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Browsing: Papers of John Adams, Volume 11
To the President of Congress
Docno: PJA11d041
Recipient: President of Congress
Recipient: Huntington, Samuel
Date: 1781-01-18
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[dateline] Amsterdam, 18 January 1781.
RC in John Thaxter's hand PCC, No. 84, III, f. 87–44. printed: Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev.
, 4:235–238.
Read by Congress on 19 Nov., this letter consisted of English translations of two placards or edicts of the States General dated 12 January. The first granted letters of marque and established bounties for Dutch privateers that captured or destroyed British warships or privateers. The second established the compensation due sailors maimed in the service of the Republic.
RC
in John Thaxter's hand
PCC, No. 84, III, f. 87–44. printed: Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev.
, 4:235–238.
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/
http://www.masshist.org/ff/