1From John Adams to Jacob Samsin, 23 June 1798 (Adams Papers)
Your Address has been presented to me by your Representative in Congress Mr Craik. When you say that the Government of France is congenial to your own, I pray you Gentlemen to reconsider the subject. The Constitution the Administration, the Laws and their Interpretation in France are as essentially different from ours as the ancient Monarchy. If We may believe Travellers returned from that...