record number: 051343

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Dates:

( conjectural )

3 Dec. 1785

Original paper slip text:[3] Dec. 1785.

Author's location:

London, England

Original paper slip text:Grosvenor Square

Author:

John Adams

Original paper slip text:JA

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Recipient:

John Jay

Original paper slip text:to John Jay

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Length:

10 p. (cipher transcript; 11 p. translation)

Notes:

PCC, No. 104, vol. VI, fols. 24–43
"I am anxious to convey to you if I can in as strong a Light as that in which I see myself the..."

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

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