8. At this point in the draft
AA adds: “after which I suppose I must pass through a similar ceremony.”
JA was received by George III on 1 June; he described that moving occasion quite briefly
to Jefferson on 3 June (
Jefferson, Papers, 8:176), and in detail to John Jay on 2 June (
LbC,
Adams Papers;
PCC, No. 84, V, f. 469–484;
Dipl. Corr., 1783–1789, 2:367–371;
JA, Works, 8:255–259).
JA was presented to Queen Charlotte on 9 June, thereby dating this section of the letter
at 8 June (see
JA to Jefferson, 7 June,
Jefferson, Papers, 8:183).
JA's remarks to George III, and his reply, are recorded in
JA's hand in the
Adams Papers (1 June), as are his remarks to Queen Charlotte, and her brief reply (9 June).