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To Benjamin Franklin from John Adams, 28 December 1781

From John Adams

ALS: American Philosophical Society

Amsterdam Decr 28. 1781

Sir

I do myself the Honour to introduce to your Excellency Mr William Cheever, a Citizen of Boston who proposes to Spend Sometime in France and will be very much obliged to you for your good Councils.4 Any Civilities you may shew him, will be so many obligations, conferred on, Sir your most obedient and respectfull humble Servant

J. Adams

His Excellency Benjamin Franklin Esqr

Notation: John Adams Decr. 28. 1781

[Note numbering follows the Franklin Papers source.]

4. Cheever had sent BF his compliments during a 1778 trip to Europe: XXVIII, 466. On April 21, 1782, BF gave him a passport to return to the Netherlands; see the list of persons given passports, under Jan. 5.

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    To Benjamin Franklin from John Adams, 28 December 1781
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    “To Benjamin Franklin from John Adams, 28 December 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-36-02-0225. [Original source: The Papers of Benjamin Franklin, vol. 36, November 1, 1781, through March 15, 1782, ed. Ellen R. Cohn. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2001, p. 323.]

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