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Papers of John Adams, Volume 13, 1 May - 26 October 1782 (Adams Papers)
Papers of John Adams Volume 13 1 May - 26 October 1782 - Adams Papers Author:John Adams, Margaret A. Hogan, Gregg L. Lint, C. James Taylor, Hobson Woodward, Mary T. Claffey, Jessie M. Rodrique John Adams was a shrewd observer of the political and diplomatic world in which he functioned and his comments on events and personalities remain the most candid and revealing of any American in Europe. In 1782, Adams focused his energies on raising a loan from Dutch bankers and negotiating a Dutch-American commercial treaty. This vo... more »lume chronicles Adams's efforts to achieve these objectives, but it also provides an unparalleled view of eighteenth-century American diplomacy on the eve of a peace settlement ending the eight-year war of the American Revolution.« less