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From John Adams to the Marquis of Carmarthen, 24 January 1787

To the Marquis of Carmarthen

Grosvenor Square Jan. 24. 1787

My Lord

I took the first Opportunity of transmitting to Congress, the Letter which your Lordship did me the Honour to write me on the Eleventh of December last: and as I wished it might be considered, by Congress and by the States of South Carolina and Georgia in the Same light as if it had been presented to Congress by a British Minister Plenipotentiary, I transmitted it without any Remarks of mine. It was not however, my Intention, by this proceeding to admit the Justice of the Claim; any more than to deny it. When the American Ministers at Paris, agreed, at the request of Mr Hartley to transmit the Memorials to Congress, it was from an earnest desire, to facilitate every friendly Communication between the Governments of the two Nations; and without any Thoughts of giving their Opinions upon a Subject, which was entirely out of their Jurisdiction and Authority.

In Answer to your Lordships request I have the honour to acquaint your Lordship that I have never received from Congress any Intimation of their determination, relative to those Representations.

I am, my Lord, with great Truth / and Regard / your Lordships most obedient / and most humble Servant

John Adams.

RC (PRO:FO 4, State Papers, vol. 5, f. 47–50); internal address: “The Right Honourable / The Marquis of Carmarthen &c &c &c”; endorsed: “Grosr. Square Janry 24th: / 1787. / Mr. Adams. / R. 26th:.” LbC (Adams Papers description begins Manuscripts and other materials, 1639–1889, in the Adams Manuscript Trust collection given to the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1956 and enlarged by a few additions of family papers since then. Citations in the present edition are simply by date of the original document if the original is in the main chronological series of the Papers and therefore readily found in the microfilm edition of the Adams Papers (APM). description ends ); APM Reel 112.

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    From John Adams to the Marquis of Carmarthen, 24 January 1787
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    24 January 1787

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    “From John Adams to the Marquis of Carmarthen, 24 January 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-18-02-0292. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 18, December 1785–January 1787, ed. Gregg L. Lint, Sara Martin, C. James Taylor, Sara Georgini, Hobson Woodward, Sara B. Sikes, Amanda M. Norton. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2016, p. 553.]

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