Adams Papers Digital Edition

Papers of John Adams, volume 10

From William Lee

From Thomas Digges
To the President of Congress, No. 14, 6 October 1780 JA President of Congress Huntington, Samuel To the President of Congress, No. 14, 6 October 1780 Adams, John President of Congress Huntington, Samuel
To the President of Congress, No. 14

Amsterdam, 6 Oct. 1780. Dupl in John Thaxter's hand (PCC, No. 84, II, f. 285–287). printed: Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. , 4:83–84.

Received by Congress on 29 Jan. 1781, this letter consisted of an English translation of the decree of 30 Aug. by Maria I, Queen of Portugal, forbidding privateers from entering any Portuguese port and further prohibiting any vessel, whether a privateer or warship, from bringing in its prizes.

Dupl in John Thaxter's hand (PCC, No. 84, II, f. 285–287). printed : (Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. , 4:83–84.)