Adams Papers

To John Adams from Henry Grand, 29 January 1781

From Henry Grand

Paris Jany 29th. 1781

Sir

By order and for Account of M. Fr. Dana I am to credit your Account for 2658.16.10 which I have already done, and said Money will rest at your Disposal.1 Said Gentleman has likewise remitted me 4 Loan office Bills amounting to 2390. for your Account also, and for which you will have credit when in cash.

No Body has yet drawn on me, Sir for the Madeira Wine I have in my Cellar belonging to you, and could wish however to have the Invoice of said Wine to enable me to give it any apreciation for Sale, in case Purschasers should present themselves.2

I am with due Respect Your most obt hbl st

Grand

RC (Adams Papers).

1. See Francis Dana’s letter of [31 Jan.], below. This transfer of funds caused considerable confusion in JA’s account. The matter was not finally settled until Henry Grand’s letter of 31 May 1782 (Adams Papers).

2. For the wine, see vol. 10:414–415.

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    To John Adams from Henry Grand, 29 January 1781
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    Grand, Henry
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    Adams, John
    Date
    29 January 1781

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    “To John Adams from Henry Grand, 29 January 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-11-02-0059. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 11, January–September 1781, ed. Gregg L. Lint, Richard Alan Ryerson, Anne Decker Cecere, Celeste Walker, Jennifer Shea, and C. James Taylor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003, pp. 87–88.]

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