1From John Adams to Jabez Bowen, 8 September 1785 (Adams Papers)
I have this day rec d. the letter you did me the honor to write me on the 27 th. of July, and, as I had rec d. but a few days ago an instruction from Congress, relative to some other’s of our fellow-Citizens in the same unhappy predicament with M r: Low, I shall present to the Ministry a requisition for him & all the rest at the same, & will endeavor to make enquiries concerning the ballance...