Adams Papers

Address to Charlotte, [21-28 February 1788]

John Adams’ Address to Charlotte, Queen of England

[ante 28 February 1788]

Madam

As the Period of my Mission to His Majesty is expiring, I have requested the Honour of this Audience that I might have an oppertunity in taking my leave of your Majesty of presenting to your Majesty my most humble Thanks, for the Civilities I have received at your Majestys Court and my best Wishes for every Blessing and Felicity to your Majesty and every Branch of your Majestys Royal Family.1

Dft (Adams Papers); notation by TBA: “Intended address / to the Queen of / G. B.”

1. JA never had the opportunity to deliver this address, for which see the Marquís of Carmarthen’s 24 Jan. letter, and note 1, above.

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    Adams Papers
    Title
    Address to Charlotte, [21-28 February 1788]
    Author
    Adams, John
    Recipient
    Charlotte, Queen of Great Britain
    Date
    21–28 February 1788

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    “Address to Charlotte, [21-28 February 1788],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-19-02-0203. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 19, February 1787–May 1789, ed. Sara Georgini, Sara Martin, R. M. Barlow, Amanda M. Norton, Neal E. Millikan, and Hobson Woodward. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2016, p. 279.]