Adams Electronic Archive : Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams , 18 February 1783, "The Peace..."

Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 18 February 1783, "The Peace..."

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Paris Feb. 18. 1783

My dearest Friend

The Peace, which Sets the rest of the World at Ease, increases, think my Perplexities and Anxiety. I have written to Congress a Resignation, but I foresee there will not be a Speedy decision upon it, and I Shall be left in a State of Suspence that will be intolerable, Foreseeing this, I am determined not to wait for an Acceptance of my Resignation, but to come home without it, provided it does not arrive in a reasonable Time.

Dont think therefore of coming to Europe. If you do We Shall cross each other, and I shall arrive in America about the Same time that you may arrive in Europe.

I Shall certainly return home in the Spring. With or without Leave, Resignation accepted or not, home I will come, So you have nothing to do but wait to receive, your old Friend

J. Adams

Cite web page as: Letter from John Adams to Abigail Adams, 18 February 1783, "The Peace..." [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, 18 February 1783, "The Peace...". 1 page. Original manuscript from the Adams Family Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society.

Source of transcription: Ryerson, Richard Alan, ed. Adams Family Correspondence. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1993.