Title: To John Adams from John Trumbull, 5 June 1790
From: Trumbull, John
To: Adams, John

Sir
Hartford June 5th. 1790.—

Since I had the honor of receiving yours of April 25th., my time has been wholly taken up in attending on our Supreme Court of Errors, & the Session of our General Assembly, which with us is a kind of extrajudicial Court for the trial of private causes on Petition—I had also to conduct an application from the Mercantile Interest for the Repeal of our Excise Laws—in which by influencing the leaders of the House of Representatives, & intimidating our opposers in the Council, by making our cause appear popular and calling the Excise antifederal, we procured a repeal with the greatest apparent unanimity, tho’ I believe in my conscience, against the real wishes of a majority in both houses.
Man is a strange being.  His vice & depravity is every where seen—but his folly & dishonesty is no where so conspicuous, as in a popular assembly.  Every man who pretends to form an opinion for himself & impose it on others, chuses his party, & takes his side, from motives of passion, interest or ambition.  When this is completed, he employs what reasoning talents heaven has given him in the subsequent stage of the business, in forming arguments to justify his opinions.  Nothing can be more ridiculous than to hear us then pretend to be governed only by reason, & spend hours of debate in acting the farce of rationality.
We are alarmed at the present situation of affairs in Congress.  Of the Senate we hear little, but in the House of Representatives every thing seems conducted by Party, Intrigue & Cabal. We constantly hear of bargains between Members from different States for Votes on the most important questions—If State policy & local attachments are to continue their predominating influence—if they are to govern, or it not govern, to embarass, the affairs of the Union—we may bid adieu to the hopes of a Federal Government.  One half of the People, as You truly observe do not wish to have any Government, & I believe we may add that the other half are not disposed to agree upon its form.
As to our debate on signs & ceremonies, I fully subscribe to their efficacy in government; but I firmly believe that from the present temper of the People, none of any significance or importance could at present be established or imposed without occasioning the most serious alarm.  We might almost as safely introduce the Papal ceremonies in Religious worship.  We neither fear God nor regard Man, but in a manner wholly democratical.  But should the government continue, signs, ceremonies and external parade will naturally & gradually be introduced by the people themselves, who, as You justly observe, are equally fond of them, as the rest of mankind.
Our Clergy have shed their wigs and laid aside their red gates & board fences—They retain no mark of distinction but the Band on Sundays.  At the same time they have lost nine tenths of their dignity & influence.  I do not however ascribe this chiefly to the loss of the sign, but am opinion that from the cooperation of other causes, the wig & the dignity naturally fell together, for when the Dignity was gone, the wig was unable to support itself—
I hinted in my last letter, some dissatisfaction at the Secretary’s reports.  I will explain myself.  He recommends the immediate Assumption of the State-debts, & yet discards all idea of direct Taxation.  When, in the name of Common Sense, are direct Taxes to be wanted, when can they with propriety be demanded, if not now?  Does he mean to give them up forever, & lose the most important resource of the Empire?  Is he ignorant that direct Taxation to a moderate amount is the strongest link in the chain of Government, & the only measure, which will make every man feel that there is a Power above him in this world?  Does he fear the unpopularity of the measure?  Is it more unpopular than the Assumption?  Would not both be advocated and opposed from the same quarters?  Ought not both to be proposed together?  And has he not by discarding direct Taxation furnished the opposers of the Assumption with their strongest argument—that his proposed resources will fail him?
A direct Tax of one Cent on the Pound according to our lists once laid & submitted to by the People, as I have no doubt it would be, would establish the Federal Government.
I have a very high opinion of the Secretary—but must think that in this matter he has either gone too far or not far enough—and that if both measures could not be ventured at once, a small direct tax would be of more importance to the Government, than the immediate assumption of the State Debts without it.  The Secretary was warmly your Friend, & wished as much as any man in the States for your election to your present office—But, if the representation of Col. W. may be depended on as to the part he took in that affair, he was duped by the Antifederalists.  I hope he has no inclination to intrigue, & am sure both in that affair, & in his opposition to Clinton’s re-election, he displayed no extraordinary talents for it.  He absolutely scribbled against Clinton on topics calculated to make his enemy more popular.  Let him keep to his Fort—Sterling abilities & Independent Honesty, joined with indefatigable industry.
I have to thank You for the Defence of the American Constitutions, & the two Pamphlets, which I received by Col: Wadsworth.  The Letters to Calkoen were not new to me—but I do not recollect to have seen before, the History of the American dispute—a performance, which ought to be preserved for Posterity, as it gives the most just & clear account of the transactions of those times, that has ever appeared in print.
Is not the Defence of the American Constitutions almost a Misnomer? Had we at that day, have we now in the new Constitution, a proper balance of the three Estates? It is true, we are defensible, as far as we have attempted it—but we have as yet effected little—We are unwilling to give effectual Power, & yet are capital artists at devising & multiplying checks,—till we have made the machine too complicated to be set in motion—or I might rather say at present, that Franklyn’s team at the tail have overpowered the progressive force, & that it has been sometime going retrograde with tolerable rapidity—You have taken great pains to instruct mankind in the fundamental principles of Government.  You have demonstrated your positions by argument, authority & history.  But the feelings of even civilized nations are I fear some centuries behind You. A Spirit of liberty has indeed gone forth—a disposition to pull down Kings, nobilities & hierarchies—But where is the disposition to establish just governments on their ruins?  The opposers of arbitrary power are apt to consider all power as arbitrary—To say no more of America, what is now doing in France?  Great things I must own, & France may perhaps be as near the period when a regular, wellbalanced constitution may be formed, as England was in the days of our wise Namesake, King John.  I hope nearer—For they are a far more enlightened people at this day, & have the benefit of the experience of others.  Heaven grant they may profit by it—I wish every Member of their National Assembly were obliged under pain of expulsion, to read your Defence, & either adopt your Principles or confute them.  Fame has certainly been very liberal to Franklyn in his lifetime—But I doubt She will hereafter reclaim a great part of her donations—I could never view him as the extraordinary Genius, either in Politics or Literature which he has been called.  Except his invention of Electric rods, I know no claim he has to merit as a Philosopher.  He certainly never rose to high eminence as a literary character, & tho’ always busy in politics & party, seems not to have been well versed in the Science of Legislation, or the Theory of Government.
Maddison’s character is certainly not rising in the public estimation.  He now acts on a conspicuous stage, & does not equal expectation.  He becomes more and more a Southern Partizan, and loses his assumed candor & moderation.  Indeed no man seems to have gained much reputation in the present session of Congress.  Even Ames, who succeeded to King as the temporary Idol of Massachusetts, & whose praises were so much trumpeted forth in the last session, seems to be losing part of his Votaries.
Our Legislature seem determined to make no provision for the State Debt.  We insist that we have paid beyond our proportion already, which I believe is true—But I suppose other States talk in the same strain.  The State debts must be assumed by Congress, or they will never be paid—& before the period of their assumption, will probably in many of the States be so much depreciated as to afford Maddison & his adherents, new arguments for a discrimination.
Since I began writing we have the news of the accession of Rhode-Island to the Union.  I hope it may prove a just subject of congratulations, but fear their members will join you, full fraught with State politics, & a tolerable infusion of Antifederalism.  The real friends to an efficient Government are so few, that we have reason to dread any accession to the number of its opposers.
I have the honor to be with the / greatest Respect, / Your Obliged & most Obedt. / Humble Servt.
John Trumbull


Title: To John Adams from William Ellery, 7 June 1790
From: Ellery, William
To: Adams, John

Dr. Sir,
Newport June 7th 1790

As I wrote to you so lately as by the last post I should not so soon address you again; but I find that our friend Henry Marchant Esqr. is proposed as a candidate for the office of district Judge of this State.—His qualifications are so well known to you that it is altogether unnecessary to recite them.—
I don’t know that he will have any competitor; but I am told that Dr. Bradford means to enter the list.—They are both good men; but in point of Law knowledge, in my opinion, Mr. Marchant is much superior to Mr. Bradford; and it would be pleasing to the Federalists in this town, and the Federalists in general that the former should be appointed to that office.—Your influence in his behalf will be gratefully accepted and acknowledged by him and by / Your most obedt servant

William Ellery


Title: To John Adams from Henry Marchant, 7 June 1790
From: Marchant, Henry
To: Adams, John

Dear Sir
Newport June 7th. 1790

Having been very ill with the Influenza, during the whole Time & long before the Convention sat; I retired immediately upon the Question’s being determined, not doubting but as a Packet was going the next Morning Mr. Owens the President of the Convention would see the Ratification completed and forwarded by Her.  I was astonished to find however, that He had contented Himself with sending a Bare Letter of Advice officially however to the President of the United States; and had left the Town without completing the Business; when two Hours more might have been sufficient—I suspect it was a political Delay, and under a Conception that possibly Congress might immediately proceed to the Choice of Officers &c lend that therefore the Ratification should not go on till the Assembly was called, so that the Senators might go on at the same Time, and that the Anties might have the Influence of their Senators to assist them in Appointments.—The Anties were much broke in their Ranks, and I fear the Feds will break as much.  Anties apply to Feds, and Feds to Anties for Help & Assistance and Recommendations for Offices—The Gentlemen who have been in the Army form a Line and take and offer Aid I conceive as They judge needfull—The Assembly are called to meet this Day—By tomorrow Night I presume the Members will be generally in, I expect all will be Confersion amongst the various Interests till this Business is over and settled—In the midst of all this, I hope the good tired old Whigs and true Federalists who have spent Nights and Days in the arduous Task, will not be forgot, or sacrificed to Anties, or those who have merely stood, waiting for the moment to snap at a Prize—I shall say but little as to myself;—save that I find Dr. Bradford pushes hard for the Place as I hear of District Judge, and I suppose has some of the Gentlemen of Providence, especially of the millitary Line to espouse his Nomination—How far His Pretensions will be made good by such Aids I know not—I have wrote a Letter to the President as you seemed to suggest that Idea to me when I had the Pleasure of seeing You at New York—I have taken the Liberty to inclose it to Your Excellency’s Care; with a Copy, Submitted to your Perusal—If You think it better, or as well, to suppress it, I beg in Friendship, you will not hesitate to do it:—If otherwise, I wish it may be delivered or sent in that Way You shall think proper—Upon Your Friendship I entirely rely, having made no other Application, altho’ I have been informed, my Name has been mentioned by Numbers within and without Congress: And I flatter myself that here in this State, I have the general Wishes—Till within a few Days I have scarcely heard any other Person mentioned for District Judge—
I can’t but feel anxious for Our old Friend Mr. Ellery; altho’ I cannot conceive the Pretensions of any of the three or four Characters I have heard mentioned as Candidates for the Office of Collector for Newport are comparable to those of Mr. Ellery—He seems to think it possible it may be thought, the Loan office hereafter may be brought up again; and that some may suggest that Mr. Ellery may be placed there.—But Mr. Ellery has no Idea that it will ever be considerable as to Profit; and hopes His Friends will support his Application for the Collectors Place.—His long tryed Services in this State, and in Congress, His Integrity, Family, Character and Sufferings, cannot I think be forgot.—I will pledge myself that in the Eyes & Wishes of the People here He is unrivalled—
I will venture to mention a Character we wish to succeed for the Naval Office.—Because He is a Man of strict Integrity, good Abillities, punctual, exact & vigilant.—Mr. Walter Channing, Brother to William Channing Esqr. who married Judge-Dana’s Wives Sister—Mr. William Channing was Atty Genl. till the paper mony Gentry turned him out.—I do not know where are Atty for the District can be found so worthy of Attention as Mr. Wm. Channing:—In extensive Practice and Law Knowledge scarcely equalled, inferior to none—His Name & Family will be well known to the President upon recollection—I have heard but of one Person who would wish to be Marshall of the Court—There may be others.—It may be wished that Names may be suggested for every Place—I can sincerely recommend Col. Jabez Champlin of Newport for Marshall—He has ever been a faithful Whig;—He was a faithful high Sheriff for the County of Newport before the War;—spent much of His Time in teaching our ardent Sons the millitary Discipline in 1775 and 1776, some of his Schollars afterwards seated the Walls of Quebeck—Altho’ He has been much reduced in His Circumstances and has a Family to support; yet He preserves His Character, and has the Countenance and Protection of two near Relations, as respectable Names and Fortunes as any in this Town, and who will become Sponsers for his good Conduct.  One of them Mr. George Champlin has been my worthy Colleague as a Member for this Town in the Genl. Assembly throughout this Struggle; and a Member of the Convention, and to whose Abillities & Exertions this Town, State & Publick at large are greatly indebted for the Success in the Adoption of the Constitution—
I have kept my Letter open till now 12 o’Clock Tuesday, expecting something might turn up from the meeting of the Assembly to notice You of; But I find we shall not more than make a House by Night; and the Post goes out in an Hour—I almost blush when I recollect the Trouble my long Letters have given You:—And I fear You will be weary with Your Correspondence. But still suffer me to subscribe myself / Your sincere Friend, / most obedient / and very humble Servt.

Henry Marchant


Title: To John Adams from United States House of Representatives, 7 June 1790
From: United States House of Representatives
To: Adams, John

					Mr. President:
					June 7, 1790

				I am directed to inform the Senate, that the President of the United States did, on the 4th of June, 1790, approve of, and affix his signature to, “An act for finally adjusting and satisfying the claims of Frederick William de Steuben;” to “An act for giving effect to an act, entitled ‘An act to establish the judicial courts of the United States within the State of North Carolina;” and to “An act supplemental to the act for establishing the salaries of the executive officers of government, with their assistants and clerks;” and that he did, on the 7th of June, approve of, and affix his signature to, the resolve “respecting certain arrearages of pay due to the noncommissioned officers and soldiers of the late Virginia and North Carolina lines.”


Title: To John Adams from Joseph Willard, 8 June 1790
From: Willard, Joseph
To: Adams, John

Sir,
Cambridge June 8. 1790.

I take the liberty of enclosing a petition to the National Legislature, from the Convention of the Congregational Ministers in this Commonwealth, by a Committee of the Body, upon a very important subject, viz. that of preventing incorrect editions of the Bible from being published among us.  The Committee have desired me to request your Excellency to take the charge of this petition, and to introduce it, at such time, as you may judge most expedient.  They have full confidence in your Excellency, that you will do every thing in your power, that the American editions of that sacred Book, which contains the foundations of our holy religion, and for which, they are persuaded you have the sincerest regard, may come forth as correct as possible.
The Committee, by the direction of the Convention, are preparing letters to be sent to the Ministers of the various denominations of Christians, in the United States, requesting them to join in applications to the Congress, in this important business; and they hope, that the cause of true religion will be subserved by these exertions.
I am, Sir, / with sentiments of the highest respect / your Excellency’s / most humble / and obedient servant

Joseph Willard


Title: To John Adams from United States House of Representatives, 9 June 1790
From: United States House of Representatives
To: Adams, John

					Mr. President:
					June 9, 1790

				The House of Representatives agree to the amendment of the Senate on the bill, entitled “An act for giving effect to the several acts therein mentioned in respect to the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.”


Title: To John Adams from United States House of Representatives, 10 June 1790
From: United States House of Representatives
To: Adams, John

					Mr. President:
					June 10, 1790

				I am directed to bring to the Senate, an enrolled bill, and an enrolled resolve, which are signed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.


Title: From John Adams to Thomas Brand Hollis, 11 June 1790
From: Adams, John
To: Hollis, Thomas Brand

Dear Sir
New York June 11th 1790

I have received your kind letter of March 29th and the packet of pamphlets, and I pray you to accept of my best thanks for both—I sent you lately by Genl. Mansel, some of our rough matters.  The boxes of books you sent by Captain Bernard arrived safely, I know.—You seem to suppose our coast in danger from African pyrates; in this I presume you are deceived by the Artifices of the London insurance offices, for we are in no more danger than the Empire of China is.  The great revolution in France is wonderful but not supernatural.  The hand of Providence is in it, I doubt not; working however by natural and ordinary means, such as produced the revolution in the fifteenth century;—  That all men have one common nature, is a principle which will now universally prevail: and equal rights and equal duties, will in a just sense I hope be infered from it: but equal ranks and equal property never can be infered from it, any more than equal understanding agility, vigour or beauty.  Equal laws are all that ever can be derived from human equality.  I am delighted with Doctor Price’s sermon on patriotism; but there is a sentiment or two which I should explain a little.  He guards his hearers and readers, very Judiciously against the extreme of adulation and contempt.  The former is the extreme he says to which mankind in general have been most prone.” The generality of Rulers have treated men, as your English Jockies treat their horses.  Convinced them first that they were their masters and next that they were their friends, at least they have pretended to do so. Mankind have I agree behaved too much like horses: been rude wild and mad untill they were mastered, and then been too tame gentle and dull.  I think our friend should have stated it thus.  The great and perpetual distinction in civilized societies, has been between the rich who are few, and the poor who are many.  When the many are masters, they are too unruly and then the few are too tame and afraid to speak out the truth.—When the few are masters they are too severe, and then the many are too servile.  This is the strict truth.  The few have had most art and union, and therefore have generally prevailed in the end  The inference of wisdom from these premisses, is, that neither the poor, or the rich should ever be suffered to be masters.  They should have equal power to defend themselves, and that their power may be always equal, there should be an independent mediator between them, always ready, always able and always interested to assist the weakest.  Equal laws can never be made or maintained without this.—You see I still hold fast my scales, and weigh every thing in them.  The French must finally become my disciples, or rather the disciples of Zeno: or they will have no equal laws, no personal liberty, no property, no lives.—I am very much employed in business, and this must be my apology for neglecting so much to write to you: but I will be as good a correspondent as I can.  I hope you will not forget your old friend.—In this Country the pendulum has vibrated too far to the popular side, driven by men without experience or Judgment, and horrid ravages have been made upon property, by arbitrary multitudes or majorities of multitudes.  France has severe tryals to endure from the same cause.  Both have found or will find that to place property at the mercy of a majority who have no property is “Committere agnum lupo” My fundamental maxim is never trust the lamb to the custody of the wolf.  If you are not perfectly of my mind at present, I hereby promise and assure you that you will live to see that I am precisely right.  Thus arrogantly concludes your friend

John Adams


Title: To John Adams from John Brown, 11 June 1790
From: Brown, John
To: Adams, John

Dr. Sr.
Providence June 11th. 1790

After Congrattulateing You on the Happy Event of this State’s Adopting the New Constitution which had they have known their True Interest would have beene the First in the Union, Suffer us to Recommend to Your Favour and promotion to the Respective offices of Collecter, Navil Officer and Survayer of this District all of whome, being Gentlemen of Good Carrectors and in Every Respect proper persons to Secure the Whole Revenew and will I Dare Say Collect it and pay it in to the order of Congress—with as Much Vigilance and punktuallity as Any Officers in the Union,  Many Excertions will be made by our Antic Administration to Git the Appointment of their Friends, I Suppose the Genl. Assembly Now seting at Newport has this Day Chose the Senniters but have Not heard who they are we hope for one Federal but the Majority is Against us in both Houses, Very Grait pains & Every other Excertion was Made by the Federals to Git the Two Majority in the Convention for the Adoption and had it Not have beene for the Rod which was prepaird in Your House which was to Scourge us on the 1st. of July we should not have Succeeded with that Convention
we hear the Low House Yesterday swollowd a Very Bitter Pill by only Three Majority I mean that of Each Member being held to Give oath to Support the New Constitution What the Upper House did with it We know not, but its Said the Govert is Very sick.
I hope this will find you with Mrs. Adams / and Son in perfect Helth with the Rest / of Your Famely I am Dr. Sr. with Every / Sentiment of Esteeme & Regard / Your Obt Humble Servt.

John BrownThe Gentlemen Recommended for the Revenew officers hear are Collo. Jeremiah Olney Collo. Wm. Peck, Majr. Wm. Allen.  all of whome have Served the Countery with Grait Reputation.


Title: To John Adams from Henry Marchant, 12 June 1790
From: Marchant, Henry
To: Adams, John

Dear Sir,
Newport June 12th. 1790

Yesterday I was honored with yours of the first Instant.  I am this moment late in the Evening, after a most tiresome Week, returned Home;—Having completed the Business of choosing Senators—With all Our Efforts we could not get the Anties to agree to a speedy Choice of a Representative.—They have put it off to the last of August.—So that if Congress should be continued in Session, the Representative cannot be then till the middle or last of September.—I presume we might as well choose none to meet you till the fourth of March next.  We were two Days before we could get the Stomachs of the Anties in any Condition to swallow the Oath prescribed by the Constitution and the Act of Congress—The Candidates for Senators were at first numerous, but like the weaker Blossoms they fell off at length to four; and we pushed them so hard, as to oblige them to put up a Federal,  Theodore Foster Esqr. as good a Man as we could wish, save his Connection with Our Govr. Fenner whose Antie Principles have given Us great Trouble—Mr. Foster is the Son of Your late Judge Foster of Massts.  He has had a liberal Education, regularly studied the Law, has been in Practice, but too modest and diffident for a Speaker at the Bar.  He has ever been a good Federal, and an honest virtuous Man.  He married Govr. Fenners Sister, and that has been a Restraint upon Him, and as he goes by his Influence, I presume it is required of Him to promote if possible a Number of unworthy Anties to the revenue Offices;—which if he should not succeed in, as I trust he will not, I do not imagine he will be much mortified at.—Setting this Asside You’l find him all You can wish—Indeed as to the Question of Assumption altho’ his Heart is fully agreed, He will not venture I fear to agree to it, so extremely unpopular is the Measure here, from Ignorance and self Will—Joseph Stanton is the other Senator—Antie up to the Brim  Without one Quality to ballance it—
My dear Sir, urged a second Time by You to join the most respectable Body on Earth, if it had been in my Power, I would have made the Sacrifice of my Happiness and Interest; but indeed that could not be—All that my Soul and Body and Strength could do, to serve the Interest of my Country has been done, to the neglect of every other Consideration.—And indeed it seems like a Dream that so much has been effected:—And whether well or ill may be my Fate; I am determined my Life shall be devoted to the great Cause of Liberty, Justice and Virtue, as far as Heaven shall grant me Support—
This will be handed You, by Mr. Walter Channing, the Gentleman I mentioned to you in my last Letter by the Post of the 7th. Instant.—
You will find Him sensible and ingenious, a Man of strict Honor, Virtue & Prudence—able to give You Satisfaction in every Inquiry You may wish to make:—And you may place the most entire Confidence in Him—He is well acquainted with all Our publick Concerns, and has been one of our best polittical Writers—I mentioned him as a worthy of the Naval Office—That He is not unknown to the President, and in such a Way, as I am confident, if consistant, the President will be pleased to gratify Him—Our Senators have agreed to set off within a Week—I wish You all Success and Prosperity and with Respects to Mrs. Adams I beg Leave to subscribe myself Your / most devoted Friend / and humble Servt.
Henry Marchant


Title: To John Adams from William Smith, 12 June 1790
From: Smith, William
To: Adams, John

Dear Sr.
Boston. 12th. June. 1790.

I have to acknowledge the Rect. of your esteem’d favor of the 20 Ulto.  Our Genl. Assembly are now in session. their Conduct thus farr has been perfectly Federal, how long it may continue is uncertain.  I am sorry that the assuming the State Debts & funding the Continental Debt are so long delay’d. so long as we are kept in suspence we are a prey to Speculators as most of our circulating Cash is employ’d in trading in paper.—still the Debt is fix’d but very little other Business can be carr’d on.—I do not find in the funding Bill any provision made for the New Emission Money, which runs on Interest & which Congress pledg’d their Faith to redeem & pay the Interest annually, provided the States neglected to make provision.  One years Interest only has been paid.  I have a considerable sum in this kind belonging to my father’s Estate, which has lain for a number of years.—Our Court has given up the Light Houses in this State to Congress, it will be necessary for Congress, soon to make the Law regulating Pilots &c. at present the Pilots of this port are under no control. shou’d this Law be bro‘t forward, the Marine Society of this port, wou’d be happy to render their services to put the Pilots on a proper footing.
Mrs. Smith joins me in respects to Mrs. A. & yourself—Yrs. Most Respectfully

Wm. Smith


Title: To John Adams from Jabez Bowen, 14 June 1790
From: Bowen, Jabez
To: Adams, John

Sir
Providence June 14. 1790

I most sincearly Congratulate you on the accession of Rhode Island to the Union by this event the Chain seems compleat.  may our publick deliberations be conducted with that wisdom as shall insure Happiness to this great nation.
I have just returnd from attending our Genl Assembly  Convened on purpose to Elect Senators and prescribe the mode of Choosing the Representative.  Your Humble Servant was a Candidate for a Senator, but was not able to obtain; the Whole of the Paper Money and Antifederal Intrest being oposed to him.  Theodore Foster Esqr. who is appointed is and has been Federal.  but being Brother in Law to Govr. Fenner we fear will be totally against the Assumption.  Joseph Stanton the other Senator is a full blooded Anti and a strong advocate for paper Money. hope they will both be for promoting the General good when detached from their old Connections.
I have wrote the President of the United State praying him to appoint my son Oliver Bowen to the place of Navel Officer for the District of Providence he is about Twenty two Years of Age has had a Liberal Education and at present attends an Apothecarys Shop.  The U. States owe me nearly Twenty Thousand Dollars which I lent them in the Years 1776 & 77,  which put it out of my power to provide for him at present.  Theodore Foster Esqr was the Navel Officer. by his appointment as a Senator it will become vacant. if you will be so kind as just to second my application to the President shall esteem my self under many Obligations to you therefor.
I Remain with sentiments of the highest Esteeme your Excellencys most Obedient Humb. Servant

Jabez Bowen
PS. the Bill which originated in the Senate for stopping intercourse with Rd. Island & the Demand for 27. Thousand Dollars were the procuring Cause of the Adoption of the Constitution


Title: To John Adams from United States House of Representatives, 14 June 1790
From: United States House of Representatives
To: Adams, John

					Mr. President:
					June 14, 1790

				The President of the United States did, on the 14th of June, 1790, approve of, and affix his signature to “An act for giving effect to the several acts therein mentioned in respect to the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations;” to “An act for the relief of Thomas Jenkins and company,” and to a resolve “that all treaties made, or which shall be made and promulged, shall be published and annexed to the laws of the United States.”


Title: To John Adams from United States House of Representatives, 15 June 1790
From: United States House of Representatives
To: Adams, John

					Mr. President:
					June 15, 1790

				The House of Representatives have passed a bill, entitled “An act for the relief of Nathaniel Twining,” in which they request the concurrence of the Senate;They have agreed to the amendment of the Senate upon the bill, entitled “An act for giving effect to an act, entitled ’An act to establish the judicial courts of the United States within the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.”


Title: To John Adams from John Browne Cutting, 16 June 1790
From: Cutting, John Browne
To: Adams, John

Dear Sir,
London 16 June 1790

I write this note just to inclose you a couple of newspapers.
Such is the variable & distracted state of affairs at present here and all over Europe that it is impossible to form an opinion one day that events of the next will not overturn.
The cabinet of St Jame’s having involved this nation in the fortunes of Prussia—it is next to impossible that a general war shou’d not ensue. France has offered to mediate between Spain and Britain...and since the  credit of the paper money begins to be established on the sale of the ecclesiastical territory which the national assembly have ordered She is again respectable here—
Our country will be equally courted by both sides...and will I trust profit from the present crisis.
With the greatest esteem & respect / I have the honor to be / Your Most Obedt Sert.

John Brown Cutting


Title: To John Adams from United States House of Representatives, 17 June 1790
From: United States House of Representatives
To: Adams, John

					Mr. President:
					June 17, 1790

				The House of Representatives have passed a bill, entitled “An act to authorize the purchase of a tract of land for the use of the United States,” to which the concurrence of the Senate is desired.


Title: To John Adams from François D’Ivernois, 18 June 1790
From: D’Ivernois, François
To: Adams, John

					Monsieur
					Kensington ce 18 Juin 1790

				Votre patience à lire le premier volume de l’histoire dont j’ai l’honneur de vous envoyer la suite m’autorisait suffisamment à cette liberte et je l’embrasse avec d’autant plus d’empressement qu’elle me procure l’occasion de me rappeler à l’un des hommes dont le souvenir m’est le plus précieux. J’y ai joint un double exemplaire complet afin que vous pussiez le remettre à quelque traducteur dans le cas ou vous auriez lieu de présumer, que présentant les objets les plus familiers aux Américains cet écrit vaudrait la peine d’etre traduit pour eux.Me voila depuis deux mois de retour d’un long voyage que vous m’avez vu commencer Monsieur, et dont la fin m’a présenté des tableaux bien plus satisfaisans que celui que nous offrit la Hollande en février 1788. Je retourne avec le fils de P. Eardley recommencer une nouvelle course pour la quelle dans les conjonctures actuelles de l’Europe nous aurions bien besoin de yeux aussi exercés que les votres, et je n’ai pas besoin de vous dire, je pense, avec quel plaisir je remplirais les ordres que vous voudriez me faire passer par l’adresse de  Dd Chauvet Esq. Kensington square Kensington.Je viens d’adresser à un tres bon littérateur Mr Berenger de Lausanne vos deux volumes sur la Constitution d’amérique en l’invitant à en entreprendre la traduction, et  à la tenir prete pour la seconde Législature des français. La non division de leur Corps Législatif qui était peut etre si nécessaire pour qu’il put édifier me paraît presqu’inconciliable avec la marche nécessaire pour maintenir, et je ne serai vraiment rassuré sur la durée de la liberté française que lorsque le Corps Legislatif y sera partagé en deux factions.J’ai l’honneur d’etre avec un profond respect / Monsieur / Votre tres humble / & tres obeissant serviteur

					F d’Ivernois


Title: To John Adams from François Adriaan Van der Kemp, 19 June 1790
From: Van der Kemp, François Adriaan
To: Adams, John

Sir!
Kingston 19 Jun. 1790

Your Excellencÿ’s favour of March 27. I received the 17 apr.—and was it not for a particularity attending this Letter, I would not so soon have troubled you with these.  You Superscrbed the Cover with your name, joining to it, Free—this word together with your name was erased, and in their place put none free—Is this a consequence of the new regulations of the Post-office?
With regard to France, mÿ ideas of this People are perhaps, less favourable than those of Others, and this maÿ afford a Sufficient reason, that I entertained some doubts and Suspicions with regard of the consistency of their new model’d government as wel, as in respect of the Blessings, which the people at large Should enjoÿ bÿ this change of measures—Love of mankind and Liberty make me wish, that Liberty maÿ prevail in everÿ part, althoug I fear that She is more and more declining in Europe.  The French people are the last, to enjoÿ it; verÿ few of their general assemblÿ would be willing to coöperate to this view, and the Bulk of the nation would, after the first delirium is passed, join the first Power, to restore their Royal Master in his ancient despotic the  Prærogatives.  Your own observation, that the defence &c must displease Violent Monarchians Aristocrates, and Demagogues, wil afford a reason, that it is not yet translated into French—and gives no great proof of the Sincerity of Some leading men together with their inferiors, to knew such a work and be Silent—But how Sir! can thÿ Silence Surprise us who See american Scriblers abuse a performance, who Should eternise their obscure names, if theÿ dared to make them public—
I recommended the defence to the Baron D’averhoult, en champagne, and be impatient for his answer, which I intend to communicate to your Excellencÿ, as Soon as I receive it.
I received, by order of the President, a Polite refusal upon mÿ petition for his intercession, as far he thought it convenient;
It wil be pleasing to me to receive an occasion to Shew Your Excellency.  which what perfect esteem and consideration / I am / Sir! / Your most obedient and / Obliged Servant
Fr Advd kemp
P.S. know your Sir, Who was at the bottom of that daring Intrigue, mentioned in your Post?  Can his name be Spelled with a double T?


Title: To John Adams from United States House of Representatives, 21 June 1790
From: United States House of Representatives
To: Adams, John

					Mr. President:
					June 21, 1790

				The House of Representatives have passed a bill, entitled “An act to establish the post office and post roads within the United States,” in which the concurrence of the Senate is desired.


Title: To John Adams from Alexander Hamilton, 23 June 1790
From: Hamilton, Alexander
To: Adams, John

June 23th 1790

Mr. Hamilton will have the honor of Dining with the Vice President on the 30th. of June agreeably to his Obliging invitation.


Title: To John Adams from United States House of Representatives, 23 June 1790
From: United States House of Representatives
To: Adams, John

					Mr. President:
					June 23, 1790

				The House of Representatives have concurred in the amendments to the bill, entitled “An act to satisfy the claims of John McCord against the United States;”They have passed a bill, entitled “An act to provide more effectually for the settlement of the accounts between the United States and the individual states,” in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.


Title: To John Adams from United States House of Representatives, 23 June 1790
From: United States House of Representatives
To: Adams, John

					Mr. President:
					June 23, 1790

				The House of Representatives have passed a bill, entitled “An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes;” in which they desire the concurrence of the Senate;The President of the United States did, on the 23d of June, approve of, and affix his signature to, “An act for giving effect to an act, entitled ’An act to establish the judicial courts of’ the United States within the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.”


Title: To John Adams from United States House of Representatives, 24 June 1790
From: United States House of Representatives
To: Adams, John

					Mr. President:
					June 24, 1790

				The House of Representatives have passed a bill, entitled “An act imposing duties on the tonnage of ships or vessels,” in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.


Title: To John Adams from Henry Marchant, 26 June 1790
From: Marchant, Henry
To: Adams, John

Dear Sir
Newport June 26th. 1790

I this Week attended Providence Court, and altho’ I had suggested to you, that it was possible several Gentlemen of Providence might interfere in Favour of Dr. Bradford as a District Judge, Yet I confess I did not think it probable,—They had so frequently mentioned to me the Exertions I had made, and the Obligations which they Conceived the Publick were under to me on that Account.—But such an Application I found was made  I conceived any Application to, or Recommendations for such an Office from Merchants as indellicate and improper.  This Idea, had prevented my applying to any of Newport—And I now say if any Application in my Favour has been made from this State, even by an Individual, it has been unsoliseited by me—I meant to rest the Matter entirely upon the Knowledge which Members of Congress might Themselves have of me, or procure by Enquiry—Had an appointment depended upon Recommendations from Newport, I presume I could have had it from every Man Woman & Child—If twenty could have been found of any Class of my fellow Citizens who would have declined it I would chearfully have given up all Pretensions.—If I could not have obtained a Majority of the best Characters even of Providence I would submit—And if I could not have obtained three of Quarters of the Voices of the whole State, I would give up even a Wish for that Office.
A Friend of Dr. Bradford living at Bristol, where also the Dr. Himself lives, the Week before last, pushed off to Providence and spent two Days in procuring the Recommendation which has been forwarded.—It was shown to but very few, and some of those refused—My Friends here feeling Themselves hurt, as presuming it might be thought, it was for want of Inclination, They had not given me all the Recommendation in Their Power, and which They had offered, me but which I had refused as improper and indelicate on several Accounts, and particularly because I wished not, If I should be appointed, that any Man who might have a Cause before me, might presume on Favour in Consequence of Obligations to Him.A few Gentlemen have now insisted upon my receiving and forwarding Their best Wishes that I should succeed to that Office—I have consented to inclose it to You Sir, for Your Perusal and better Judgment as to the Propriety or Expediency of delivering it—It is most probable the Appointment has taken Place before this; but I beg You will excuse me, for placing all my Confidence in You, as to the Prudence of this Measure; and that You will pardon me for the Trouble which my Letters have given You.  Accept of my most dutiful Respects and believe me Your / sincere Friend / and very humble Servt.
Hy: Marchant


Title: To John Adams from United States House of Representatives, 28 June 1790
From: United States House of Representatives
To: Adams, John

					Mr. President:
					June 28, 1790

				The House of Representatives have passed a bill, entitled “An act for the government and regulation of seamen in the merchant’s service,” in which they request the concurrence of the Senate.


Title: To John Adams from United States House of Representatives, 29 June 1790
From: United States House of Representatives
To: Adams, John

					Mr. President:
					June 29, 1790

				The House of Representatives have passed a bill, entitled “An act for giving effect to an act, entitled ’An act providing for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States,’ in respect to the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations;”

The Speaker of the House of Representatives has signed several enrolled bills, which I am directed to bring to the Senate.


Title: List of Books in John Adams’s Library in Braintree, June 1790
From: Adams, John
To:

June. 1790.

Catalogue of Books in This Library.
Law.Vol:Abridgement of State Trials. by Salmon. 1. fol:Accomplish’d Attorney1. 8vo:
Archerley’s Brittannic Constitution.1. folBurlemaqui Nat. Law 1st Vol.Burrows Reports.3. "Blackstones Commentaries4. Quto:——— Appendix1. 8vo:——— law tracts
  1. . .Barnardiston’s Reports2. fol.Book of Rates17281. . .Bridgman’s Conveyances1725
 1. . .Booth, of Real Actions1. . .Barrington’s observations on the Statutes.1. qto.Burns Justice abridged by Greenleaf1. . .Burns’ Justice4. 8vo:Burns Ecclesiastical law.4. . .Barne’s’s Notes2. . .
Bacon’s Element of the Common law1. 4to:Bacons Abridgment5. fol.
Beccaria on Crimes and Punishments1. 8vo:Comberback’s Reports1. fol.
Comyn’s Digest
5. fol.Cokes Reports. 1680. 11 parts.1. . .Coke’s Entries1. . .Cokes Reports 12th & 13th parts2. . .46Coke’s Institute. 16281. fol.Corpus Juris Civilis. 16631. . .Croke’s Reports3. . .Cowell’s Interpreter1727.1. . .Clerk’s Instructer2. 8vo:Cunninghams law of Bills of Exchange.1. . .Crown Circuit1. . .Cowell’s Interpreter1. 4to:Complete Guide to Justices of Peace1. 8vo:Complete Parish Officer1. . .

Corpus Juris Canonici1661.2. 4to:Cunninghams’s law dictionary2. fol.Commentaire sur l’ordonnance de la Marine2. 4to:County and town Officer1. 8vo:
Droit de la Guerre et de la Paix Grotius2. 4to:Daltons Justice1. fol.Examen Juris feodalis1. 4to:Examen Juris Canonici1. . .Foster’s Crown law1. fol.Freeman’s Reports1. . .Formula bene placetandi1671.1. . .

Fitzherberts. Nat. Brevium. Hale’s Comment.1. 4to.Fondemens de la Jurisprudence1. . .Grotius de jure Belli ae Pacis. 17381. fol.
Godolphin’s Orphan’s legacy. 1701.1. 4to:Godolphin’s Abridgment1. . .Gilbert’s Chancery Pleas1. 8vo:
Gilberts law of Evidence1. . .35Gilberts tenures 2 sets1. 8vo.Gilberts law of Executions1. . .Godolphin’s Admiralty Jurisdiction1. 4to:Hobart’s Reports2. fol.Hales History of the Pleas of the Crown2. . .Holt’s Reports1. . .Hardwick’s Cases1. . .Hawkin’s Pleas of the Crown1. . .Hobarts Reports. old Edit:1. . .Hist of the Exchequer1. 8vo:Hawkin’s sumary of Crown Law. 2d vol:1. . .Historical law tracts1. . .Hales Pleas of the Crown1. . .Jones’s Reports1. . .Journals of Mass. Assembly5. fol.Jurisprudentia Philologica1. 4to:Justinians’s Institutes. Harris.1. . .Jacob’s law dictionary abridged1. 8vo:Instructor clericalis6. . .Ld. Raymonds Reports2. fol.Ld. Raymonds Entries1. . .Levinz’s Reports2. . .Lillie’s Mod: Ent:1. . .Lex testamentaria. Nelson.1. 8vo:Lawyer’s Magazine1. . .Law-french dictionary1. . .39Les Pleas del Coron: Tottell 15671. 4to:Les Loix civiles. Domat.1. fol.Modern Entries2. . .Malyne’s Lex Mercatioria 16861. . .
Murray’s Acts of Parliament1. . .Mathew Paris. Hist. Watts. 16841. . .Montesque Spirit of Laws2. 8vo:Nicolsons Historical Library.17141. fol.Nelson’s Abridgement 2d Vol: only1. . .Oughton’s Ordo Judiciorum 1738.2. 4to:

Opera Baconi1. fol
Oeuvres de la Chancelier D’Argessæu11. 4to:Oeuvres de Cochin6. . .
Peere Williams’s Reports3. fol.Province Laws Mass. 2 sets1. . .Piggot’s Conveyancing 1742.1. . .Park’s law of Insurance1787.1. 8vo:Poor laws. Foley.1. . .Pocket Conveyancer2. 12mo:

Pomponius de Origine Juris1. 4to:Peckii Opera1666.1. fol.Practise of Admiralty in England1. 8vo:
Puffendorf Law of Nat & Nations 17291. fol.
Raymond’s, Sir Thos: Reports.1. fol.Rastall’s Entries1596.1. fol.Rushworth’s historical Collections 2 sets:1. . .Roberts’s Map of Commerce1. . .49Strange’s Reports2. folSalkield’s Rep.3. . .Skinner’s Rep.1. . .Saunders Rep.1. . .Seldeni Opera3. . .State Trials9 10. . .

Statutes at large9. . .Shower’s Reports2. . .Swinburn on Wills1.Siderfin’s Rep:1. . .Speculum aureum et Lumen Advocatorum 16501. 4to.Stile universel.1667.1. . .

Sharpe on the law of Nature &c1. 8vo:Sharpe’s Declaration of the Peoples rights1. . .Treatise of Trade and Commerce1. . .Trials per Pais2. . .Tyrrels disquisition of the law of Nature1. . .Traité des Prises, sur mer1. 4to.

Vandermuelin de origine Juris. 1691.1. 8vo:Vinii Jus civile. 1748. Lugdum’s1. 4to.Vitæ Juris consultorum. Grotius1. . .Vatel droit des Gens1. 4to.Vatel’s law of Nations1. 4to.Under Sheriff.1. 8vo:Ventris Rep.1. fol.49Vernons Cases in Chancery.2. fol.Wilson’s Rep.1. . .Woods Institutes1. . .Wingates abridgment of the Statutes1. 8vo:Woods’ Institutes of the Civil law.1. 4to:Wentworth’s Executor1. 8vo:7

Divinity.Aristie ou de la divinitie1. 12mo.Burmanni Synopsis theologiæ2. quto.Bible1. 8vo.Blackwall’s sacred Classics2. 12mo.Barrows Works2. fol.Butler’s Analogy

  1. 8vo:Butler’s Sermons1. 8vo:Atterbury’s Sermons4. 8voCommon Prayer.1 12.moChristians Concordance. Cotton. 1622.1. 4to:
Cottons Concordance1627.1. fol.Clarendon’s tracts1. fol.Dissenting Gentleman’s 3 Letters. Towgood1. 8vo.Easy method with Deists1. 4to.Eliots’ Sermons1. 8o.Forbes’s thoughts on Religion2. 12mo.Fuller’s holy state1. 4to.Grotius of the truth of Christianity. Clerc.1. 12mo:Hooker’s ecclesiastical Polity. 1666.1. fol.Hervy’s Letters2. 12mo:Hoadly’s Discourses1. 8voInstructions de pour les Protestants de la Forest.1. 8vo:30Kings discipline of the primitive Church1. 4to:Middleton’s, Connyers. Works4. 4to.Maclaine’s letters to Jennyngs1. 12mo:Newman’s Concordance. 1643.1. fol.Priestly’s early opinions of Jesus Christ.4. 8vo:Stillingfleets grounds of Protestantism. 1665.1. fol.Sharpe on the Prophecies S.1. 4to.Stillingfleets 6. sermons1. 4to.Sermons due P. Bourdaloue18. 8voSpincke’s Trust in God1. 8voTolands Amyntor1. 12mo:Tillotson’s Works10. 8vo:Willards Body of Divinity1. fol.Watts’s Psalms 2. sets1. 8voWisdom of God manifested in the Works of Creation. Ray.1. 8vo.47

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Title: To John Adams from United States House of Representatives, 1 July 1790
From: United States House of Representatives
To: Adams, John

					Mr. President:
					July 1, 1790

				The House of Representatives have passed the bill, entitled “An act further to provide for the payment of the invalid pensioners of the United States,” to which they desire the concurrence of the Senate;I am directed to inform the Senate, that the President of the United States has, this day, approved of, and affixed his signature to, the following acts, to wit: “An act providing the means of intercourse between the United States and foreign nations;” “An act for the relief of Nathaniel Twining;” and “An act to satisfy the claims of John McCord against the United States.”


Title: To John Adams from United States House of Representatives, 2 July 1790
From: United States House of Representatives
To: Adams, John

					Mr. President:
					July 2, 1790

				The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed several enrolled bills, I am directed to bring them to the Senate.


Title: To John Adams from John Browne Cutting, 5 July 1790
From: Cutting, John Browne
To: Adams, John

Dear Sir
London 5th July 1790

There are so many rumours concerning the present state of the dispute between Spain and Britain and so many individuals interested to misrepresent it that it is with  much diffidence that I venture to offer you any opinion on that subject.
The British parliament the members of which are now chiefly elected will not be assembled before the middle of august.  Till then very little that can be depended on relative to the spanish rupture will be known, unless some unforseen event shou’d precipitate hostilities.
Mr Fitzherbert the british ambassadour is now at Madrid negociating.  I believe it may be relied on that he is instructed to demand 1s. Satisfaction for the seisure of the british Ships in Nootka Sound—and for the destruction of the factory establish’d in the coast. 2. An acknowledgment of a right in great Britain to navigate the South Seas and carry on fisheries and commerce throughout those seas and coasts.  3dly Payment of a million sterling the computed cost of the present armaments here.  The second of these points is that which Spain is most loth to give up—and from which the minister of this country is determind not to recede.
Both nations however are willing to negotiate.—Britain because she is not ready to begin maritime hostilities with vigour till her west india merchantmen come in with seamen to mann the fleet—which at present is very thinly mann’d: Spain because tho’ ready herself—her new ally Portugal is not—and because she is desirous to ascertain what reliance may be had on her old ally France for aid in the war.
Meanwhile both parties to this dispute must be desirous of the friendship of the United States.  I hope our country without embroiling herself will obtain considerable points of both.  The court of Lisbon have already appointed M. Friere their late resident at this court—to be minister, resident with Congress.  And I understand from good authority that the navigation of the Missisippi is already tacitly ceded to the United States—by orders issued to the Vice Roy of Mexico.  Be this so or not the present period seems a most auspicious one to gain whatever points the United States are most desirous of gaining either of Spain or Britain.
Shou’d the latter be disposed to treat—I hope the moment will not be neglected to agree upon some criterion whereby the american seamen may be properly discriminated from the british and consequently protected from the insults of their press gangs and the management that is now practiced to get them on board their ships of war.  For two months past I have diligently discharged the duty which I think incumbent upon a republican citizen—in contributing to rescue our seamen from an abhorred servitude in the british fleet.  Altho’ I have succeeded in most instances—in some I have wholly failed.  Whatever of industry or ability I possess has been on this occasion exertd and for the present this exerition is likely to continue because it is likely to be needed.
But as I have repeatedly written both to yourself and to Mr. Jefferson on this subject—I shall not trouble You with a fresh repetition of what I considered it my duty at the time zealously to represent.
I send you a parcel of newspapers—The Editor is violently ministerial; but is reputed to possess better sources of foreign intelligence than most of his co–temporaries.

Mrs. Adams and the rest of your family will please to accept the best compliments of  / Your respectful affectionate  / and most obedt sert.
John B. Cutting


Title: To John Adams from Alexander Hamilton, 5 July 1790
From: Hamilton, Alexander
To: Adams, John

Sir
Monday July 5 1790

I have the honor to inform the Vice President of the United States and to request him to inform cause an intimation to be given to the Honoble The Members of the Senate that at one OClock to day, an Oration will be delivered at St Pauls Church in commemoration of the declaration of Independence by a Member of the Society of the Cincinnati and that seats are provided for his and their accommodation.  Peculiar circumstances prevented an earlier communication.  The Requisite number of tickets accompanying these have been sent to the Secretary of the Senate.
I have the honor to be with the / most perfect respect Sir / Your Obed Hum Ser

A HamiltonVice President of the NY Society of the Cin:


Title: To John Adams from Henry Marchant, 5 July 1790
From: Marchant, Henry
To: Adams, John

Dear Sir,
Newport July 5th. 1790

I am much obliged by your very polite and kind Attention to my Friend Mr. Walter Channing, of which He speaks in most grateful Terms.—That Modesty which has ever kept Him back from a Pursuit in a publick Line, prevented any Application in His Favour till the Arangements of the Custom Officers had taken Place.—While I am endeavouring to serve a Man of Merit, I do conceive myself as serving the publick essentially by promoting to Her Service, a faithful and ingenious Servant—I can assure my Friends that Mr. Channings Talents would be an Acquisition to the Publick.—We wish he may succeed in obtaining the Office of Commissioner of the Loans.—His Penmanship, His Accuracy, good Sense and Ingenuity will do Honor to the Appointment, and yeild a Satisfaction to those who may be instrumental in obtaining His Services—I am aware that Providence will make an Effort for that Office—Supposing Characters equal, I must conceive, that a peculiar Attention may be due to the Town of Newport, not only as the Capitol, but as having severely felt all the Calamities of the War, while Providence flourished and was inriched—Newport is not only the Capitol, but She is under all Her Misfortunes still much the largest and most populous Town:—Can a trifling Preference in the Number of Appointments, make up for the astonishing Difference in Our Circumstances under the War?—I am confident generous impartial and candid Minds will be open to these Arguments, and will suffer Them to have their Weight.—With all possible Esteem and Respect I am, Your / devoted Friend & Servt.

Henry Marchant
P:S: This moment Col. Peck came in from New York, & informs, that His Excellency the President & Senate have been pleased to honor me with the Appointment of Judge of this District.—They have my most grateful and dutiful Acknowlegments.—And to You Sir, I am most feelingly obliged—and have more Thanks to give, than You will receive
H M


Title: To John Adams from United States House of Representatives, 8 July 1790
From: United States House of Representatives
To: Adams, John

					Mr. President:
					July 8, 1790

				I am directed to inform the Senate, that the President of the United States has notified the House of Representatives, that he did, on the 5th of July, approve, and affix his signature to “An act for giving effect to an act, entitled ’An act providing for the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United States,’ in respect to the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations;” and to “An act to authorize the purchase of a tract of land for the use of the United States.”


Title: To John Adams from George Joy, 12 July 1790
From: Joy, George
To: Adams, John

Monday 12th: July 1790

Mr: Joy presents respectful Compliments to the Vice-President and takes the liberty to hand him a sample of American made sugar which he had put up in Philadelphia for that purpose—Mr: J. is well acquainted with the Gentn: concern’d in promoting this valuable Manufacture and can with Confidence assure Mr: Adams that the sample now sent is the genuine product of the American Maple—
Judging as well from the Number of Boilers that have been order’d as from other Circumstances Mr: J. is also persuaded that a great increase of the Article may be reasonably expected.—


Title: To John Adams from United States House of Representatives, 12 July 1790
From: United States House of Representatives
To: Adams, John

					Mr. President:
					July 12, 1790

				The House of Representatives have agreed to the amendment of the Senate to the bill, entitled “An act further to provide for the payment of the invalid pensioners of the United States;”They disagree to the first and second amendments of the Senate to the bill, entitled “An act to establish the Post Office and post roads within the United States;” they disagree to the first amendment in the 11th section, and to the several amendments in the 13th, 23d, 24th, and 31st sections, and agree to all the other amendments proposed by the Senate to the said bill;They disagree to the third amendment of the Senate to the bill, entitled “An act for the government and regulation of seamen in the merchants’ service,” and they agree to all the other amendments proposed by the Senate;They have also passed the bill sent from the Senate for concurrence, entitled “An act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the government of the United States.”


Title: To John Adams from United States House of Representatives, 12 July 1790
From: United States House of Representatives
To: Adams, John

					Mr. President:
					July 12, 1790

				The House of Representatives agree to all the amendments proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled “An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes,” except the third, to which they disagree;The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed several enrolled bills, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of the Vice President.


Title: To John Adams from United States House of Representatives, 13 July 1790
From: United States House of Representatives
To: Adams, John

					Mr. President:
					July 13, 1790

				The House of Representatives have agreed to the proposed conference, on the bill, entitled “An act to establish the post-office and post roads within the United States,” and have appointed managers on their part;They insist on their disagreement to the third amendment proposed by the Senate, to the bill, entitled “An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes,” and desire a conference thereon; and, having appointed managers on their part, request the concurrence of the Senate in their appointment of managers at the proposed conference.


Title: To John Adams from United States House of Representatives, 14 July 1790
From: United States House of Representatives
To: Adams, John

					Mr. President:
					July 14, 1790

				The House of Representatives have disagreed to all the amendments of the Senate to the bill, entitled “An act to provide more effectually for the settlement of the accounts between the United States and the individual states;” they propose a conference on the amendments, and, having appointed managers on their part, desire the concurrence of the Senate in their appointment of managers at the proposed conference.


Title: From John Adams to John Codman, Jr., 15 July 1790
From: Adams, John
To: Codman, John, Jr.

Dear Sir
New york July 15. 1790

I have received your Favour of July 8, and request you to pay the Account of Messrs Barry Father, Son and Co for the Wine and give your Account of it with the Charges to my Friend Dr Tufts, who will pay you, if he has Assetts in his hands, of mine,  if not I will make him a Remittance for the Purpose.
I am sir your obliged friend & huml servt.

John Adams


Title: To John Adams from United States House of Representatives, 16 July 1790
From: United States House of Representatives
To: Adams, John

					Mr. President:
					July 16, 1790

				The House of Representatives have passed a bill, entitled “An act to amend the ’act for the establishment and support of light-houses, beacons, buoys, and public piers;” and,A resolve, “That, in the opinion of this House, the business now depending before the two Houses, may be finished by Tuesday the 27th instant, and that it will be convenient and proper that an adjournment of the present session of Congress should take place on that day;” in which bill and resolve they desire the concurrence of the Senate;The President of the United States has notified the House of Representatives, that he has this day approved of, and affixed his signature to, the “Act further to provide for the payment of the invalid pensioners of the United States.”


Title: To John Adams from George Washington, 16 July 1790
From: Washington, George
To: Adams, John

					Mr. President:
					July 16, 1790

				The President of the United States has, on this day, approved of, and affixed his signature to, the “Act for establishing the temporary and permanent seat of the government of the United States.”


Title: To John Adams from John Browne Cutting, 17 July 1790
From: Cutting, John Browne
To: Adams, John

Dear Sir
London 17th July 1790

I embrace the opportunity afforded me by a vessel that sails to day for Philadelphia to send you some newspapers and to tell You that the condition of the american seamen here claims the immediate attention of the Government of the United States.
In the absence of any person invested with consular or ministerial authority from Congress, I cou’d not endure to see my fellow citizens first subjected to the outrages of british press gangs, and then drag’d on board british ships of war to be scourged at the mere will and base discretion of every mean or malignant petty officer of the navy into the performance of services which our native seamen dread and detest. In this crisis I came forward and did and have done and am continually doing all that a zealous persevering individual cou’d or can do in his private capacity.
It is now necessary to state that every seaman of the United States is impress’d for and retain’d in the service of his britannic Majesty as a british subject.  Unless the Captain who ship’d him in America will positively swear that he was actually born in the United States and is a subject of them.  No Commander of a british bottom in the American Trade can take such an oath: consequently every American seaman who happen’d to arrive here since the 4th of last May in a British bottom is now on board a british ship of war.  Several applications have been made to me by seamen in this predicament—and some of these accompanied with strong evidence that the applicants were really natives of the United States.  In the next place there are several natives of G— Britain and Ireland who command American bottoms—but are unable—possibly unwilling to identify their american seamen by such an oath.  And lastly when an american commander of an american bottom has sworn point blank that such and such seamen are natives & subjects of America—and in consequence thereof I have press’d the Lords of the Admiralty for their discharge and for a written exemption against another impress and have obtain’d both—both have been violated —by a new press–gang.  On Wednesday evening last for instance such discharges and protections were totally disregarded: almost every american seaman in the thames—as well as mates of vessels and apprentices—were swept off in the night. Some of these have been hardly treated by inferior officers of the british navy.
It must be owned there are intrinsic difficulties in some cases to furnish even reasonable proof that a particular seaman is a subject of the United States but in some of the cases to which I allude the most clear and absolute proof had been given and in the manner prescribed by the Lords of the Admiralty themselves.
Perhaps no immediate remedy that wou’d be effectual can be invented by Congress.  A palliative wou’d be—the appointment of a consul here who might substitute prudence and management sustain’d by a suitable authority from the american government— for want in lieu of clear rules of proceeding and loftier powers than cou’d be now exercised here with utility to our country.
Clad with that mild and modest capacity—I am vain enough to believe that even I shou’d be enabled just now to render the United States essential service, which the experience and local knowledge of the past six weeks have afforded me peculiar facilities for performing in future.  But at any rate I feel it my indispensable duty to continue exerting every nerve in endeavours to procure the release of as many of these impressed american seamen as possible.  Before the late rigourous impress I had paved the way for liberating many of them—who have returned home rejoicing.  Nor do I now despond of procuring the discharge of some—to the birth and citizenship of whom their commanders are this day again to swear.  Patience, vigilance prudence and unwearied perseverance—are our only weapons.
I consider a war between Britain and Spain as inevitable— between Prussia and Austria as in the highest degree probable—Manifestos are expected to be published this evening.
I write this in the greatest haste— / Very respectfully and affectionately /  Yrs.

J. B. Cutting


Title: To John Adams from United States House of Representatives, 17 July 1790
From: United States House of Representatives
To: Adams, John

					Mr. President:
					July 17, 1790

				 The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed several enrolled bills, I am directed to bring them to the Senate for the signature of the Vice President.


Title: From John Adams to Eliphalet Fitch, 18 July 1790
From: Adams, John
To: Fitch, Eliphalet

Dear Sir
New York July 18. 1790

I have receive the polite and obliging Letter, you did me the honour to write me, on the seventh of May.—Although an intimate and frequent Correspondence with you, considering the relation between Us, and the agreable Acquaintance, I had with you in France and England would have been always agreable to me; Yet considering the different Countries and Governments in which We live, and the Avocations of Business, which demand the Attention of both of Us, I never expected more Intercourse than there has been.—
Your Countrymen, I dare say, would be very happy to see you in North America, and none of them more than myself: Yet considering the importance of your Affairs, where you are it is a favour little to be expected.  Next to the Pleasure of seeing you here, I should esteem that of frequently hearing of your health and that of your family.  You were not so kind in your Letter as to let me know the situation of your Son, whom I saw in London, and in whose good fortune I interest myself very much.—The last of my three sons is to commence at Cambridge this Week, and like his two older Brothers is destined to the Bar.—My only Daughter, married to Col. Smith of New York, has two fine Boys, and a third perhaps not far from seeing the light of our Sun.  Far advanced in my fifty fifth year, and having run through a great vanity of scenes in Life, I can very heartily join with You Mr Burke the King of Prussia and King Solomon, in pronouncing all Vanité des Vanités.—Yet I have lived to see my Country free and prosperous, rapidly advancing to Wealth and Grandeur, after having seen her in great danger and deep Distress: I have lived to see, Europe become the Pupil of Harvard Colledge and the Town of Boston; and if I were sure she would profit of her lesson as much as this Country has done, I should think I had lived and seen enough.
Mrs Adams joins with me and all mine in most respectful Compliments to yourself, Mrs Fitch and your son; and in grateful Acknowledgment for the very handsome present in Sugar, Wine and Spirits which you had the Generosity to send Us, and which We have received in good order.
Your Packet to the President I had the honour to present to him, with my own hand.
With great and sincere Esteem, I have the honour to be, dear sir, your most / obedient and obliged servant

John Adams


Title: To John Adams from Henry Marchant, 19 July 1790
From: Marchant, Henry
To: Adams, John

Dear Sir,
Newport July 19th. 1790—

I recd. my Commission the last Fryday, inclosed me in a very polite Letter from the Honble Thomas Jefferson Esqr. Secrcy. of State.—I have wrote Him an Acknowledgment of the Receipt, requested my respectful Duty to the President, and acknowledged His Politeness in the Manner of Communication—
I wish to know if a particular Letter to the President would be expected,—or whether, as the Communication was thro’ the Secretary, what I have done, will not be all that is expected, or that may be agreable.—I would be glad to know, when You have a Leisure Moment, whether my Letter to the President under your Care and Judgment was deliverd Him, and whether the Letter from several Gentlemen here was also deliver’d.—It could not have been I think previous to the Appointment.—
I am obliged by every Mark of Politeness and Friendship, from the various Hands and Hearts They came from; and if I knew them all I would particularly acknowledge them.—But Sir, Your very kindly interesting Yourself in my Favour; as it was of essential and successful Weight, and from a Friendship long experienced, so it is felt with lively, and I trust will be, with lasting Gratitude.—
Permit me to hope dear Sir, You will not leave me without any Means, of at least testifying some Respect for You and Yours.—I must beg at the Adjournment, if You and Your Lady and Family, or any of Them, return to Boston They will take Newport in Their Way—And whether I should happen to see them at the Moment of Arrival or not, They will consider Their Home, to be at my House.—  They well see by the Plainess of Their Treatment, I do not mean to deter my Friends from an Acceptance of my Invitation, nor suffer Them to doubt of the Sincerity of it—With my sincere Respects to Them, I beg Leave once more to repeat that I am with great Truth,
Yr. very obliged Friend, /  most obedient /  and very humble Servt.

Henry Marchant


Title: To John Adams from United States House of Representatives, 19 July 1790
From: United States House of Representatives
To: Adams, John

					Mr. President:
					July 19, 1790

				The House of Representatives have passed a bill, entitled “An act to provide more effectually for the collection of the duties imposed by law on goods, wares, and merchandise, imported into the United States, and on the tonnage of ships or vessels;” and a resolve, providing for the salaries of the clerks in the office of the commissioner of army accounts; to which they desire the concurrence of the Senate;They have agreed to the amendment proposed by the Senate to the bill, entitled “An act providing for holding a treaty or treaties to establish peace with certain Indian tribes;”They have passed a bill, entitled “An act making further provision for the payment of the debts of the United States,” to which they desire the concurrence of the Senate;And they have agreed to the third amendment of the Senate to the bill, entitled “An act to regulate trade and intercourse with the Indian tribes.”


Title: To John Adams from United States House of Representatives, 20 July 1790
From: United States House of Representatives
To: Adams, John

					Mr. President:
					July 20, 1790

				The House of Representatives have passed a bill, entitled “An act to enable the officers and soldiers of the Virginia line, on continental establishment, to obtain titles to certain lands lying north-west of the river Ohio, between the Little Miami and Sciota;”The Speaker of the House of Representatives having signed several enrolled bills, I am directed to bring them to the Senate, for the signature of the Vice President;The President of the United States has notified the House of Representatives, that he has approved of and affixed his signature to “An act imposing duties on the tonnage of ships or vessels,” and to “An act for the government and regulation of seamen in the merchants’ service.”