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Browsing: Papers of John Adams, Volume 9
To the President of Congress, No. 64
Docno: PJA09d201
Recipient: Huntington, Samuel
Recipient: President of Congress
Date: 1780-05-11
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[dateline] Paris, 11 May 1780.
RC in John Thaxter's hand (PCC, No. 84, II, f. 43–45). printed: Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev.
, 3:670–671.
In this letter, read in Congress on 20 Sept., John Adams sent the text of three motions respecting the American war proposed by David Hartley in a speech to the House of Commons on 1 May. For the speech and Hartley's motions, see Thomas Digges' letter of 2 May, and note 7 (above). Adams concluded his letter with a reference to Gen. Henry Seymour Conway's subsequent announcement that on 2 May he would lay before the House a bill to establish “the foundations of a Treaty of Peace and Reconciliation” with America.
RC
in John Thaxter's hand
PCC, No. 84, II, f. 43–45.
printed:
Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev.
, 3:670–671.
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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