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From José de Jáudenes y Nebot and José Ignacio de Viar y Mendiguren to John Adams, 26 September 1791

From José de Jáudenes y Nebot
and José Ignacio de Viar y Mendiguren

Philadelphia 26th: Septre. 1791.

Sir

The Commission, we are both honoured with by His Majesty, to reside near the United States, being officially connected; affords us the agreable opportunity of acknowledging the honor of your Letter of the 11th: Instant directted to Don Joseph de Viar;1 and the uniformity of sentiments that prevails among us to shew our ready disposition towards doing any thing that (being in our power) may tend to the prosperity of America and benefit of its Citizens; and evince you at the same time of the high respectt and esteem we entertain for your worthy Character; has induced us to comply very willingly with your wishes, giveing a Certificate in behalf of the Ship Margarrett commanded by James Magee Esqr., in such terms as will enable the Commander (we hope) to recive every assisttance and marks of amity and attention; on the part of the Chieff-Commanders, in any of the Dominions of the King of Spain our Master, where the Ship might putt in.

The accident that Don Joseph de Viar met with, ten days ago breaking his left arm, being so recent; makes it impossible for him to have the pleasure of writting to you separetdly, but he, as well as Don Joseph de Jaudenes shall allways feel happy with the honor of your Commands, to shew anew that— / They have the honor to be / Sir with much esteem / Your most obedient and / most humble servants

Joseph de Jaudenes—
Joseph Ignats Viar

RC (Adams Papers); internal address: “His Excellency / John Adams Esqr. / Vice-President of the United States— / At Braintree—”

1. Not found. Henry Knox enclosed this letter with his note of 28 Sept. (Adams Papers). Spanish minister Diego de Gardoqui’s former secretaries José de Jáudenes y Nebot (1764–ca. 1813), of Valencia, and José Ignacio de Viar y Mendiguren (1745–1818), of Bilbao, variously served as the Spanish chargé d’affaires in the United States from 1789 to 1796. JA evidently acted at the behest of Capt. James Magee (1750–1801), of the Margaret, which was bound for trade in the Pacific Northwest and Canton, China. Magee sought formal permission to trade with Spanish colonial possessions (vol. 18:142; Real Academia de la Historia, comp., Diccionario biográfico español, 50 vols., Madrid, Spain, 2009–2013, rev. edn., dbe.rah.es; AFC description begins Adams Family Correspondence, ed. L. H. Butterfield, Marc Friedlaender, Richard Alan Ryerson, Margaret A. Hogan, Sara Martin, Hobson Woodward, and others, Cambridge, 1963– . description ends , 10:3; Hamilton, Papers description begins The Papers of Alexander Hamilton, ed. Harold C. Syrett, Jacob E. Cooke, and others, New York, 1961–1987; 27 vols. description ends , 17:117, 118).

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    From José de Jáudenes y Nebot and José Ignacio de Viar y Mendiguren to John Adams, 26 September 1791
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    Nebot, José de Jáudenes y
    Mendiguren, José Ignacio de Viar y
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    Adams, John
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    26 September 1791

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    “From José de Jáudenes y Nebot and José Ignacio de Viar y Mendiguren to John Adams, 26 September 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-21-02-0043. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 21, March 1791–January 1797, ed. Sara Georgini, Sara Martin, R. M. Barlow, Gwen Fries, Amanda M. Norton, and Hobson Woodward. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2022, pp. 66–67.]