John Adams to the President of Congress, No. 39, 8 April 1780

To the President of Congress, No. 39

Paris, 8 April 1780. RC in John Thaxter’s hand (PCC, No. 84, I, f. 433–435). printed: Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. description begins The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States, ed. Francis Wharton, Washington, D.C., 1889; 6 vols. description ends , 3:602.

In this letter, received by Congress on 19 Feb. 1781, John Adams provided a list of forty-six British naval vessels lost for a variety of reasons since the beginning of the war.

RC in John Thaxter’s hand (PCC, No. 84, I, f. 433–435.) printed: (Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. description begins The Revolutionary Diplomatic Correspondence of the United States, ed. Francis Wharton, Washington, D.C., 1889; 6 vols. description ends , 3:602.)

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Title: John Adams to the President of Congress, No. 39, 8 April 1780
Author: Adams, John
Recipients: Huntington, Samuel
President of Congress
Date: 8 April 1780

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Cite as: “John Adams to the President of Congress, No. 39, 8 April 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-09-02-0088. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 9, March 1780 – July 1780, ed. Gregg L. Lint and Richard Alan Ryerson. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996, p. 116.]