James Lovell to Abigail Adams, 21 May 1781

James Lovell to Abigail Adams

May 21. 1781

I hope you are not still without later Dates from Mr. A’s Hand than what we have—Oct. 24.1 I conclude he was well about the last of Febry., because Mr. Carmichael under Date of March 11th sends us Mr. A’s Plan of a Loan to be opened at the House of Nieufville & Son March 1st.2 We have no Vessels from Holland. Accept of my Conjecture as a Proof of my uniform Wish to contribute to your Ease of Mind and general Happiness.

I have sent an open 3plicate to Mr. A. for Mr. Moylan respecting your Invoice.3

Free from Pain, I shall however limp for many a day.

RC (Adams Papers); addressed: “Mrs. A. Adam[s] Brain[tree] near [Boston]”; franked: “Philada. Jas. Lovell.” Lower portion of MS torn off, destroying part of address on cover.

1. JA to Pres. Huntington, 24 Oct. 1780, is in PCC, No. 84, II (printed in Wharton, Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. description begins Francis Wharton, ed., The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States, Washington, 1889; 6 vols. description ends , 4: 103–104); LbC is in Adams Papers (printed in JA, Corr. in the Boston Patriot description begins Correspondence of the Late President Adams. Originally Published in the Boston Patriot. In a Series of Letters, Boston, 1809–1810; 10 pts. description ends , p. 259–260).

2. Carmichael’s letter of 11 March was addressed to the Committee of Foreign Affairs and is printed in Wharton, Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. description begins Francis Wharton, ed., The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States, Washington, 1889; 6 vols. description ends , 4:279–280. The plan of a loan through the house of Neufville was premature and came to nothing; see JA, Corr. in the Boston Patriot description begins Correspondence of the Late President Adams. Originally Published in the Boston Patriot. In a Series of Letters, Boston, 1809–1810; 10 pts. description ends , p. 377–378, 398–400.

3. No such communication has been found. Concerning Moylan and his invoice, see above, Lovell to AA, 27 Feb., and note 1 there.

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Title: James Lovell to Abigail Adams, 21 May 1781
Author: Lovell, James
Recipient: Adams, Abigail
Date: 21 May 1781

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Cite as: “James Lovell to Abigail Adams, 21 May 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/04-04-02-0086. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Adams Family Correspondence, vol. 4, October 1780 – September 1782, ed. L.H Butterfield and Marc Friedlaender. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1973, p. 120.]

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