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Edmé Jacques Genet to John Adams: A Translation
Docno: PJA06d235
Recipient: JA
Date: 1778-07-09
[dateline] [ ante 9 July 1778 ]
[salute] Sir
I submitted to Comte de Vergennes an excerpt from General Heath's letter which I have the honor to return enclosed. You will have seen that I have mentioned it in No. 46 of Affaires de l'Angleterre et de l'Amerique .1 The publication of No. 47 is but waiting for the first news which you will receive and wish to communicate to me as usual through the mail .2 This periodical pertains entirely to the American cause and the Commissioners. It is for this reason that it is in a position to appeal to the French public. I am with respect, sir, your very humble and very obedient servant,
[signed] Genet
Premier commis des affaires etrangeres
Premier commis des affaires etrangeres
2. It is not known when or if JA sent
{p. 273}
Genet any news for inclusion in No. 47, but at the end of that issue is a report, probably taken from an English newspaper, of the impending arrival of the Saratoga and the Spy with copies of the ratified Franco-American treaties (same, cahier 47, p. cccxviii–cccxx).
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/