1John Adams to Wilhem & Jan Willink, Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst, and De la Lande & Fynje, 23 February 1784 (Adams Papers)
I receiv’d with Pleasure, your Favour of the 16 th. which informs me of the Engagement of the Undertakers for a Million. I have receiv’d Letters from Some respectable Gentlemen, at Amsterdam, containing a Remark upon the Plan, which I beg Leave to transmit you in the Words of one of the Letters. “Il me semble que selon la teneur dudit Plan, il ne convient guere, pour ne pas dire, point du...