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Browsing: Papers of John Adams, Volume 9
To the President of Congress, No. 15
Docno: PJA09d019
Recipient: Huntington, Samuel
Recipient: President of Congress
Date: 1780-03-08
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[dateline] Paris, 8 March 1780
RC in John Thaxter's hand (PCC, No. 84, I, f. 311). LbC (Adams Papers); notation in Thaxter's hand: “March 10th. Delivered
{p. 25}
the above to Mr Brown of Charlestown S. Carolina.”printed: Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev.
, 3:539.
In this letter, read by Congress on 11 Sept., John Adams reported the false rumor that Louis Charles, Comte du Chaffault de Besné was to command in the West Indies and Charles Henri Théodat, Comte d'Estaing in the Channel, and enclosed newspapers from Paris, The Hague, and Amsterdam, all dating from the first week in March.
RC
in John Thaxter's hand
PCC, No. 84, I, f. 311.
LbC
Adams Papers
; notation in Thaxter's hand: “March 10th. Delivered the above to Mr Brown of Charlestown S. Carolina.”
printed:
Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev.
, 3:539.
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