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C. W. F. Dumas to John Adams: A Translation -

The Hague, 18 April 1781
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Memorial to the States General -

Leyden April 19. 1781
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To Pieter van Bleiswyck

Docno: PJA11d241

Author: JA
Recipient: Bleiswyck, Pieter van
Date: 1781-04-19

[salute] Sir

I have the Honour to inclose to your Excellency a Copy of a Memorial2 to their High Mightinesses the States General of the United Provinces.
With the greatest Respect and Consideration, I have the Honour to be, Sir, your Excellency's most obedient and most humble Servant.
[signed] John Adams
RC in John Thaxter's hand Adams Papers . LbC Adams Papers
 
1. Signed by JA, this is likely the copy of the letter he presented to van Bleiswyck, Grand Pensionary of Holland, on 4 May together with a copy of his memorial to the States General, below, both of which van Bleiswyck returned. For JA's meeting with van Bleiswyck on the 4th, see his letter of 7 May to the president of Congress, below. For the dating of this letter and the memorial, see JA's memorial to the States General, 19 April, note 1, below. JA wrote a virtually identical letter to Hendrik Fagel, secretary to the States General (Adams Papers), but after his conference with van Bleiswyck decided that a meeting with the secretary was pointless.
 
2. At this point in the Letterbook are the canceled passages: “<, which I had this day the Honour of presenting>, to <the President of>.”
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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