Adams Papers Digital Edition

Adams Family Correspondence, volume 2

John Adams to Abigail Adams

Isaac Smith Sr. to John Adams
John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 May 1777 JA AA John Adams to Abigail Adams, 10 May 1777 Adams, John Adams, Abigail
John Adams to Abigail Adams
Philadelphia May 10 1777

We have at last accomplished a troublesome Piece of Business. We have chosen a Number of additional Ambassadors. Mr. Ralph Izzard of S. Carolina, a Gentleman of large Fortune, for the Court of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Mr. William Lee, formerly Alderman of London, for the Courts of Vienna and Berlin.1

LbC (Adams Papers). There is no indication that this letter was sent or received. JA perhaps meant to add to it, but did not, and then did not copy and send it. Or perhaps he thought he had included this paragraph in the letter he did send this day, preceding.

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Izard was appointed on 7 May, and Lee on 9 May ( JCC , 7:334, 343).