1From John Adams to John Codman, Jr., 10 October 1790 (Adams Papers)
I duely received your obligin letter of the 27 th of August; but a journey to Philadelphia, and the confusion of preparations to remove to that City, have prevented an earlier answer to it. I concur very freely and very fully with you, in your sentiments respecting the appointments of Consuls abroad; but I find the President and Secretary of State, are impressed with an apprehension of...