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Common terms and phrasesadvantage affairs agree ambassador America Amsterdam answer Auteuil believe bills Britain British Canary Canary Islands Carmarthen carry commission congress consider copy Count de Vergennes Court Dear Sir debts definitive treaty desire Duke Dumas Dutch duties England English esteem Europe Excellency exports favor fisheries foreign ministers France FRANCIS DANA Franklin French gentlemen give Grosvenor Square Hague Holland honor hope importance inclosed Indies instructions interest Ireland Jefferson John Adams JOHN JAY King letter letter of credence loan London Lordship Majesty manufactures merchants ministry Monsieur nation navigation act negotiation never Nova Scotia obliged obtain opinion Paris parliament Pitt ports Portugal present propose received respect Russia seamen SECRETARY JAY SECRETARY LIVINGSTON send a minister sentiments ships signed soon Spain spermaceti Staphorst stipulated thing THOMAS JEFFERSON thought tion told trade transmit treaty of commerce United Vergennes Versailles vessels Willink wish yesterday Popular passagesPage 356 - Majesty shall with all convenient speed, and without causing any destruction, or carrying away any negroes or other property of the American inhabitants, withdraw all his armies, garrisons and fleets from the said United States, and from every... Page 596 - We have had too many French philosophers already, and I really begin to think, or rather to suspect, that learned academies, not under the immediate inspection and control of government, have disorganized the world, and are incompatible with social order. Page 493 - ... authority in all cases to be compared to it. The royal office in Poland is a mere, shadow in comparison with it. The Dogeship in Venice, and the Stadtholdership in Holland, are not so much — neither dignity nor authority can be supported in human minds, collected into nations or any great numbers, without a splendor and majesty in some degree proportioned to them. The sending and receiving ambassadors is one of the most splendid and important prerogatives of sovereigns, absolute or limited,... Page 256 - The King then said a word or two to the secretary of state, which, being between them, I did not hear, and then turned round and bowed to me, as is customary with all kings and princes when they give the signal to retire. I retreated, stepping... Page 96 - And the Right Honorable the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury, and the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, are to give the necessary directions herein, as to them may respectively appertain. Page 486 - House of Representatives chosen by themselves , of a Senate thus composed by their own State Legislatures , and on the prospect of an executive authority in the hands of one whose portrait I shall not presume to draw. Were I blessed with powers to do justice to his character, it would be impossible to increase the confidence or affection of his country, or make the smallest addition to his glory. This can only be effected by a discharge of the present exalted trust on the same principles, with the... Page 37 - I think we ought to have one at every one to which we are most essentially related, whether in commerce or policy, and therefore while we have any Minister at Versailles, the Hague, or London, I think it clear we ought to have one at each, though... Page 255 - I will be very frank with you. I was the last to consent to the separation; but the separation having been made, and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the friendship of the United States as an independent power. Page 254 - I have the honor to assure your Majesty of their unanimous disposition and desire to cultivate the most friendly and liberal intercourse between your Majesty's subjects and their citizens, and of their best wishes for your Majesty's health and happiness, and for that of your royal family. "' The appointment of a Minister from the United States to your Majesty's court, will form an epoch in the history of England and America. Page 255 - I was the last to consent to the separation ; but the separation having been made, and having become inevitable, I have always said, as I say now, that I would be the first to meet the friendship of the United States as an independent power. The moment I see such sentiments and language as yours prevail, and a disposition to give to this country the preference, that moment I shall say, let the circumstances of language, religion, and blood have their natural and full effect. References to this bookFrom Google ScholarJohn Adams’s political career began in earnest in 1765. In ...REVOLUTIONARY POLITICS The First Session of the Second Continental Congress 1Esbon R Marsh - 1941 - Historian References from web pagesThe Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States ... Internet Archive: Details: The works of John Adams, second ... The works of John Adams, second President of the United States ... Rare, Hard-to-Find Books » Blog Archive » The Works of JOHN ADAMS ... Kingdom Law - Articles Adams, John Encyclopædia Britannica's Guide to American Presidents The Adams Family Papers Editorial Project ADAMS, John (1735-1826) Bibliography Miller Center of Public Affairs - Papers — John Adams (1735 - 1826) Bibliographic information
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