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Browsing: Papers of John Adams, Volume 9
To the President of Congress, No. 51
Docno: PJA09d137
Recipient: Huntington, Samuel
Recipient: President of Congress
Date: 1780-04-24
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[dateline] Paris, 24 April 1780
RC in John Thaxter's hand (PCC, No. 84, I, f. 495–498). printed:
Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev.
, 3:626–628.
In this letter, received by Congress on 19 Feb. 1781, John Adams sent intelligence derived from newspaper reports originating at Stockholm, Ratisbone (Regensburg, Germany), Amsterdam, and The Hague. Included were reports on Russian demands for Swedish compliance with the principles of the armed neutrality, Russian naval preparations in the Baltic and White seas, the possibility of Estaing assuming command of a combined allied fleet, Dutch naval developments, and the progress of efforts to form a “universal Code for the Sea.” Finally, Adams provided an English translation of Hol•
{p. 230}
land's memorial of 13 April to the States General regarding that body's reply to Prince Gallitzin's memorial.
RC
in John Thaxter's hand
PCC, No. 84, I, f. 495–498.
printed:
Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev.
, 3:626–628.
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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