From John Adams to the President of Congress, No. 25, 1 December 1780

To the President of Congress, No. 25

Amsterdam, 1 Dec. 1780. Dupl in John Thaxter’s hand (PCC, No. 84, II, f. 321–324). LbC almost entirely in JQA’s hand (Adams Papers). printed:Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. description begins Francis Wharton, ed., The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States, Washington, 1889; 6 vols. description ends , 4:176–177.

This letter, received by Congress on 19 Nov. 1781, contained the order of battle of the combined French and Spanish fleets at Cádiz. The information, probably taken from the Gazette de Leyde of 1 Dec., was copied into the Letterbook by JQA immediately below JA’s brief opening paragraph. It is the first known instance where JQA, acting as his father’s secretary, copies a letter to Congress.

Dupl in John Thaxter’s hand (PCC, No. 84, II, f. 321–324) LbC almost entirely in JQA’s hand (Adams Papers). printed: (Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. description begins Francis Wharton, ed., The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States, Washington, 1889; 6 vols. description ends , 4:176–177.)

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Source Project: Adams Papers
Title: From John Adams to the President of Congress, No. 25, 1 December 1780
Author: Adams, John
Recipients: President of Congress
Huntington, Samuel
Date: 1 December 1780

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Cite as: “From John Adams to the President of Congress, No. 25, 1 December 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-10-02-0215. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 10, July 1780 – December 1780, ed. Gregg L. Lint and Richard Alan Ryerson. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996, p. 390.]