1Abigail Adams 2d to John Quincy Adams, 26 August 1785 (Adams Papers)
expressed her views with less reservation, and compared both the United States and France favorably to England in several respects. Her opinions there are quite similar to those of
2John Adams to John Quincy Adams, 5 December 1796 (Adams Papers)
...from their neutral system of policy, or engage in War with any European Power whatever.” His next letter, of 24 Dec., again emphasized the concerns over the presidential elections as well as the growing tensions between the United States and France in the wake of the Jay Treaty and Pierre Auguste Adet’s resignation.