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5 Aug. 1785

Original paper slip text:5 Aug. 1785.

London, England

Original paper slip text:Grosvenor Square

John Adams

Original paper slip text:JA

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William Stephens Smith

Original paper slip text:William Stephens Smith

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1 p. (copy)
  • PCC No. 92, vol. I, p. 19 (Reel 120)
  • Corrected name of recipient based on internal evidence. --SEG, 4/18/2012
  • Information transferred from blue slip now deleted. ER 9/1/2015

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The National Archives

From the collection: RG 59: General Records of the Dept. of State, Papers of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789

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Roof Lady

Original paper slip text:Printed: Roof, Colonel William Smith and Lady, p. 103–104.

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Katharine Metcalf Roof, Colonel William Smith and Lady: The Romance of Washington’s Aide and Young Abigail Adams, Boston, 1929.

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PJA, 17:301–302
Papers of John Adams, volume 17, page 301

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