From John Adams to François Barbé-Marbois, 17 October 1779

To François Barbé-Marbois

Braintree, 17 October 1779. printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography description begins Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, 1961; 4 vols. description ends , 4:176–177.

John Adams, after thanking Barbé-Marbois for his letter of 29 Sept. (calendared above) congratulating him on his new appointment, said that John Quincy Adams probably would not be accompanying him on his new mission to Europe. He then noted the “agreable hours” he had spent with Barbé-Marbois and expressed the hope that all would go well in Philadelphia. Finally, Adams offered to carry any dispatches and private letters that might be awaiting passage to France.

printed: (JA, Diary and Autobiography description begins Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, 1961; 4 vols. description ends , 4:176–177.)

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Title: From John Adams to François Barbé-Marbois, 17 October 1779
Author: Adams, John
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Date: 17 October 1779

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Cite as: “From John Adams to François Barbé-Marbois, 17 October 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-08-02-0144. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 8, March 1779 – February 1780, ed. Gregg L. Lint, Robert J. Taylor, Richard Alan Reyerson, Celeste Walker, and Joanna M. Revelas. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989, p. 204.]

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