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To the President of Congress, No. 39, 8 April 1780
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Huntington, Samuel
President of Congress
To the President of Congress, No. 39, 8 April 1780
Adams, John
Huntington, Samuel
President of Congress
To the President of Congress, No. 39
Paris, 8 April 1780. RC in John Thaxter's hand (PCC, No. 84, I, f. 433–435). printed: Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev.
, 3:602.
In this letter, received by Congress on 19 Feb. 1781, John Adams provided a list of forty-six British naval vessels lost for a variety of reasons since the beginning of the war.
printed:Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev.
, 3:602.)