Papers of John Adams
Adams, John / Lint, Gregg L. / Taylor, Robert J. / Ryerson, Richard Alan / Walker, Celeste / Revelas, Joanna M.
These volumes provide an unparalleled account of the conduct of American diplomacy in the early years of the republic, while the war with Britain continued and after the treaty of alliance with France was signed. John Adams served for ten months as a commissioner to France. Though he was the newest member of the three-man commission, he was its chief administrator, handling most of its correspondence, and his papers are the first full document...