From John Adams to the President of Congress, 31 May 1781

To the President of Congress

Amsterdam, 31 May 1781. RC in John Thaxter’s hand PCC, No. 84, III, f. 181–182. 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 , 4:461.

John Adams provided an English translation of a memorial presented to the States General on 28 April by the Danish envoy, Mestral de Saint Saphorin. The diplomat called on the Dutch government to evacuate the Volta River forts of Creve Coeur and Good Hope and thereby end its encroachment on the Danish establishment along the African coast in present day Ghana.

RC in John Thaxter’s hand (PCC, No. 84, III, f. 181–182). 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 , 4:461.)

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Source Project: Adams Papers
Title: From John Adams to the President of Congress, 31 May 1781
Author: Adams, John
Recipients: President of Congress
Huntington, Samuel
Date: 31 May 1781

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Cite as: “From John Adams to the President of Congress, 31 May 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-11-02-0255. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 11, January–September 1781, ed. Gregg L. Lint, Richard Alan Ryerson, Anne Decker Cecere, Celeste Walker, Jennifer Shea, and C. James Taylor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003, p. 344.]