1From John Adams to Jean Luzac, 22 August 1780 (Adams Papers)
At a Time, when the English Emmissaries are filling all Europe with their confidant Assertions, of the Distress of the Americans, the enclosed Papers shew that both at Philadelphia and at Boston, the People are so much at their Ease, As to be busily employed, in the Pursuits of the Arts of Peace, and in laying Foundations for future Improvements in Science and Literature. It is perhaps the...
2To John Adams from Jean Luzac, 31 August 1780 (Adams Papers)
J’ai l’honneur de vous renvoyer ci-joint les Papiers, que vous aviez eu la bonté de nous communiquer; et vous verrez par l’Exemplaire ci-joint de notre Gazette de Mardi dernier l’usage que j’en ai fait. Je vous suis infiniment obligé de l’attention, que vous nous avez témoignée à cet égard; et vous me trouverez toujours prêt à vous prouver tout le cas que je fais des Pièces, que vous nous...
3Jean Luzac to John Adams: A Translation, 31 August 1780 (Adams Papers)
I have the honor to return to you the enclosed papers, which you were kind enough to send me, and you can see from the enclosed gazette of last Tuesday the use that I made of them. I am infinitely obliged for the attention that you have paid to me in this regard and you will always find me ready to consider anything that you may communicate. As to the constitution of Massachusetts Bay, I would...
4From John Adams to Jean Luzac, 1 September 1780 (Adams Papers)
I have received a Copy of the Constitution of the Massachusetts of which I beg your Acceptance. It has not yet been published in Europe, as it now appears accepted by the Convention, altho the Report of the Committee, was printed in the Courier de L’Europe, Some Months ago, and in the Remembrancer, as well as the Newspapers in London. I find many Gentlemen here are inquisitive, concerning the...
5From John Adams to Jean Luzac, 5 September 1780 (Adams Papers)
Inclosed is an Abridgment of a Pamphlet, published in London last Winter. I beg your Attentive Perusal of it and your candid opinion, whether it would be of service to our cause, which is the Cause of Man Kind and especially of Europe, to publish it, and in what manner. You will please to return it to me, if you do not make any Use of it, because there is not, in the World, another Copy. It is...
6To John Adams from Jean Luzac, 7 September 1780 (Adams Papers)
J’ai bien reçu successivement la Constitution de Massachusett’s, les trois Feuilles Américaines, et la Brochure manuscrite, que vous avez eu la bonté de m’envoyer. Je suis très-sensible à l’attention et à la confiance, que vous me témoignez itérativement, et je m’honore de l’approbation, que vous donnez à mon travail. L’Edition originale de la Constitution, dont vous m’avez gratifié, m’a été...
7Jean Luzac to John Adams: A Translation, 7 September 1780 (Adams Papers)
I received successively the Massachusetts Constitution, the three American papers, and the manuscript pamphlet that you were kind enough to send me. I am very sensible of the attention and confidence that you have repeatedly shown me and am honored by your approval of my work. The original edition of the constitution, with which you have favored me, I find infinitely agreeable and I plan to...
8To John Adams from Jean Luzac, 14 September 1780 (Adams Papers)
Je viens d’achever la lecture de la Brochure, au sujet de laquelle vous avez bien voulu demander mon avis. La partie du style est excellente: Il me paroit seulement, que dans les huit ou dix premiers Feuillets il y a des fautes de langage, faciles à corriger mais néan moins trop remarquables. Quant aux choses, elle est fortement pensée; et, quoiqu’une brillante imagination puisse avoir porté...
9Jean Luzac to John Adams: A Translation, 14 September 1780 (Adams Papers)
I have finished reading the pamphlet, about which you asked my opinion. The style is excellent and it is only in the first eight or ten pages that I found some obvious, but easily correctable errors in language. As to content, it is well reasoned and, although the author’s vivid imagination may have led him to exaggerate somewhat the consequences of the American Revolution, I am nevertheless...
10From John Adams to Jean Luzac, 15 September 1780 (Adams Papers)
I have just now received yours of the 14. and I wish I had Time to write you a Sheet or two upon the Subject of it. I am very glad to find that you will undertake to be the Editor and I beg the favour of you to place Such a Preface as you like and to correct the Language, wherever it has Occasion. I hope to see it public as soon as possible. I have met often in Europe with the Same Species of...