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From Hendrik van Blomberg -

Amstm. 25 Sept. 1780
Messrs. van Vollenhoven, not with ...

From Thomas Digges -

London Sepr. 26. 1780
My Friend Mr. B—— will give you ...


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From Hendrik van Blomberg

Docno: PJA10d119

Author: Blomberg, Hendrik van
Recipient: JA
Date: 1780-09-26

[salute] Sir

I Waited Yesterday for a Second him [time? ] on Messr. Van Vollenhoven after the recpt of your favour.1 The affair in question is to Extended to decide it by letters, for Which reason I beg the favour of You to do me the honour to Cale on me this Evening at 6 o'Clock, When I shall take Care to have a Person With me, witt wohm we Can speak in Confidence.2 I am With great regard Sir! Your Most ob. Servt.
[signed] H V Blomberg
RC , with JA's reply Adams Papers .
 
1. No letter from JA to either van Blomberg or the van Vollenhovens has been found.
 
2. At the bottom of the page JA wrote: Sir
I received the Honour of your Billet of this Morning and will with Pleasure wait on you this Evening at six o Clock. I am sir, your most obt.
The person with whom JA and van Blomberg were to meet is unclear, but he may have been Anthony Mylius. See Mylius' letter of 29 Sept. (below).
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/