Hendrik Bicker to John Adams: A Translation, 22 April 1782

Hendrik Bicker to John Adams: A Translation

Amsterdam, 22 April 1782

Sir and very honored friend

A few weeks ago you met Mr. Saportas,1 the broker, at my house. I could not refuse writing to you on his behalf and telling you again that I have come to know him as an honest man who could contribute in helping you secure a loan for your country, and who would like you to keep him in mind when you decide on a brokerage house here.

I have the honor to be with the highest esteem, sir, your very humble and very obedient servant

H: Bicker

RC (Adams Papers).

1. Samuel Saportas, an Amsterdam broker. At some point JA and Saportas apparently discussed his firm’s participation in the loan, but on 5 May Saportas wrote to JA that “a Conference with Sundry Gentlemen” about the loan had “not been attended with the desired success” (Adams Papers).

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Title: Hendrik Bicker to John Adams: A Translation, 22 April 1782
Author: Bicker, Hendrik
Recipient: Adams, John
Date: 22 April 1782

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Cite as: “Hendrik Bicker to John Adams: A Translation, 22 April 1782,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-12-02-0288-0002. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 12, October 1781 – April 1782, ed. Gregg L. Lint, Richard Alan Ryerson, Anne Decker Cecere, C. James Taylor, Jennifer Shea, Celeste Walker, and Margaret A. Hogan. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2004, p. 446.]

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