Docno: ADMS-06-10-02-0215
Author: Adams, John
Recipient: President of Congress
Recipient: Huntington, Samuel
Date: 1780-12-01
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This letter, received by Congress on 19 Nov. 1781, contained the order of battle of
the combined French and Spanish fleets at Cádiz. The information, probably taken from
the
Gazette de Leyde of 1 Dec., was copied into the Letterbook by
JQA immediately below
JA's brief opening paragraph. It is the first known instance where
JQA, acting as his father's secretary, copies a letter to Congress.