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From John Adams to Rufus King, 19 April 1787

To Rufus King

London April 19th. 1787.

Dr. Sir—

Mr. Francis Upton, a Gentleman recommended to me by Mr: Hartley, will have the Honour to deliver you this Letter, He goes to NewYork, about an Estate Claimed by him, his Brother & Sister I beg Leave to introduce him to you—1

This Country affords nothing new—an obstinate continuation of the same Ministry, the same Principles Spirit, Passions, Prejudices, and in one word system is no News,— I hope soon to receive some however from Congress which will enable me to get out of this atmosphere early next year,— I can do nothing more in Europe, and cannot do less than nothing I hope in America—

Yours &c

J. A

LbC in WSS’s hand (Adams Papers); internal address: “Hon: R. King”; APM Reel 113.

1Francis Upton, along with siblings Clotworthy Jr. and Sophia, inherited 20,000 acres in New York State from their father, Clotworthy Upton Sr., 1st Baron Templetown (1721–1785). JA had also written a letter of introduction for Francis to New York lawyer Alexander Hamilton on 19 Oct. 1785. In a letter to Upton of 2 March 1786, Hamilton confirmed that the heirs had a clear title to the land (Hamilton, Papers description begins The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, ed. Harold C. Syrett, Jacob E. Cooke, and others, New York, 1961–1987; 27 vols. description ends , 3:623–625, 651; Jefferson, Papers description begins The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, ed. Julian P. Boyd, Charles T. Cullen, John Catanzariti, Barbara B. Oberg, James P. McClure, and others, Princeton, N.J., 1950– . description ends , 8:85–86).

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