From John Adams to the President of Congress, No. 83, 12 June 1780

To the President of Congress, No. 83

Paris, 12 June 1780. Dupl in John Thaxter’s hand (PCC, No. 84, II, f. 126–131). printed: Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. description begins Francis Wharton, ed., The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States, Washington, 1889; 6 vols. description ends , 3:779–781.

In this letter, read in Congress on 27 Nov., John Adams provided extracts from British newspapers, including the text of Thomas Pownall’s motion in the House of Commons on 24 May permitting the King to undertake peace negotiations with the United States (see JA to Unknown, 9 June, above). Adams also included resolutions adopted on 19 May at a meeting of Dublin merchants calling for an increased duty on refined sugar imported from England to promote the Irish sugar manufactory, and recent actions taken by the Irish Parliament on this and other matters. Finally, John Adams reported on the opening of the French port of Vendres on the Mediterranean coast, near the Spanish border, and commented on its usefulness for trade with the United States.

Dupl in John Thaxter’s hand (PCC, No. 84, II, f. 126–131). printed: (Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. description begins Francis Wharton, ed., The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States, Washington, 1889; 6 vols. description ends , 3:779–781.)

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Title: From John Adams to the President of Congress, No. 83, 12 June 1780
Author: Adams, John
Recipients: Huntington, Samuel
President of Congress
Date: 12 June 1780

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Cite as: “From John Adams to the President of Congress, No. 83, 12 June 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-09-02-0262. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 9, March 1780 – July 1780, ed. Gregg L. Lint and Richard Alan Ryerson. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996, p. 410.]