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John Quincy Adams to John Adams
Docno: AFC04d085
Recipient: JA
Date: 1781-05-21
[dateline] Leyden May the 21 st 1781
[salute] Honour'd Sir
Inclosed are some numbers of the lettres Hollandoises.
1I took them out of thier covers, because I knew they were nothing else, and I could not do them up so well when they were in, however, if you please, I will not take out any more; Mr. Luzac's this day's paper is also inclos'd.
{p. 119}
I wrote to brother Charles by Mr. Thaxter, and to you the night before last,2 but have not yet reciev'd answers to either.
[salute] I am, your dutiful Son,
[signed] John Quincy Adams
RC
Adams Papers
; endorsed in John Thaxter's hand: “Master John 21st. May 1781.” Enclosures not found, but see note 1.
1. Lettres hollandoises, ou correspondance politique sur I'etat present de I'Europe, notamment de la Republique des Sept Provinces-Unies, a journal or news sheet published in Brussels friendly to the American cause; the author or editor was said by Edmund Jenings to be named Rivales (Jenings to JA, 24 Jan., 18 Feb. 1781; Adams Papers). A set of this work with JQA's bookplate, vols. 1–3, 5–7, is in MQA; the whole or parts of vols. 3–4 are in MB (
Catalogue of JA's Library
, p. 145).
2. JQA's letter to his father of 19 May is above; that to CA has not been found.
Cite web page as: Founding Families: Digital Editions of the Papers of the Winthrops and the Adamses, ed.C. James Taylor. Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 2007.
http://www.masshist.org/ff/
http://www.masshist.org/ff/