1From John Adams to George McClelland, 13 June 1798 (Adams Papers)
I thank you for your Excellent Address. The patriotic Sentiments and Spirited resolutions contained in it have Seldom if ever been exceeded. The Rulers of the French have evidently flattered themselves, or been flattered by their Emissaries and Instruments into too Sanguine an opinion of their Influence in this Country, and of the Attachment of the People to them and their Cause. The fondness...
2From John Adams to David Lambert, 13 June 1798 (Adams Papers)
I thank you for this Address. The national honour and dignity of So many Nations have been wounded, within a late period and all from causes So analogous & uniform that very little refinement is necessary to discover the Causes investigate those which have involved Us in the general Calamity. Continue, Gentlemen to watch over your national Rights, and never Suffer any foreign nation to change,...
Inclosed is the Attorney General’s Opinion, and you will see by the date, that it was not, his fault that it was not transmitted sooner. I am Gentlemen / with much Esteem, your humble Sert: MHi : Adams Family Papers, Letterbooks.