Adams Papers

To John Adams from the Chevalier de La Luzerne, 29 September 1779

From the Chevalier de La Luzerne

Philadelphia, 29 September 1779.

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 , 4:173–174 (JA’s English translation); for the French text, see JA, Works description begins The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: with a Life of the Author, ed. Charles Francis Adams, Boston, 1850–1856; 10 vols. description ends , 7:115.

Praising John Adams for “moderation and Equity,” La Luzerne assured him that the appointment as minister to negotiate the peace would be as widely approved in Europe as in America and offered passage to France on the frigate La Sensible.

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 , 4:173–174 (JA’s English translation); for the French text, see JA, Works description begins The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: with a Life of the Author, ed. Charles Francis Adams, Boston, 1850–1856; 10 vols. description ends , 7:115).

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    Adams Papers
    Title
    To John Adams from the Chevalier de La Luzerne, 29 September 1779
    Authors
    La Luzerne, Anne César, Chevalier de
    French Minister to the U.S.
    Recipient
    Adams, John
    Date
    29 September 1779

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    “To John Adams from the Chevalier de La Luzerne, 29 September 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-08-02-0125. [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. 184.]