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Jean George Holtzhey to John Adams: A Translation, 20 October 1782

Jean George Holtzhey to John Adams: A Translation

Amsterdam, 20 October 1782

Sir

Your nation’s independence has inspired me to immortalize this great and noteworthy event in a medal commemorating its liberty, and of which I have the honor of sending you the first proof in the hope that it will bring great pleasure to your excellency:1 and it is a personal honor for me to say that I remain with a profound respect, sir, your very humble and very obedient servant

Jean George Holtzhey

RC (Adams Papers).

1. For the medal designed and struck by Holtzhey to commemorate Dutch recognition of the United States, see the Descriptive List of Illustrations, No. 10, above. C. W. F. Dumas enclosed Holtzhey’s letter and the medal with a covering letter of 28 Oct. (Adams Papers) that was sent to Paris in the care of a courier from the Duc de La Vauguyon. JA received the medal and the letter on the morning of 2 Nov. and immediately replied (LbC, Adams Papers; JA, Works description begins The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: with a Life of the Author, ed. Charles Francis Adams, Boston, 1850–1856; 10 vols. description ends , 7:655–656). He thanked Holtzhey for his “ingeniously devised” and “very beautiful” medal and indicated that upon his return to the Netherlands he likely would purchase some to give to friends.

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    Jean George Holtzhey to John Adams: A Translation, 20 October 1782
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    Holtzhey, Jean George
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    Adams, John
    Date
    20 October 1782

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    “Jean George Holtzhey to John Adams: A Translation, 20 October 1782,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-13-02-0252-0002. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 13, May–October 1782, ed. Gregg L. Lint, C. James Taylor, Margaret A. Hogan, Jessie May Rodrique, Mary T. Claffey, and Hobson Woodward. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006, pp. 536–537.]

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