From John Adams to Arnold Henri Dohrman, 18 January 1781

To Arnold Henri Dohrman

Amsterdam Jan. 18. 1781

Sir

I have the Honour, to transmit you, a Letter from the Honourable the Committee of Congress for foreign Affairs, with a Resolution of Congress of the 21. of June last, appointing you Agent for the United States of America, in the Kingdom of Portugal, for the Transaction of Such Affairs of the Said States as may be committed to your Direction.1 As I am, by the Misfortune of Mr. Laurens, at present fixed in this Place, I shall be particularly happy in your Correspondence, and have the Honour to be, with great Consideration, sir your most obedient and most humble servant.

John Adams

RC (Private owner, 1961).

1. JA quotes from the resolution enclosed in the Committee’s letter to Dohrman of 11 July (JCC description begins Worthington C. Ford and others, eds., Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774– 1789, Washington, 1904–1937; 34 vols. description ends , 17:541–542; Smith, ed., Letters of Delegates description begins Paul H. Smith and others, eds., Letters of Delegates to Congress, 1774–1789, Washington, 1976–1998; 25 vols. description ends , 15:425–426). Although Francis Dana did not mention them in his letter of 10 Jan., calendared above, the two documents were probably among those he forwarded as enclosures.

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Title: From John Adams to Arnold Henri Dohrman, 18 January 1781
Author: Adams, John
Recipient: Dohrman, Arnold Henri
Date: 18 January 1781

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Cite as: “From John Adams to Arnold Henri Dohrman, 18 January 1781,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-11-02-0039. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 11, January–September 1781, ed. Gregg L. Lint, Richard Alan Ryerson, Anne Decker Cecere, Celeste Walker, Jennifer Shea, and C. James Taylor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003, pp. 56–57.]

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