1John Adams to Jonathan Jackson, 1 May 1784 (Adams Papers)
This day I receiv’d, your kind Letter of the 27 of April, with the two Letters. I left England in January, to get some money in Holland to discharge Bills to a very large Amount, drawn at a Venture the like of which will not, I hope be repeated.— I have been here Since that time and shall go probably in three or four Weeks for Paris, where it would give me great Pleasure to see you. I can give...
2John Adams to Jonathan Jackson, 15 June 1784 (Adams Papers)
The Day before Yesterday, M r Bingham arrived and delivered me the Extracts, for which I am obliged to you, they coincide with many other Letters and much other Evidence. There is no Commission or Instruction, in Europe, to negotiate any Treaty of Commerce with Great Britain. There is only a general Instruction to “meet the Advances and encourage the Disposition of the Commercial Powers of...
3From John Adams to Jonathan Jackson, 1 October 1785 (Adams Papers)
I am very much obliged to you for your Kind Letter, and to M r Higginson for his and intend to answer both very particularly, but my time is so taken up at present with preparing Papers for Algiers and Morroco that I cannot spare a moment for anything elce. M r Higginsons Letter Shews him to be a great Master of the subject, but there are some things in it, which must be handled here with...
4John Adams to Jonathan Jackson, 18 March 1785 (Adams Papers)
I thank you for your favour by M r West. I am of your opinion that the present Commission will never go to London, & am Still more convinced than you seem to be, that we should do nothing if we were to go, it would be too noisy and Showy an event and would excite an obstinate and marked opposition that would terrify administration. let us not however be deceived by appearances nor discouraged...