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Papers of John Adams, Volume 19 (Hardcover)
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Papers of John Adams, Volume 19 (Hardcover)
Series: Adams Papers
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"Huzza for the new World and farewell to the Old One," John Adams
wrote in late 1787, wrapping up a decade's worth of diplomatic
service in Europe. Volume 19 of the Papers of John Adams chronicles
Adams's last duties in London and The Hague. In the twenty-eight
months documented here, he petitioned the British ministry to halt
impressment of American sailors, toured the English countryside,
and observed parliamentary politics. Adams salvaged U.S. credit by
contracting two new Dutch loans amid the political chaos triggered
by William V's resurgence. Correspondents like Thomas Jefferson and
the Marquis de Lafayette mulled over the Anglo-American trade war
that followed the Revolution and reported on the French Assembly of
Notables-topics that Adams commented on with trademark candor. He
wrote the final two volumes of his work, A Defence of the
Constitutions of Government of the United States of America. Adams
yearned to return home and see the American republic take shape.
"For a Man who has been thirty Years rolling like a stone," Adams
wrote, the choice was whether to "set down in private Life to his
Plough; or push into turbulent scenes of Sedition and Tumult;
whether be sent to Congress, or a Convention or God knows what."
Back on his native soil of Massachusetts in June 1788, Adams
settled into rural retirement with wife Abigail and watched the
U.S. Constitution's ratification evolve. By volume's end, John
Adams again resumes public life, ready to serve as America's first
vice president.
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