From John Adams to the President of Congress, No. 43, 11 April 1780

To the President of Congress, No. 43

Paris, 11 April 1780. RC in John Thaxter’s hand (PCC, No. 84, I, f. 447–450). 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 , 3:610– 611.

In this letter, received by Congress on 19 Feb. 1781, Adams listed twenty-five English counties and nine cities and towns that had, between Dec. 1779 and 30 March, held meetings and agreed to submit petitions in support of economic and parliamentary reform. As the best expression of the association movement’s goals, Adams included a partial text of the principles agreed to on 28 March by a Yorkshire meeting. He also referred to articles in London’s Morning Post of 1 and 3 April.

RC in John Thaxter’s hand (PCC, No. 84, I, f. 447–450.) 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 , 3:610– 611.)

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Title: From John Adams to the President of Congress, No. 43, 11 April 1780
Author: Adams, John
Recipients: Huntington, Samuel
President of Congress
Date: 11 April 1780

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Cite as: “From John Adams to the President of Congress, No. 43, 11 April 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-09-02-0095. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 9, March 1780 – July 1780, ed. Gregg L. Lint and Richard Alan Ryerson. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996, p. 127.]