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From C. W. F. Dumas -

post 2 Mai 1782
Je travaille à vous dégager du ...

To Herman van Bracht -

Amsterdam May 3d. 1782
I have recd. the Letter which You ...

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

Docno: PJA13d009

Author: Dumas, Charles William Frederic
Recipient: JA
Date: 1782-05-02

[salute] Sir

I am working on excusing you from the dinner engagement, according to your wishes, at least for a little while and without fixing any future date.2 But you cannot avoid attending the dinner on the 6th at Mr. and Mrs. Boreel's. I was told that the entire court and all the foreign ministers will be there. This is not just my sentiment. I have only a moment before missing the post-wagon. I will answer your last letter more fully later.
In haste, sir, your very humble and very obedient servant,
[signed] Dumas
I am in full possession of the house.
RC Adams Papers . Filmed at [1780–1781], Adams Papers, Microfilms, Reel No. 355.
 
1. This date is derived from Dumas' postscript, which is a response to JA's letter of 2 May, above.
 
2. For the means by which Dumas refused, on JA's behalf, the invitation from Schiedam, see his Address to the City of Schiedam, [8 May] , below.
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