1The Commissioners to the President of the Congress, 20 July 1778 (Adams Papers)
Passy, 20 July 1778. 4:168–170
2From John Adams to the President of the Congress, 14 August 1778 (Adams Papers)
We are waiting with an impatient Anxiety, to hear from America, the last Accounts from thence having been brought by Captain Ayers and Barns from Boston neither of them later than the 3 or 4 July. We have no Advice of the Compte D’Estaings Fleet Since he passed the straights on the 16 May. I have the Honour to be &c.
3From John Adams to the President of the Congress, 27 August 1778 (Adams Papers)
...I have the Honour to inclose, the last Gazettes by which Congress will see the Dearth of News in Europe at present. We expect an Abundance of it at once soon, as We have had nothing from America Since 4. July.
The last letter which We have had the Honour to write jointly to Congress, was of the Twentyeth of July, Eleventh of July.
We had the Honour to write to Congress on the 20 July,4:168–170