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From John Adams to Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst, 22 May 1787

To Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst

Grosvenor Square May 22. 1787

Gentlemen

I have this moment received your Letter of the 18th.— That Congress will most chearfully allow you Interest for the Money, you may advance, there can be no doubt.— I will come to Amsterdam as soon as possible, but as I cannot shall probably go by Way of Calais, I may be a few days later than you prescribe, but they Shall be, as few as possible.

LbC (Adams Papers); internal address: “Messrs Willinks and Vanstaphorsts.”; APM Reel 112.

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    From John Adams to Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst, 22 May 1787
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    Adams, John
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    Willink, Wilhem & Jan (business)
    Staphorst, Nicolaas & Jacob van (business)
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    22 May 1787

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    “From John Adams to Wilhem & Jan Willink and Nicolaas & Jacob van Staphorst, 22 May 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-19-02-0060. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 19, February 1787–May 1789, ed. Sara Georgini, Sara Martin, R. M. Barlow, Amanda M. Norton, Neal E. Millikan, and Hobson Woodward. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2016, p. 81.]