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Papers of John Adams, Volume 16 (Hardcover, New)
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Papers of John Adams, Volume 16 (Hardcover, New)
Series: General Correspondence and Other Papers of the Adams Statesmen
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"Once more after an Interruption of ten Years, I pronounce myself a
happy Man, and pray Heaven to continue me so." Thus wrote John
Adams in late August 1784 after the arrival in Europe of his wife
Abigail and daughter Nabby. Adams and his family were living
together in the pleasant Paris suburb of Auteuil. There Adams, with
Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, formed a joint commission
to conclude commercial treaties with the nations of Europe and
North Africa. For the first time since he had left America in 1778
on his first diplomatic mission, Adams was no longer engaged in
"militia diplomacy." Volume 16 of the Papers of John Adams
chronicles fourteen months of Adams' diplomatic career. As minister
to the Netherlands he raised a new Dutch loan to save America from
financial ruin. As joint commissioner he negotiated a commercial
treaty with Prussia, proposed similar treaties with other European
nations, and prepared to negotiate with the Barbary states. The
commissioners also sought to resolve Anglo-American differences
left over from the peace negotiations and arising from the two
nations' burgeoning trade. Volume 16 thus forms a prelude to the
next phase of John Adams' diplomatic career, for his February 1785
appointment as minister to the Court of St. James meant that the
management of Anglo-American relations would be his responsibility
alone.
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