deserves Encoura...

18 February 1783Monsieur, Nos amis sont très contents de la Déclaration réitérée que je leur ai faite de votre part, &c., & vont agir en conséquence auprès de la Cou...

18 February 1783Monsieur, J’ai le plaisir de pouvoir vous donner enfin de bonnes nouvelles de Mr. votre fils. Le billet suivant m’a été écrit avant hier matin par Mr...

18 February 1783Dear Sir. I am advised from very good authority that the Emperor is desirous of entering into a Treaty of Commerce with the United States of Ama., on...

18 February 1783Gentlemen, I have the honour to transmit to you herewith a packet containing one hundred passports for American Vessels which I have this moment rece...

19 February 1783Sir, Inclosed are six Passports for American Vessels, one of which You will please to deliver to Mr. de Neufville for the Firebrand Capt. Frazier— Yo...

19 February 1783Monsieur Permettez-moi que je seliute a Votre Exe. sur l’heureuse issue de notre Gloirieuse Cause, voila nos Ennemis abattú & l’honneur retabli pour ...

20 February 1783Sir We have recd. the Letter wh you did us the Honor to write on the 18th. Inst, together with the Passports mentioned in it. His britannic Majesty's...

20 February 1783 By the Ministers Plenipotentiary of the United States of America for making Peace with Great Britain A Declaration of the Cessation of Arms, as well ...

21 February 1783 Mr Vaughan Junr. presents his best respects to Mr Adams. His Brother being out, & not intending to return before dinner, Mr V Junr. took the liberty ...

22 February 1783Dear Sir I was honoured Yesterday with yours of 15 Jany. O.S. You must have learnt, sometime that the Peace is made, and the Armistice. You can no lo...

22 February 1783Sir Your favour of 13. is received, and I thank you, for the Trouble you have taken concerning my son, and I beg you to present my most hearty Thanks...

22 February 1783Sir It is with the greatest Satisfaction that we Obser. by the Publik papers the Declaration of Independence from Great Brittan to the United States,...

23 February 1783Sir, In answer to the questions in your's of 18th, I beg leave to inform you, that in my opinion Mr. Dana is the only proper person in Europe to trea...

23 February 1783Dear Sir I have this moment the Honour of your Favour of the 18 and thank you for the Information it contains. Mr Dana who is now at Petersbourg, has...

23 February 1783Gentlemen I have recd your Favour of the 17th. and the former Letters mentioned in it. I approve of your Paying to Messs John De Neufville & son the ...

25 February 1783Sir I thank you for your Care of my Letters mentioned in yours of the 19th. which I beg you to Send by the first Vessell. Dr Franklin has Sent Passpo...

25 February 1783Gentlemen Your Favour of September the Twenty fourth recommending your worthy President Dr Wheelock and his Designs gave me much Pleasure and does me...

25 February 1783Dear Sir I received by the last post Copies of several Resolutions of Congress, from Mr: Thaxter. None of them seem to be of any present importance s...

25 February 1783Dear sir, I have to return you many thanks for your favor of the 14th:. The renewal of my acquaintance with Mr Storer, was a pleasure which I did not...

26 February 1783Monsieur Toutes les pieces que vous m’avez fait l’amitié de m’envoyer ont paru Successivement dans le politique-Hollandais, ainsi que vous l’aurez vu...

26 February 1783Sir, The subject upon which I am about to address your excellency is so nearly connected with the interest of that country which gave us birth, and w...

27 February 1783Sir We refer to what we had the Honour to write yoúr Excellency the 24th. of this month. Since we received your much esteemed favoúr of the 19th. Ins...

28 February 1783Monsieur J’ai reçu le Diplome de la Societé Royale de Medecine et le premier Cahier, du Second Volume du Journal de Medecine militaire que vous m’ave...

28 February 1783Monsieur Monsieur Vôtre fils à été ici pendans cet hiver, et nous a été recommender de Petersbourg par nos amis et Mr Dahne. Nous Lui avons fournis L...

28 February 1783Monsieur, Le Baron Dedem a échoué. Mr. Van Berkel le Bourguemaître de Rotterdam, frere du Pensionaire d’Amst. s’est présente subitement, & l’a emport...

28 February 1783Monsieur En reponse à la lettre dont Votre Excellence a bien voulû m’honorer le 13 de ce mois je vois que le Sieur Harras a Surpris ma bonne foy, cep...

2 March 1783Dear Sir on calling this Moment for my Man Manuel to comb me I am told he is gone to shew my Nephew the Fair— I fear they will have so many fine Thin...

3 March 1783Monsieur C’est avec le plus sensible plaisir que j’ai l’honneur de vous annoncer que Monsieur Votre fils s’est embarqué à Copenhague pour Kiel d’ou I...

3 March 1783Sir We take the liberty to apply to your Excellency as we are informed that it is practised by our neighbours to Let their Ships sail under American ...

3 March 1783Sir We have before us your Excellency's esteem'd favour of 23 past, we'll enquire after the Seven obligations, to exchange the Same if the holders co...

4 March 1783Monsieur La Poste, qui part à 5 heures aujourd’hui, & un mal de reins violent, m’obligent de renvoyer la réponse aux honorées vôtres à Jeudi prochain...

5 March 1783Monsieúr Púisqúe J’ai la satisfaction d’être elú par Leúrs H: Puissances poúr aller resider aúpres dú congres dés Etats únis de L’Ameriqúe en qúalité...

6 March 1783Monsieur, En com̃ençant par le plus pressé, voici une Lettre de Son Excellence le Ministre Plenipo: de cette rep. auprès de nos Et. Unis. Il m’a char...

6 March 1783Dear Sir. Nothing but a persuasion of duty to my Country & my friendship to you could have prevailed on me to transmit the Letter which will accompan...

7 March 1783Dear Sir The post of yesterday brôt me your obliging favour of the 5th. of this month N.S. in which you say nothing of the Treaty with Sweden which t...

7 March 1783Sir After having been under the Necessity of writing in answer to Mr. Thaxter a few post days ago, that we were not able to procure any information a...

9 March 1783Gentlemen, I have recd. the favor of your's of the 3d.— There is nobody in Europe authorized to give American Papers to any Vessels.— We have given P...

9 March 1783Dear Sir. Having been lately on a Journey I cou'd not sooner thank you for your obliging favor of the 23d. Ulto, which I found here on my return home...

10 March 1783Sir Pray be so good as to insert an exact Translation of the inclosed Letter in the Politique Hollandais, without my Name or that of the Abby. or if ...

11 March 1783Sir, I have recd. the Letter, which you did me the honor to write me on the 5th. of this Month, & am happy to recieve this Confirmation of the News o...

11 March 1783Monsieur Vous verrez par la Copie ci-jointe d’une Lettre que Mr. le Duc de la Vauguyon a eu la bonté, avec ses complimens pour V. E., de m’envoyer, q...

11 March 1783Dear sir, I have to apologize to you for having omitted to recollect to put up your two Volumes of Maps, which I beg permission to have the honor to ...

12 March 1783Dear Sir Mr Storer arrived Yesterday with your kind Letter of 6 March, with its Inclosure. I know not what to Say to the Subject of this Inclosure. i...

12 March 1783Dear Sir, Mr. Storer arrived yesterday with your favor of 25th. Ulto.— I thank You for the Pamphlets, which are an Amusement in this place, how littl...

14 March 1783Sir I have been now three weeks in this City, mixing with men of various characters & Parties in order to find out their Desposition towards our Coun...

15 March 1783Dear sir, Yours of the 9th. is just put into my hands. In answr: to your question, respecting the particular desire of the K. of Sweden to make a Tre...

16 March 1783Sir, I have just recd. the letter you did me the honor to write me on the 26th. ult:. You could not have applied to a person, less acquainted with th...

16 March 1783Monsieur Il y a deja bien de tems, que nous souhaitions de trouver une occasion de feliciter Votre Exellence, avec l’heureuse & Rapide Revolution de ...

17 March 1783 J’ai la satisfaction d’annoncer à Votre Excellence, qu’ayant été informé le 11 du courant de l’arrivée de Monsieur Adams votre fils, en cette Ville d...

18 March 1783Monsieur Mr. D’Asp me com̃uniqua hier 3 Lettres qu’on lui écrit de Stockholm, Elseneur & Gothembourg, par lesquelles Mr. votre fils avoit quitté Stoc...

19 March 1783[Si]r I am honoured with your's of the 11th. You will please to accept of my thanks for the kind Care you have taken of my Son, who is I hope before ...

20 March 1783Sir, I was in hopes that the Peace would have put Us at ease; but it has not as yet much diminished our Anxiety.— The long interval, in which we have...

21 March 1783Sir, The Situation of things in England cannot be too much attended to at this time— The whimsical state of Parties; the Anarchy in Government and th...

21 March 1783Sir I did myself the Honor of writing to Your Excellency about a Week Ago. I have now only to enclose the last bill introduced into the House of Comm...

23 March 1783Dear Sir In the Gazette of Amsterdam of the 4th: of March which has this day come to hand, we read, On débite que les Etats-Unis de l’Amerique nommer...

24 March 1783Dear sir, I have received your favor of 14th. February—and am not without hopes of receiving from Congress, in a few days, directions for advancing t...

24 March 1783Sir I am very much obliged to you for your excellent Letter of the 14 of this Month. As The British Administration have made it their Business for 8 ...

25 March 1783Gentlemen, I am now to acknowledge the favor of your joint Letter by the Washington, together with a Copy of the preliminary Articles—Both were laid ...

26 March 1783Dear Sir, I was yesterday honored by the reciept of your Letter of the 12th. Instant. Can Mystery remain when Demonstration is produced? Time has act...

27 March 1783Sir Yours of the 22d. of Feby: has come to hand this moment, and has given me much satisfaction. I always admired the noble and independant spirit of...

27 March 1783Dear Sir. Your obliging favor of the 15th. instt. did not come to my hands ’till the 8th day after its date, but it did not appear to have been open'...

28 March 1783Sir, The Letter for Philadelphia, inclosed in your's of the 18th, I have caused to be inclosed to Mr. Morris, unsealed as it is, desiring his Attenti...

28 March 1783Sir I am much obliged to you for your Favour of 21. and its Inclosures. I do not think myself at Liberty to write my private Sentiments about the Reg...

28 March 1783Gentlemen, I have recd. the Letter You did me the honor to write me on the 16th. of this Month, and I thank You, Gentlemen, for your polite Congratul...

28 March 1783Monsieur Quoique nous n’ayions pas encore le bonheur de posseder ici Mr. Votre fils, nous n’en som̃es plus inquiets. En attendant voici encore des no...

1 April 1783 At a meeting of the President & Fellows of Harvard College April 1, 1783. Voted, that the Diploma for a Doctorate of Laws, conferred on his Excellenc...

3 April 1783Monsieur Nous savons ici, par Lettres de Hambourg du 25 du passé, que Mr. Votre fils, après S’y être arrêté quelques jours, en étoit reparti le 23. V...

4 April 1783Monsieur J’ai reçu la lettre dont Votre Excellence a bien voulû m’honorer le 21 du mois passé. La présente lui sera remise par Monsieur Hardouin nego...

5 April 1783Sir Mr Grigby, the Bearer of this Letter, is recommended to me, by Gentlemen, who have been friendly and Usefull to America in the Peace, in Such a m...

9 April 1783Sir, I have recd. your favor of Decr. 3d, & thank You for the Register, Catalogue & Pamphlet, which are precious Presents to me. Since the Date of yo...

9 April 1783Dear Sir I hope this will find you in Congress, Supporting your Country and her Friends, where you ought to have been these many Years past.— For wan...

10 April 1783Sir, I know not to what extravagances Adulation may extend in regard to Dr: Franklin—nor do I much care, now the Independence of our Country, her Tom...

11 April 1783Monsieur, Mrs. Brush & Allen m’ont remis les faveurs dont vous les aviez chargés pour moi; & j’y répondrai plus à loisir: car nous allons monter en v...

11 April 1783Sir I have received Letters from your Excellency of the 24th & 28th Ult. what accompanied the last will be published with other Matters of a like Nat...

12 April 1783Dear sir Congress forced Us, into a situation, which obliged Us to venture upon a Piece of Indiscipline, in order to Secure a tollerable Peace, So th...

12 April 1783Dear Sir, Recollecting the Correspondence, which passed between you & me in the Year 1775, I have been sometimes in hopes you would have revived it, ...

12 April 1783Dear Sir What would I have given to have been your Doorkeeper for a few days while you had under Deliberation the Dispatches We Sent by Barney, that ...

13 April 1783Dear Sir, I have in some late Letters opened to You in Confidence the Dangers, which our most important Interests have been in, as well as the Opposi...

14 April 1783Sir, You may easily imagine our Anxiety to hear from America, when You know that We have no News to this Hour, either of your Reception of the News o...

14 April 1783Sir I received two days ago your favors of the 22d: and 23d: of January with the declarations for the cessation of Hostilities on which a doubt of mu...

15 April 1783Dear Sir, Your letter of the 30th. Novemr: came to hand yesterday, & afforded me real pleasure & great Consolation. The Sentiments it contains were p...

15 April 1783Monsieur, J’ai été fort agréablement affecté de la bonne compagnie que vous m’avez adressée, & des honorées vôtres du 28 & 30e. Mars, qu’ils m’ont re...

15 April 1783Sir I did myself the Honor of writing to your Excellency, and sending several inclosures by the last Post. I send herewith another, which ought to ha...

16 April 1783Sir In Answer to the Inquiry of Mr Fagel you will please to inform him that the Letters of Credence of Mr Van Berckell should be addressed “To the Un...

16 April 1783Dear Sir It is my Duty to unbosom myself to Some Friend in Congress, upon whose discretion I can rely, and there is none to whom I can do it with mor...

18 April 1783Dear Sir I have just received your Favour of March 12. O.S.— It has for Sometime been my Intention to embark for the Blue Hills as soon as the defini...

18 April 178321 April 1783Sir Be so good as to accept of my Thanks for your favour of the 11. and its Enclosures. I am not very anxious for the fate of the Bill: for altho the...

18 April 1783Monsieur, Mr. Van Berckel venu de Rotterdam ici, m'a chargé de vous présenter, avec ses complimens, les assurances du plaisir avec lequel il fera le ...

18 April 1783Sir, Enclosed I have the honor to present you a state of your account with the United States from the first day of January 1782. to the thirty first ...

18 April 1783Sir We had the honour to write to Your Excellency, under date the 4 Inst., & now beg leave to give you our Sentiments regarding the Trade between Ame...

20 April 1783Sr This will be handed you by Mr Fitch a Gentleman, tho’ not well known to you, is by the Mother side a Relation; & being unacquainted in France wish...

20 April 1783Monsieur. Je Suis tres Sensible a la part que votre Exc: veut bien prendre a la revolution inopinée et honorable arrivée dans l'etat de mes affaires ...

21 April 1783Sir, Englishmen surely are possessed too much of the Spirit of Commerce, & are too perfect Masters of its maxims, to be informed that it goes all ove...

21 April 1783Gentlemen, Upon the receipt of the provisional Articles & a subsequent account brôt by a Vessel dispatched by Count d’Estaing, I wrote the Letter No....

22 April 1783Monsieur Enfin je puis vous féliciter de l'arriveé de Mr. votre fils en parfaite santé. Nous eumes cette Satisfaction hier matin. Demain nous nous ar...

24 April 1783Monsieur Notre bon Ami, Mr. De Gyzelaar, en vous présentant ses complimens, me charge de vous demander vos meilleures recom̃andations pour un hom̃e d...

24 April 1783Sir Above ten Daies after its date I was honor'd with your favor of the 10th. instant, & am indeed apprehensive with you, that America has lost the f...

25 April 1783Monsieur, Après avoir expédié ma Lettre d'hier, j'ai eu la visite de Mr. Van Berckel de Rotterdam, & vu Mr. son frere & M. De Gyzelaer chez eux. Ces ...

25 April 1783 Mr Hartley presents his Compts to Mr Adams and if it be convenient to him, wd be glad to have the honour of waiting upon him and the gentlemen who ar...

26 April 1783Sir I embrace the first opportunity, for Europe, to acknowledge the honor of receiving your much esteemed Letters of 28th August & 23d Decem 1782, an...

26 April 1783Dear Sir After so long a Silence please permit me to address Your Excelly: with my sincere And Most Harty Congratulations on the success of Your Prin...

27 April 1783My Lord, I yesterday recd. the Letter you did me the Honor to write me the 20th. of this Month. The Catalogue inclosed in your's I had yesterday an O...

27 April 1783 Articles agreed upon by and between David Hartley Esquire, Minister Plenipotentiary of his Britannic Majesty for &c in behalf of his Said Majesty on ...

27 April 1783 Article. Whereas Provisional Articles, were agreed upon on the 30 of November 1782, to be inserted in, and to constitute the Treaty of Peace propose...

27 April 1783 Whereas, by the 6th. Article of the Provisional Treaty of the 30th of November 1782, it was agreed in these Words vizt “That there Shall be no future...

27 April 1783 Article. Manufactures. foreign Commodities. It is agreed, that American Merchants shall be allowed to import into any Part of the Dominions of his Br...

27 April 1783 Article. Commerce to be in force for Five Years unless sooner altered by a Treaty of Commerce 1. It is agreed that so soon as his Britannic Majesty, ...

28 April 1783Sir, Mr. Hartley, his Britannic Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary for negociating the definitive Treaty, has requested of me in the Name of the Prin...

28 April 1783Sir, Mr. Boinod, a Gentleman of Letters, is recommended to me by Mr. Gyselaer of Dort, a manly Character, to whom We are greatly obliged, for a Lette...

28 April 1783 Article. His Britannic Majesty agrees, that within Months from this Date, and as much Sooner as may be, he will withdraw all his Armies, Garrisons a...

29 April 1783[Paris, 29 April 1783]. PRINTED: , D&A, 3:114–115. (Adams Papers). (Adams Papers); APM Reel 109. (Adams Papers); APM Reel 103. The commissioners pr...

29 April 1783Monsieúr! Nous avons enfin la Satisfaction de voir achevée la medaille qúe nous avions projettée et dediée aux nobles et puissants Seigneurs les Etat...

30 April 1783Sir If a disinterested wish to contribute to the Glory & happiness of America will sufficiently plead my excuse, for the liberty I take in writing yo...

1 May 1783Sir I have recd your Favour of the 16 of March, and in answer to it, I do assure you that I do not intend to decline taking a Seat in Congress, if an...

1 May 1783Sir In Answer to your Favour of 25. Ult. I can only say that I have no Information of the United States having acceeded to the armed Neutrality, on t...

4 May 1783Sir Did not the stronger motive of friendship Excite, I think the Gratitude due from Each individual of Your Country would be a stimulus sufficient t...

9 May 1783Dear Sir The post of the 21st. inst: brôt Mr: Thaxter's Letters of the 31st. of March, and 3d. of April; by which I find you had received mine of the...

9 May 1783Monsieur, Je viens de recevoir l’honorée vôtre du 1er. court. & j’y répons sur le champ. Mr. Votre fils se comporte avec tout le sens & les manieres ...

10 May 1783Gentlemen, I have recieved the Letter, which You did me the Honor to write me on the twenty ninth day of last Month, and the friendly Sentiments it c...

10 May 1783My Dear Sir From what Dr Holten writes me in his of the 16th ult I suspect You will be upon your passage home: however there is a chance of the contr...

10 May 1783Gentlemen, It is some Months ago since I had the honor to write you, & am well persuaded, altho I received no Answer thereto, that it will have engag...

12 May 1783Dear Sir I sent to your Care by the last Post thrô this same Channel a Copy of the Memorial which I presented on the 27th. ult: to the Vice Chancello...

12 May 1783Sir, The Bills drawn by Congress in their necessities press very heavily upon me; and one of the greatest among many Evils attending them is the Conf...

12 May 1783Gentlemen, Having yesterday conferred with Count de Vergennes upon some Public Concerns, He requested I would tell you what, instead of troubling you...

13 May 1783Dear Sir I had not Seen for many Months, any one Number of the Politique hollandois, until Yesterday, when a Friend Sent me Several Numbers of them u...

13 May 1783Monsieur, Je reçus Samedi au Soir, par la voie d’Amsterdam, deux paquets à Votre Adresse, dont voici le plus petit. L’autre, com̃e celui-ci, acheminé...

15 May 1783My Dear Sir Your favour of the 18th. of April has this day come to hand, but that mentioned in it by which you had authorised me to draw upon your Ba...

16 May 1783Sir I thank you for yours of the 9th. We remain here in the Same State of Indecision, which We have been in these Three Months, uninformed of every T...

16 May 1783Sir It is a long Time Since I have recd a Line from you, or written you. How go on Affairs on your Side the Water? Are the present Ministers like to ...

21 May 1783Sir I am, just now, honoured with yours of the 19. of January, by the Way of London. We have not yet had the Happiness to receive, as We should be di...

21 May 1783Paris, 21 May 1783. PRINTED: , D&A, 3:131–134. (Adams Papers); APM Reel 109. (Adams Papers); APM Reel 103. This memorial was Hartley's response to t...

22 May 1783Paris, 22 May 1783. PRINTED: , D&A, 3:125–127. (Adams Papers); APM Reel 103. With this offer the commissioners sought to counter Hartley's proposal o...

22 May 1783Sir In Consequence of yoúr Excellency's Esteemed Letter of the 13th. Instt. a Credit of £2500—Sterl Will be given in favoúr of Mr. Francis Dana at Pe...

23 May 1783Monsieur, Mardi dernier nous fumes dîner à Rotterdam chez Mr. Van Berckel, qui nous avoit invités avec Mr. Votre fils.— Le départ de ce Ministre est ...

24 May 1783Sir, I have the honor to inclose Copies to be laid before Congress of several Papers— 1. Mr. Hartley's full Powers of May 14.— 2. The Order of the Ki...

25 May 1783Sir, Mr. Jay has favoured me with a Sight of your Letter of the 4th. January, & I am happy to find you had recd from him a Copy of Mr. Marbois Letter...

26 May 1783Sir Mr De Hogendorp a Lieutenant in the Dutch Guards, in the Service of the Republick of Holland, is going to America in the Suite of Mr Vanberckel t...

26 May 1783Sir. Tho’ little known to you, I hope you'll not find it amiss I should make you the following request; The Marqs: de Castries being about sending a ...

26 May 1783Sir, Permit us the Comm̃ee of the Second Congregational Church in Newport to call your attention for a few moments from the weighty affairs of politi...

27 May 1783 Mr. Adams's Books & Papers being at the Hague, it is impossible for him to give Mr. Grand a List of the Bills drawn on Mr. Laurens and him, which hav...

27 May 1783Sir I had the Honour of Writing your Excy: under the 26 ulto. Giving a Short Explaination of the Commerce of this place and its connections with the ...

28 May 1783Gentlemen, By the direction of Congress, contained in the enclosd resolutions, I have the honor to transmit you the Correspondence between General Wa...

29 May 1783Sir Last night I received your Favour of the 23d. of May.— I regret extreamly that I must loose the opportunity of the Company of Mr Vanberckel to Am...

29 May 1783Gentlemen We observe by the favour of your Excellencies most honour'd letter of 22 Inst. that Mr. Grand has laid before your Excs. a state of the Aff...

30 May 1783Sir On the 28th. of this Month I recd the Letter you did me the Honour to write me on the 13. of February, which arrived at the Hague inclosed with t...

30 May 1783Monsieur Je viens d’avoir un Entretien avec un des premiers personnages de ce pays, dont ce qui suit me paroît de nature à devoir vous être com̃uniqu...

31 May 1783Gentlemen, Congress were yesterday pleased to pass the enclosed Resolutions on the subject of the payment of British Debts— The language they speak r...

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