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PAPERS OF JOHN ADAMS
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Volume: |
v. 14 |
By: |
John Adams, Gregg L. Lint (Editor), C. James Taylor (Editor) |
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Hardback |

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£117.95 |
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ISBN 10: |
0674026071 |
ISBN 13: |
9780674026070 |
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Publisher: |
HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS |
Pub. date: |
1 April, 2008 |
Series: |
Adams Papers v. 14 |
Pages: |
640 |
Description: |
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. |
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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' letters criticized Congress' 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' 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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12 halftones |
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US |
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The Belknap Press |
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