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From John Adams to the President of Congress, No. 35, 4 April 1780

To the President of Congress, No. 35

Paris, 4 April 1780. RC in John Thaxter’s hand (PCC, No. 84, I, f. 409–410). printed: various American newspapers, including the Pennsylvania Gazette of 12 July and the Boston Independent Chronicle of 3 Aug. 1780.

In this letter, which was read in Congress on 10 July, John Adams provided the text of a resolution adopted by the City of London on 22 March concerning the maintenance of a correspondence with the various committees named by the counties, cities, and towns regarding the general association.

RC in John Thaxter’s hand (PCC, No. 84, I, f. 409–410.) printed: (various American newspapers, including the Pennsylvania Gazette of 12 July and the Boston Independent Chronicle of 3 Aug. 1780.)

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    From John Adams to the President of Congress, No. 35, 4 April 1780
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    Adams, John
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    Huntington, Samuel
    President of Congress
    Date
    4 April 1780

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    “From John Adams to the President of Congress, No. 35, 4 April 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-09-02-0081. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 9, March 1780 – July 1780, ed. Gregg L. Lint and Richard Alan Ryerson. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996, pp. 108–109.]