Adams Papers

To John Adams from William Vernon Sr., 9 February 1778

From William Vernon Sr.

9 February 1778. printed: JA, Diary and Autobiography description begins Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, 1961; 4 vols. description ends , 2:272–273. Vernon asked that his son be placed with a mercantile house in Bordeaux or Nantes and proposed a gratuity of £100, which would also cover board.

printed: (JA, Diary and Autobiography description begins Diary and Autobiography of John Adams, ed. L. H. Butterfield and others, Cambridge, 1961; 4 vols. description ends ), 2:272–273.

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    Adams Papers
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    To John Adams from William Vernon Sr., 9 February 1778
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    Vernon, William Sr.
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    Adams, John
    Date
    9 February 1778

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    “To John Adams from William Vernon Sr., 9 February 1778,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-05-02-0250. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 5, August 1776 – March 1778, ed. Robert J. Taylor. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2006, p. 406.]

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