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Papers of John Adams, Volumes 5 and 6 (Hardcover)
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Papers of John Adams, Volumes 5 and 6 (Hardcover)
Series: Adams Papers
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These volumes document John Adams's thinking and actions during the
final years of his congressional service and take him through his
first five months as a Commissioner in France in association with
Benjamin Franklin and Arthur Lee. While Adams was still in
Philadelphia, military matters continued to he his major concern.
Most demanding was his presidency of the Board of War, which took
up his "whole Time, every Morning and Evening." In general, though,
the documents and reports of his conduct reveal a commitment to a
national outlook. Congress should be a national legislature, and
personal, state, and regional rivalries should give way to concern
for the greater good-these were his deeply held convictions. When
chosen a Commissioner to France, Adams was reluctant to go. But
duty and the honor of the position, along with the encouragement of
an understanding and self-sacrificing wife, persuaded him to
accept. With son John Quincy for a companion, he crossed the
Atlantic to a new career. His initiation into the complexities of
diplomacy brought a growing awareness of European affairs and the
problems facing the new nation in the diplomatic arena. Letters
deal with such varied topics as the supervision of American
commercial agents in French ports, regulation of privateers,
settlement of disputes between crews and officers, negotiation of
loans, and help for American prisoners in England. Personal letters
run the gamut from Adams's views on the proper conduct of American
diplomacy to strangers' pleas for aid in locating relatives in
America. Contrary to the usual impression of Adams as little more
than a clerk for the Commission, evidence shows that he was its
chief administrator. Acclimation to living abroad among diplomats
did not stifle Adams's yearning for the simplicities of private
life in the midst of his family. Yet as the important and
interesting documents of this volume show, the groundwork was being
laid for his even more significant role in diplomacy.
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