From John Adams to Timothy Pickering, 20 July 1799
Quincy July 20th 1799.
Sir
I have received the Spectateur du Nord with your second letter of the 13th. I wish we had at Hamburgh a consul whose correspondence was a little more copious in political & commercial information in these days of great events & important prospects. Native Americans alone have the proper feelings.
MHi: Adams Family Papers, Letterbooks.