Adams Papers Digital Edition

Adams Family Correspondence, volume 3

Abigail Adams to James Lovell

John Adams to Abigail Adams
James Lovell to Abigail Adams, 3 September 1780 Lovell, James AA

1780-09-03

 James Lovell to Abigail Adams, 3 September 1780 Lovell, James Adams, Abigail
James Lovell to Abigail Adams
Madam Sepr. 3d. 1780

I have at length an Opportunity by Mr. Brown1 to forward Bills of Exchange; and I only add the News Paper of Yesterday. Bell so long expected from France is arrived. He sailed with the Alliance. You know much more of your Mr. Adams than we, as only a Letter of April 10th. is come to hand from him.2 I assure you we feel very angry with Somebody, as neither Congress or the Minister have yet received a single Letter brought by the Alliance twenty days ago.

Your most obedt. J L

RC (Adams Papers). Enclosed “Bills of Exchange” (not found) paid the balance due JA on his accounts for 1778–1779 as settled finally on 15 April 1780; see Lovell to AA, 14 May, above, and references in note 3 there. Enclosed newspaper not found.

1.

This Mr. Brown, obviously not Joseph Brown Jr. of South Carolina, mentioned several times just above, has not been further identified.

 2.

JA addressed the first, second, and third three letters to President Huntington on this date of 10 April that survive in PCC, No. 84, I, and in JA's letterbooks; two are printed in Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. , 3:604–608.