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Papers of John Adams, volume 11

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To the President of Congress
344 To the President of Congress, 31 May 1781 JA President of Congress Huntington, Samuel To the President of Congress, 31 May 1781 Adams, John President of Congress Huntington, Samuel
To the President of Congress

Amsterdam, 31 May 1781. RC in John Thaxter's hand PCC, No. 84, III, f. 181–182. printed: Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. , 4:461.

John Adams provided an English translation of a memorial presented to the States General on 28 April by the Danish envoy, Mestral de Saint Saphorin. The diplomat called on the Dutch government to evacuate the Volta River forts of Creve Coeur and Good Hope and thereby end its encroachment on the Danish establishment along the African coast in present day Ghana.

RC in John Thaxter's hand (PCC, No. 84, III, f. 181–182). printed : (Wharton, ed., Dipl. Corr. Amer. Rev. , 4:461.)