John Adams to John Quincy Adams, 3 July 1783

John Adams to John Quincy Adams

Paris July 3. 1783

My dear Son

I can tell you nothing with Certainty when the Peace will be finished. I hope it will not be long.

You may purchase a Suetonius, provided you intend to make a good Use of it.1

I long to See you, but can as yet form no Judgment when I shall have that Pleasure. We have no News from Congress, a Neglect which is to the last degree astonishing and inexplicable.

Do you find any Society at the Hague? The Family2 where you are is good Company but have you any other?

I want your Company very much, for the Time hangs heavily upon me very often. Your affectionate Father

John Adams

RC (Adams Papers).

1. See JQA to JA, 24 June, above.

2. Of C. W. F. Dumas.

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Title: John Adams to John Quincy Adams, 3 July 1783
Author: Adams, John
Recipient: Adams, John Quincy
Date: 3 July 1783

Reference

Cite as: “John Adams to John Quincy Adams, 3 July 1783,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/04-05-02-0110. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Adams Family Correspondence, vol. 5, October 1782 – November 1784, ed. Richard Alan Ryerson. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1993, pp. 197–198.]

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