From John Adams to Benjamin Pierce, 10 June 1780

To Benjamin Pierce

Paris June 10. 17801

Sir

I have received your Letter of June the 1st. I am very Sorry for the <~~Discontent~~> uneasinesses on board the Alliance, which you mention in your Letter, and if there was any Thing in my Power to do to remove them, I would very chearfully do it. But as it belongs to the Department of another Gentleman, entirely distinct from mine, it is not possible for me to be informed of the facts but if I knew all the facts perfectly I have no kind of authority to give any opinion about them. I hope all things will however be soon, settled to Satisfaction. Please to return my respects to the Gentlemen, you mention. I am respectfully, your humble servant.

LbC (Adams Papers) .

1. This is JA’s first response to appeals from Pierce and others to intervene in the dispute over the command of the Alliance. For a more detailed explanation of JA’s reasons for not intervening, see his letter to Pierre Landais of 20 June (below).

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Title: From John Adams to Benjamin Pierce, 10 June 1780
Author: Adams, John
Recipient: Pierce, Benjamin
Date: 10 June 1780

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Cite as: “From John Adams to Benjamin Pierce, 10 June 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-09-02-0255. [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, pp. 403–404.]

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