From John Adams to the Comte de Vergennes, 25 February 1780

To the Comte de Vergennes

Paris, 25 February 1780.

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 , 4:253–254.

Replying to Vergennes’ letter of the 24th (calendared above), John Adams expressed his appreciation for his upcoming presentation at the French court. He also agreed to avoid publicizing his peace commission before its announcement in the “Gazette,” to submit any announcement that he might seek to have published in the Dutch papers, and to keep secret his commission to negotiate an Anglo-American commercial treaty. This is the last complete letter included in JA’s Autobiography.

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 , 4:253–254.)

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Title: From John Adams to the Comte de Vergennes, 25 February 1780
Author: Adams, John
Recipient: Vergennes, Charles Gravier, Comte de
Date: 25 February 1780

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Cite as: “From John Adams to the Comte de Vergennes, 25 February 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-08-02-0242. [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. 367.]

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