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From John Adams to the Comtesse de Quadt Wykeradt, 5 April 1782

To the Comtesse de Quadt Wykeradt

The Haye 5 April 1782

Madam

I am sorry it is not in my Power to agree to your Request in your Letter of this Days Date. But it is absolutely out of my Power, as I am obliged to remove from my House at Amsterdam, on the first of May. I have the Honour to be very respectfully Madam your most obedient and humble servant

J. Adams

Dft (Adams Papers). The draft is written on the reverse of the Comtesse’s letter of 5 April, above.

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    From John Adams to the Comtesse de Quadt Wykeradt, 5 April 1782
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    Adams, John
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    Quadt Wykeradt, Comtesse de
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    5 April 1782

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    “From John Adams to the Comtesse de Quadt Wykeradt, 5 April 1782,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-12-02-0244. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 12, October 1781 – April 1782, ed. Gregg L. Lint, Richard Alan Ryerson, Anne Decker Cecere, C. James Taylor, Jennifer Shea, Celeste Walker, and Margaret A. Hogan. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004, p. 388.]

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