1From John Adams to James Searle, 20 October 1781 (Adams Papers)
John Thaxter acknowledged receipt of Joseph Reed’s letters to Searle of 14 and 21 July (vol. 11:490)., 4:228–229). He enclosed his letters to Jackson and Searle, as well as an otherwise unidentified letter to Congress, in a letter of 20 Oct. to Joshua Johnson (
2From John Adams to James Searle, 29 November 1781 (Adams Papers)
July; and 4:216
3From John Adams to James Searle, 26 December 1781 (Adams Papers)
, 3 July 1782). The letter was printed in the of 10 July. A copy of the letter as reprinted in the Philadelphia , 4:192). Without Searle’s letter, the meaning remains unclear.