From John Adams to Jean Luzac, 13 September 1794
To Jean Luzac
Quincy near Boston Septr. 13. 1794
Dear Sir
Your young Friend my Son John Quincy Adams, accompanied by his youngest Brother Thomas Boylston Adams, will deliver you this Letter.1 They are to reside at the Hague and I hope will behave to your Satisfaction.
What shall I say of the affairs of the World? Silence I believe is Wisdom. For Heaven’s Sake let Us Americans be neutral. We can do nothing but mischief by intermeddling with any Side. I am / and shall be till Death your / Sincere Friend
John Adams.
RC (private owner, 1957); internal address: “Mr Luzac.”