On September 3, 1783, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay signed the definitive Anglo-American peace treaty. Adams and his colleagues strived to establish a viable relationship between the new nation and its largest trading partner but were stymied by rising British anti-Americanism.
Adams diplomatic efforts were also complicated by domestic turmoil. Americans, in a rehearsal for the later Federalist-Antifederalist conflict over the United States Constitution, were debating the proper relationship between the central government and the states. Adams, a Federalist as early as 1783, argued persuasively for a government that honored its treaties and paid its foreign debts. But when bills far exceeding the funds available for their redemption were sent to Europe, he was forced to undertake a dangerous winter journey to the Netherlands to raise a new loan and save the United States from financial disaster.
None of the founding fathers equals the candor of John Adams observations of his eighteenth-century world. His letters, always interesting, reveal with absolute clarity Adams positions on the personalities and issues of his times.
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On September 3, 1783, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, and John Jay signed the definitive Anglo-American peace treaty. Adams and his colleagues strived to establish a viable relationship between the new nation and its largest trading partner but were stymied by rising British anti-Americanism.
Adams diplomatic efforts were also complicated by domestic turmoil. Americans, in a rehearsal for the later Federalist-Antifederalist conflict over the United States Constitution, were debating the proper relationship between the central government and the states. Adams, a Federalist as early as 1783, argued persuasively for a government that honored its treaties and paid its foreign debts. But when bills far exceeding the funds available for their redemption were sent to Europe, he was forced to undertake a dangerous winter journey to the Netherlands to raise a new loan and save the United States from financial disaster.
None of the founding fathers equals the candor of John Adams observations of his eighteenth-century world. His letters, always interesting, reveal with absolute clarity Adams positions on the personalities and issues of his times.
Imprint | The Belknap Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Adams Papers |
Release date | May 2010 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | May 2010 |
Authors | John Adams |
Editors | Gregg L. Lint, C.James Taylor, Robert F. Karachuk, Hobson Woodward, Margaret A. Hogan, Sara B. Sikes, Mary T. Claffey, Karen N. Barzilay |
Dimensions | 248 x 165 x 48mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Hardcover - Cloth over boards / With printed dust jacket |
Pages | 592 |
Edition | New |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-05123-2 |
Barcode | 9780674051232 |
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LSN | 0-674-05123-8 |