Adams Papers Digital Edition

Papers of John Adams, volume 11

From William Lee

To Francis Dana
55 To the President of Congress, 18 January 1781 JA President of Congress Huntington, Samuel To the President of Congress, 18 January 1781 Adams, John President of Congress Huntington, Samuel
To the President of Congress

Amsterdam, 18 January 1781. RC in John Thaxter's hand PCC, No. 84, III, f. 87–44. printed: Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. , 4:235–238.

Read by Congress on 19 Nov., this letter consisted of English translations of two placards or edicts of the States General dated 12 January. The first granted letters of marque and established bounties for Dutch privateers that captured or destroyed British warships or privateers. The second established the compensation due sailors maimed in the service of the Republic.

RC in John Thaxter's hand (PCC, No. 84, III, f. 87–44). printed: Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. , 4:235–238.