Adams Papers

The Commissioners to Samuel Tucker, 13 July 1778

The Commissioners to Samuel Tucker

Passy, 13 July 1778. 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 , 4:160. The Commissioners advised Tucker that to improve the sailing qualities of the Boston, about which adverse reports had been received, he might, in order to replace his ballast, apply to J. D. Schweighauser for a quantity of lead and whatever other goods might be destined for America. Tucker was also to place himself under the orders of Capt. Whipple of the Providence in future voyages and provide future passage to America for Thomas Simpson if Simpson requested it.

In letters of the same date the Commissioners informed Schweighauser and Whipple of the portions of the letter relating to them (same, 4:160–161).

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 , 4:160).

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    The Commissioners to Samuel Tucker, 13 July 1778
    Authors
    First Joint Commission at Paris
    Adams, John
    Recipient
    Tucker, Samuel
    Date
    13 July 1778

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    “The Commissioners to Samuel Tucker, 13 July 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-06-02-0219. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 6, March–August 1778, ed. Robert J. Taylor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1983, p. 289.]