Adams Papers

[Thursday August 22. 1776.]
[from the Autobiography of John Adams]

[Thursday August 22. 1776.]

Thursday August 22. 1776. Letters from Generals Washington and Schuyler with Papers inclosed, referred to the Board of War.

The Board of War brought in a Report, which was read: ordered to lie on the Table.

The Committee to whom the Letter from General Washington of the 18th was referred, brought in a report which was read: ordered to lie on the Table.

A Committee of the whole on the Form of a Treaty: Mr. Nelson in the Chair.

A Letter from Brigadier General Lewis: also a letter from the Committee of Carlisle, in Pennsylvania, inclosing a memorial from the Officers Prisoners there, were read and referred to the Board of War.

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    [Thursday August 22. 1776.]
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    Adams, John
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    22 August 1776

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    “[Thursday August 22. 1776.] ,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/01-03-02-0016-0175. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, vol. 3, Diary, 1782–1804; Autobiography, Part One to October 1776, ed. L. H. Butterfield. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1961, p. 412.]