The Commissioners to J. D. Schweighauser, 16 July 1778

The Commissioners to J. D. Schweighauser

Passy, 16 July 1778. printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography description begins Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, 1961; 4 vols. description ends , 4:163. The Commissioners notified Schweighauser of Thomas Simpson’s appointment to command the Ranger and ordered him to provide Simpson with whatever he might need to prepare for sea. The Commissioners also informed him that the British prisoners were to be left behind and mentioned their effort to have them housed in French prisons.

printed: (JA, Diary and Autobiography description begins Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, 1961; 4 vols. description ends , 4:163).

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Title: The Commissioners to J. D. Schweighauser, 16 July 1778
Authors: First Joint Commission at Paris
Adams, John
Recipient: Schweighauser, John Daniel
Date: 16 July 1778

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Cite as: “The Commissioners to J. D. Schweighauser, 16 July 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-06-02-0226. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 6, March–August 1778, ed. Robert J. Taylor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1983, p. 292.]