1From John Adams to Lloyd Beall, 27 April 1798 (Adams Papers)
Mr: Craik, the representative of your district, has presented to me in your name, a Copy of the Resolutions, passed at a numerous and respectable Meeting of the Citizens of Georgetown on the 21st: of this Month— Your approbation of the Instructions to our Ministers to France, your estimation of the honor, and Independence of your country as the first National object, and more estimable Even...