1From John Adams to Boston Patriot, 10 April 1810 (Adams Papers)
Amsterdam, October 18, 1781—wrote to Dr. Franklin: “Thomas Beer, with his wife and two small children came to my house this forenoon, and presented me a letter from Mr Coffin, of Dunkirk, of the second of October, recommending him to me as a person who had... ...excellency to Mr. Coffin of the 22d of August, advising Beer to go to Holland where your excellency imagined there was great demand...Beer