From John Adams to Jean Luzac, 2 October 1793
To Jean Luzac
Quincy near Boston Oct. 2d. 1793
Dear sir
The Bearer of this Letter is Mr Lear the late Secretary to President Washington a Gentleman universally esteemed and beloved wherever he is known. I beg Leave to introduce him to your Acquaintance and Freindship.1 This Country is too happy in the Enjoyment of that Liberty which Cost them So dear to risque it, by medling in foreign Wars: and too gratefull to those who assisted them it, to join in any Crusade against them.
I Shall ever remember with Pleasure, the time I have formerly passed in your Society, and wish it were in my Power to be a better Correspondent.—
With sincere Esteem I am / and ever shall be your Friend and / humble servant
John Adams
RC (Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, New York); addressed: “Mr John Luzac / Professor of Grecian Literature / in the University of / Leyden”; internal address: “Mr John Luzac”; notation by JA: “Favoured by / Mr Lear.”
1. Tobias Lear formed a mercantile company in June and sailed to Europe on 10 Nov., seeking suppliers from Scotland, England, and the Netherlands. Lear wrote to JA on 3 Oct. (Adams Papers), offering to carry letters to Europe (, 14:1).