To John Adams from J. D. Schweighauser, 18 May 1779

From J. D. Schweighauser

Nantes 18 May 1779

Sir

I hope you are ere now safely arrived at L Orient and that you have found all the arrangements made for your passage to America to your Satisfaction, which I shall be happy to learn, particularly as it is wispered here that the Alliance’s destination is again changed and that she is to go strait to Boston, I sincerely wish it for you persuaded how much more agreable it will be to take your passage in her than in another.

I received your Letter of the 5 Instant by which you propose settling the small accounts of articles bought for Mrs. Adams with Mr. Puchelberg and receiving from him the money you may want which I note accordingly.1

Mrs. Schweighauser Mr. Dobreé and family join me in most respectfull Compliments to you.

I have the honor to be most devotedly Your mo obedient & mo humble Servant.

J. Dl. Schweighauser

RC (Adams Papers).

1. No letter of 5 May has been found, nor have the items purchased by JA been identified, but see his personal accounts for the period (JA, Diary and Autobiography description begins Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, 1961; 4 vols. description ends , 2:340–341). The accounts indicate that on 22 May, JA received 2,930.16. livres from Schweighauser and Puchelberg.

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Title: To John Adams from J. D. Schweighauser, 18 May 1779
Author: Schweighauser, John Daniel
Recipient: Adams, John
Date: 18 May 1779

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Cite as: “To John Adams from J. D. Schweighauser, 18 May 1779,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-08-02-0054. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 8, March 1779 – February 1780, ed. Gregg L. Lint, Robert J. Taylor, Richard Alan Reyerson, Celeste Walker, and Joanna M. Revelas. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1989, pp. 65–66.]

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