ADAMS, John (1735-1826), President. Autograph letter signed (“John Adams”), to William Churchill Houston, Amsterdam, 17 Sept 1780. 2 pp. (9 x 7 ½ in)., integral blank with recipient’s docket. Very minor fold separations.
ADAMS, John (1735-1826), President. Autograph letter signed (“John Adams”), to William Churchill Houston, Amsterdam, 17 Sept 1780. 2 pp. (9 x 7 ½ in)., integral blank with recipient’s docket. Very minor fold separations. ADAMS IS ENCOURAGED BY REPORTS FROM AMERICA He has just received Houston’s letter “....You cannot imagine, Sir how much Pleasure, this Letter gave me. I shall make a good Use of this and every other authentic Information, in order to prevent the unfavourable Impressions, you are aware of. It has been my greatest Affliction Since I have been in Europe that I have had so seldom Letters from my friends, or Intelligence from America of any Kind. That Business which is every Bodys, is never done. Most...tell me, “you will be so fully informed, both officially, and by your other Friends, that I shall not trouble you with public Affairs.” And thus it is that I learn, nothing...” Turning to military news, Adams has seen General Nathaniel Green[e]’s report of Hessian General Knyphausens unsuccessful attack on Springfield, New Jersey, which “is much admired in Europe. Yet I am almost wicked enough to wish that even my friend Green[e] had been beaten, because his defeat would have insured the Captivity of Kniphausen and all his Banditti. The late accounts from America... from all Quarters have had a good Effect in Europe. And the Capture of 55 ships at once by the combined Fleets of France and Spain, with the Captures by Don Barcelo and that of the Quebec Fleet, have cast down the English Cause to such a degree, as to put them upon the compassionate List, even with some who detest their Tyranny.” But, he cautions, “You will not mistake this for a Promise or an Hope of Peace. This cannot be. The Heads of a King and Ministers is at Stake, in the negotiation for Peace, at least they Suspect so. The new Parliament, will not alter the System, unless it should make it more insidious. As to money I can promise nothing but my Utmost Exertions to procure it...
ADAMS, John (1735-1826), President. Autograph letter signed (“John Adams”), to William Churchill Houston, Amsterdam, 17 Sept 1780. 2 pp. (9 x 7 ½ in)., integral blank with recipient’s docket. Very minor fold separations.
ADAMS, John (1735-1826), President. Autograph letter signed (“John Adams”), to William Churchill Houston, Amsterdam, 17 Sept 1780. 2 pp. (9 x 7 ½ in)., integral blank with recipient’s docket. Very minor fold separations. ADAMS IS ENCOURAGED BY REPORTS FROM AMERICA He has just received Houston’s letter “....You cannot imagine, Sir how much Pleasure, this Letter gave me. I shall make a good Use of this and every other authentic Information, in order to prevent the unfavourable Impressions, you are aware of. It has been my greatest Affliction Since I have been in Europe that I have had so seldom Letters from my friends, or Intelligence from America of any Kind. That Business which is every Bodys, is never done. Most...tell me, “you will be so fully informed, both officially, and by your other Friends, that I shall not trouble you with public Affairs.” And thus it is that I learn, nothing...” Turning to military news, Adams has seen General Nathaniel Green[e]’s report of Hessian General Knyphausens unsuccessful attack on Springfield, New Jersey, which “is much admired in Europe. Yet I am almost wicked enough to wish that even my friend Green[e] had been beaten, because his defeat would have insured the Captivity of Kniphausen and all his Banditti. The late accounts from America... from all Quarters have had a good Effect in Europe. And the Capture of 55 ships at once by the combined Fleets of France and Spain, with the Captures by Don Barcelo and that of the Quebec Fleet, have cast down the English Cause to such a degree, as to put them upon the compassionate List, even with some who detest their Tyranny.” But, he cautions, “You will not mistake this for a Promise or an Hope of Peace. This cannot be. The Heads of a King and Ministers is at Stake, in the negotiation for Peace, at least they Suspect so. The new Parliament, will not alter the System, unless it should make it more insidious. As to money I can promise nothing but my Utmost Exertions to procure it...
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