1To John Adams from C. W. F. Dumas, 6 June 1781 (Adams Papers)
Selon vos ordres du 1er. du Courant, j’ai cacheté de mon cachet la Lettre que Vous m’avez envoyée pour M. le Président de L. H. P. et mis de ma main l’adresse en Hollandois, avec le nom de celui qui préside, et qui est le Baron Pallant de Glinthuisen; et je la lui portai hier matin, en lui disant que je l’avois reçue de Mr. Adams, avec ordre de la lui remettre. Il la reçut sans la décachetter,...
2C. W. F. Dumas to John Adams: A Translation, 6 June 1781 (Adams Papers)
According to the orders in your letter of the first of this month, I sealed the letter you sent me for the president of Their High Mightinesses with my own seal and addressed it in Dutch with the name of the man who presides currently, the Baron Pallant de Glinthuisen. I brought it to him yesterday morning and told him that I received it from Mr. Adams with orders to deliver it to him. He took...
3To John Adams from John Manley, 6 June 1781 (Adams Papers)
I presume the Liberty of presenting to your Honor my Destressing Situation, that long Captivity has much impaired my health, and what adds still to my Misfortune, that I am deprived of every Friendly Communication, as I have not received a Letter from America since I have been a prisoner which is almost two Years. My good Friend Mr. Diggs has been my only support And he having left this...