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Browsing: Papers of John Adams, Volume 9
To the President of Congress, No. 21
Docno: PJA09d050
Recipient: Huntington, Samuel
Recipient: President of Congress
Date: 1780-03-19
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[dateline] Paris, 19 March, 1780.
RC in John Thaxter's hand (PCC, No. 84, I, f. 333–335). printed: Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev.
, 3:560–561.
In this letter, read in Congress on 22 July, John Adams repeated, almost verbatim, the newspaper accounts of British naval movements and the capture of dispatches intended for Congress contained in his letter to Elbridge Gerry of 19 March (above), and added the reports on the capture of Fort Omoa and the sailing of the merchant convoy from Jamaica contained in Thomas Digges' letter of 10 March (above).
RC
in John Thaxter's hand
PCC, No. 84, I, f. 333–335.
printed:
Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev.
, 3:560–561.
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.
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