1Wilhem & Jan Willink to John Adams, 4 February 1784 (Adams Papers)
The Houses send to your Excellency the Sheme of the projected Loan, but in order to Leave you to Judge of it, that it agrees with one at 6 Per C: intrest, we need to hand your Excelly. the explication of it; but as it is a work of our invention, we find not proper to give the explication of it to our neighbours, and we pray there fore to keep it Secreted, the more as they comprehend it against...
2Wilhem & Jan Willink to John Adams, 16 February 1784 (Adams Papers)
We received with pleasure your Excelly’s favour this morning and hope you are satisfyed with our endeavours to safe the honour of Congress drafts, the more as on the Reduced sheme is agreed for the million, so the inclosed explication will manifest to your Excellency, that in the final redeeming it is more profitable ƒ 1.89.946:17— than negotiated at 6 per C: a principal House the Broker,...
3Wilhem & Jan Willink to John Adams, 9 March 1784 (Adams Papers)
Agreable to your esteemed favour we have the honour to inclose your acc t Amounting to ƒ1528:17:8 and charge Said Sum to the United States, having no Doubt, but your Excellency’s will find all right, M r. Meyers tells us you’ll Send the papers to us, we Shall be glad the Same come in time to be Send to Congress by the Ships first sailing wh ch. may be in two or three days. The Loan goes...
4Wilhem & Jan Willink to John Adams, 29 June 1784 (Adams Papers)
We receive this night a letter of the Express with advice of his arrival with 3 truncks in brussel, but to his great Surprise as well as ours the Same are arrested there, and complains much there ab t. of M r. Barclay, whom he had requested several time to enquire if he could take and transport the same with Safety, who assured him not to anxious ab t. it, and in consequence he had reposed on...
5Wilhem & Jan Willink to John Adams, 1 July 1784 (Adams Papers)
We are favoured with your esteemed letter of 30 th: June, we had wrote upon the same Subject to our M r. Van Berckel, and he has been so obliging as to send us directly a letter for our minister in Bruxelles, to whom we Send the same, with your letter, in order to make the required use of the Same, so we hope may Soon be released and return hither, the advice we receive we shall not fail to...
6Wilhem & Jan Willink to John Adams, 2 July 1784 (Adams Papers)
We receive Notice of th’ Express, that a friend of his in Brussel, known by the Gouvernor remained Caution for him, that the trunks and Goods belonged to your Excellency; whereupon it has been released under payment of the charges, and duties. it is owing all to the Carelessness of M r. Barclay, who had promised to hand him a certificate, that it is your property, and the Clercq of him, who...
7Wilhem & Jan Willink to John Adams, 25 November 1784 (Adams Papers)
We apply to your Excellencÿ in behalf of an unfortunate young man, being a Citizen of Massechusetts New England called Sir Jonas Hartwell, who was gone to Spain to settle his affairs, and had received for his account from Boston the Brig remittance Cap: John Ashton loaded chiefly with a cargo of tobacco to the consignation by his absence of M ss. Widow Birmingham, at its arrival M r. Hartwell...