Papers of John Adams, Volume 17: April-November 1785
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By John Adams, Gregg L. Lint (Editor), C. James Taylor (Editor), Sara Georgini (Editor), Hobson Woodward (Editor), Sara B. Sikes (Editor), Amanda Mathews Norton (Editor), Sara Martin (Editor)
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"You may well Suppose that I was the Focus of all Eyes," John Adams wrote on 2 June 1785 of his first audience with George III, which formally inaugurated the post of American minister to Great Britain. Eager to restore "the old good Nature and the old good Humour" between the two nations, Adams spent the following months establishing the U.S. legation at No. 8 Grosvenor Square. For Adams, it was a period of multiple responsibilities and mixed success. He remained minister to the Netherland...






















