Adams Electronic Archive : Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams , 10 May 1777 , "We have at last accomplished...," letterbook copy

Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 May 1777, "We have at last accomplished...," letterbook copy

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Philadelphia May 10 [1777]

We have at last accomplished a troublesome Piece of Business. We have chosen a Number of additional Ambassadors. Mr. Ralph Izzard of S. Carolina, a Gentleman of large Fortune, for the Court of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Mr. William Lee, formerly Alderman of London, for the Courts of Vienna and Berlin.

Cite web page as: Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 May 1777, "We have at last accomplished..." [electronic edition]. Adams Family Papers: An Electronic Archive. Massachusetts Historical Society. http://www.masshist.org/digitaladams/

Original manuscript: Adams, John. Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 May 1777, "We have at last accomplished...," letterbook copy. 1 page. Original manuscript from the Adams Family Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.

Source of transcription: Butterfield, L.H., ed. Adams Family Correspondence. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1963.