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From John Adams to Unknown, 31 January 1782

To Unknown

[31 January 1782]

To all whom it may concern

Mr John Adams, to whom the printed Paper herewith enclosed, is directed, certifies that he has the Honour to be a Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to their High Mightinesses the States General of the United Provinces, of the Low Countries, and as a public Minister of a Sovereign State, intituled to an Exemption from the Payment of Such Duties.1

Certified at Amsterdam the 31. of January 1782

By John Adams Minister Plenipotentiary

LbC (Adams Papers).

1. The enclosed printed paper has not been identified. Its effect, since JA’s diplomatic status had not yet been recognized, is unknown.

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    From John Adams to Unknown, 31 January 1782
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    “From John Adams to Unknown, 31 January 1782,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-12-02-0141. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 12, October 1781 – April 1782, ed. Gregg L. Lint, Richard Alan Ryerson, Anne Decker Cecere, C. James Taylor, Jennifer Shea, Celeste Walker, and Margaret A. Hogan. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004, p. 222.]

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