Papers of John Adams: February 1784 - March 1785 - Couverture rigide

Adams, John

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0674065573 ISBN 13 : 9780674065574

Editeur : The Belknap Press, 2012

Synopsis

"Once more after an Interruption of ten Years, I pronounce myself a happy Man, and pray Heaven to continue me so." Thus wrote John Adams in late August 1784 after the arrival in Europe of his wife Abigail and daughter Nabby. Adams and his family were living together in the pleasant Paris suburb of Auteuil. There Adams, with Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, formed a joint commission to conclude commercial treaties with the nations of Europe and North Africa. For the first time since he had left America in 1778 on his first diplomatic mission, Adams was no longer engaged in "militia diplomacy."

Volume 16 of the Papers of John Adams chronicles fourteen months of Adams' diplomatic career. As minister to the Netherlands he raised a new Dutch loan to save America from financial ruin. As joint commissioner he negotiated a commercial treaty with Prussia, proposed similar treaties with other European nations, and prepared to negotiate with the Barbary states. The commissioners also sought to resolve Anglo-American differences left over from the peace negotiations and arising from the two nations' burgeoning trade. Volume 16 thus forms a prelude to the next phase of John Adams' diplomatic career, for his February 1785 appointment as minister to the Court of St. James meant that the management of Anglo-American relations would be his responsibility alone.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Gregg L. Lint is Series Editor for the Papers of John Adams of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.

C. James Taylor is former Editor in Chief of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Hobson Woodward is Series Editor for the Adams Family Correspondence of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Margaret A. Hogan is an independent scholar and former editor of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Neal E. Millikan is Series Editor for Digital Editions of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Belknap Press
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0674065573
• ISBN 13: 9780674065574
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 704
• Éditeur: Lint Gregg L., Taylor C. James, Karachuk Robert F., Woodward Hobson, Hogan Margaret A., Millikan Neal E., Sikes Sara B., Martin Sara, Georgini Sara, Norton Amanda Mathews, Connolly James T.
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