Papers of John Adams / Robert J. Taylor, editor ; Mary-Jo Kline, associate editor ; Gregg L. Lint, assistant editor.
Vol. 14: John Adams reached Paris on October 26, 1782, for the final act of the American Revolution: the peace treaty. This volume chronicles his role in the negotiations and the decision to conclude a peace separate from France. Determined that the United States pursue an independent foreign policy...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
1977-<2020>
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| Series: | Adams papers. General correspondence and other papers of the Adams statesmen.
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| Summary: | Vol. 14: John Adams reached Paris on October 26, 1782, for the final act of the American Revolution: the peace treaty. This volume chronicles his role in the negotiations and the decision to conclude a peace separate from France. Determined that the United States pursue an independent foreign policy, Adams's letters criticized Congress's naive confidence in France. But in April 1783, frustrated at delays over the final treaty and at real and imagined slights from Congress and Benjamin Franklin, Adams believed the crux of the problem was Franklin's moral bankruptcy and servile Francophilia in the service of a duplicitous Comte de Vergennes. Volume 14 covers more than just the peace negotiations. As American minister to the Netherlands, Adams managed the distribution of funds from the Dutch-American loan. Always an astute observer, he commented on the fall of the Shelburne ministry and its replacement by the Fox-North coalition, the future of the Anglo-American relationship, and the prospects for the United States in the post-revolutionary world. But he was also an anxious father, craving news of John Quincy Adams's slow journey from St. Petersburg to The Hague. By May 1783, Adams was tired of Europe, but resigned to remaining until his work was done. |
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| Item Description: | V. <1-6> edited by R.J. Taylor, G.L. Lint, and C. Walker; volumes 3, 5, and 6 edited by R.J. Taylor, G.L. Lint, and C. Walker; volume 7 and 8 edited by Gregg L. Lint; v. <9-18> edited by G.L. Lint [and others]; v. <19-> edited by Sara Georgini [and others] |
| Physical Description: | volumes <1-20> : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Production Credits: | Vols. 3, 5,6 edited by R.J. Taylor, G.L. Lint, and C. Walker; v.7-18 edited by Gregg L. Lint ... et al.; v.19- edited by Sara Georgini ... et al. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 0674654412 9780674654419 0674654420 9780674654426 0674654439 9780674654433 0674654447 9780674654440 0674654455 9780674654457 0674011368 9780674011366 067401281X 9780674012813 0674018125 9780674018129 9780674026070 0674026071 9780674051232 0674051238 9780674065574 0674065573 9780674728950 0674728955 9780674545076 0674545079 9780674919280 0674919289 9780674244665 0674244664 |