Adams Papers Digital Edition

Papers of John Adams, volume 10

To the President of Congress, No. 3

From Tristram Dalton
To the President of Congress, No. 4, 24 August 1780 JA President of Congress Huntington, Samuel

1780-08-24

 To the President of Congress, No. 4, 24 August 1780 Adams, John President of Congress Huntington, Samuel
To the President of Congress, No. 4
Sir Amsterdam Aug. 24. 1780

I have only time by this Vessell to inclose the declarations of Sweeden and Denmark;1 but the chance of her going safe is so small that I should not send any thing very material, if I had more time. I have the Honour to be &c.

LbC (Adams Papers); notation: “recd in congress Decr. 3.” According to the Journal of Congress, this letter was read on 4 Dec. ( JCC , 18:1116), but it is not in the PCC.

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See JA's letter to the president of Congress of 14 Aug., No. 1 (above).