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Browsing: Papers of John Adams, Volume 12
The Comtesse de Quadt Wykeradt to John Adams: A Translation
Docno: PJA12d298
Recipient: JA
Date: 1782-04-05
[dateline] The Hague, 5 April 1782
[salute] Monsieur
Since your Excellency has purchased our house in Fluwelen Burgwal where I am residing until May 1st, and where I must continue to be present in order to attend to my business affairs, I ask you permission to stay on for
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a month longer, or at least two weeks. In exchange, I offer to put the rooms and garden in order before your arrival and while hoping for a favorable reply, I have the honor to be, sir, your Excellency’s very humble servant
[signed] W: F: comtesse De Quadt Wykeradt nèe Baronne De Wyhe
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Adams Papers
. The draft of JA’s reply, also of 5 April, below, is written on the reverse of this letter.
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/