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Joan Derk van der Capellen tot den Pol to John Adams: A Translation, 6 April 1782

Joan Derk van der Capellen tot den Pol to John Adams: A Translation

Zwolle, 6 April 1782

Sir

I have the satisfaction to communicate to Your Excellency that the States of Overijssel resolved yesterday, nemine contradicente,1 to recognize Your Excellency as minister of the United States of North America. Blessed be God.

I have the honor to be, with a profound respect for Your Excellency, your most humble and most obedient servant.

J D van der Capellen

RC (Adams Papers).

1. Without opposition.

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    Joan Derk van der Capellen tot den Pol to John Adams: A Translation, 6 April 1782
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    Capellen tot den Pol, Joan Derk, Baron van der
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    Adams, John
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    6 April 1782

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    “Joan Derk van der Capellen tot den Pol to John Adams: A Translation, 6 April 1782,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-12-02-0248-0002. [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. 392.]

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