John Adams to the President of Congress, No. 14, 6 October 1780

To the President of Congress, No. 14

Amsterdam, 6 Oct. 1780. Dupl in John Thaxter’s hand (PCC, No. 84, II, f. 285–287). 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 , 4:83–84.

Received by Congress on 29 Jan. 1781, this letter consisted of an English translation of the decree of 30 Aug. by Maria I, Queen of Portugal, forbidding privateers from entering any Portuguese port and further prohibiting any vessel, whether a privateer or warship, from bringing in its prizes.

Dupl in John Thaxter’s hand (PCC, No. 84, II, f. 285–287). 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 , 4:83–84.)

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Title: John Adams to the President of Congress, No. 14, 6 October 1780
Author: Adams, John
Recipients: President of Congress
Huntington, Samuel
Date: 6 October 1780

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Cite as: “John Adams to the President of Congress, No. 14, 6 October 1780,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-10-02-0122. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 10, July 1780 – December 1780, ed. Gregg L. Lint and Richard Alan Ryerson. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1996, p. 256.]