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Browsing: Papers of John Adams, Volume 9
To the President of Congress, No. 91
Docno: PJA09d344
Recipient: Huntington, Samuel
Recipient: President of Congress
Date: 1780-07-07
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[dateline] Paris, 7 July 1780.
Dupl, both text and signature in John Thaxter's hand (PCC, No. 84, II, f. 177–180). printed: Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev.
, 3:839.
This letter, read by Congress on 26 Dec., contains the text of a petition that Amsterdam merchants trading with the West Indies had presented to the States General on 21 June. The merchants noted Britain's violation of the Anglo-Dutch treaty of 1674–1675 by its seizure of Dutch vessels trading between the Dutch and French West Indian colonies. They demanded that the States General dispatch warships to protect the trade and order the Dutch minister in London to make representations so as to stop the seizures and obtain restitution.
Dupl,
both text and signature in John Thaxter's hand
PCC, No. 84, II, f. 177–180.
printed:
Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev.
, 3:839.
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/
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