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To John Adams from the Abbés Chalut and Arnoux, 13 September 1790

From the Abbés Chalut and Arnoux

Paris 13. 7bre 1790

Les abbés Chalut et Arnoux ont l’honneur de faire leurs sinceres Compliments à Monsieur Adams et de l’assurer de leur estime et de leur amitié; ils lui envoyent un exemplaire de deux ouvrages posthumes de M. l’abbé de Mably. ces deux ouvrages sont en deux volumes. il en paroitra encore Cinq on aura soin de les lui faire parvenir à mesure qu’ils paroitront1

Les abbés Chalut et Arnoux presentent leurs hommages respectueux à Mde. Adams et à Mde. votre fille, ils font leurs amitiés à M.M. vos fils.

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Paris, 13 September 1790

The Abbés Chalut and Arnoux have the honor of extending their sincere compliments to Mr. Adams and of assuring him of their esteem and friendship; they send him a copy of two posthumous works of the Abbé de Mably. The two works are in two volumes. Another five will be published and will be sent as they become available.1

The Abbés Chalut and Arnoux present their dutiful respects to Mrs. Adams and to Madam your daughter. They send their friendly regards to Messrs. your sons.

RC (Adams Papers).

1. With their final extant letter to JA, Chalut and Arnoux enclosed the first two volumes of the Abbé de Mably’s Oeuvres Posthumes, Paris, 1790, which are in JA’s library at MB (Catalogue of JA’s Library description begins Catalogue of the John Adams Library in the Public Library of the City of Boston, Boston, 1917. description ends ).

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    To John Adams from the Abbés Chalut and Arnoux, 13 September 1790
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    “To John Adams from the Abbés Chalut and Arnoux, 13 September 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-20-02-0245. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 20, June 1789–February 1791, ed. Sara Georgini, Sara Martin, R. M. Barlow, Gwen Fries, Amanda M. Norton, Neal E. Millikan, and Hobson Woodward. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2020, pp. 414–416.]