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ADAMS, John (1735-1826), President. Autograph letter signed ("John Adams") to Samuel Cooper Johonnot (1768-1806), Amsterdam, 24 October 1780. 2 pages, 4to, address leaf, seal remnant, docketed on verso.
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ADAMS, John (1735-1826), President. Autograph letter signed ("John Adams") to Samuel Cooper Johonnot (1768-1806), Amsterdam, 24 October 1780. 2 pages, 4to, address leaf, seal remnant, docketed on verso.
FRANKLIN, LAFAYETTE AND ADAMS'S PROTéGé
"I have just received your letter of the seventeenth of October, and am obliged to you for writing to me, upon the subject of it. I ought to have written to His Excellency Dr Franklin upon the subject before, but knowing His Excellency's friendship for your Grand Papa, and that of Madame the Marquise de la Fayette, made me neglect it till now. You will present my respectfull compliments to Dr Franklin, and request his Excellency to be your Guardian, in my absence, as it is difficult to remove you here, and you would not be pleased I think with the change..." Johonnot was the grandson of Samuel Cooper and the son of Gabriel Johonnot. He sailed with Adams to avail himself of a European education under Adams's tutelage. With Adams in Holland working to gain commercial treaties for the new United States, Benjamin Franklin took on more of that responsibility. "You speak French, I fancy, Like a Native of Paris," Adams continues, "and I hope you are making good progress in all branches of usefull accomplishments." After this excellent preparation at the hands of Adams and Franklin, Johonnot returned to Boston and graduated from Harvard in 1783. He practiced law in Maine and then served as a U.S. diplomat in British Guiana, where he died in 1806.
FRANKLIN, LAFAYETTE AND ADAMS'S PROTéGé
"I have just received your letter of the seventeenth of October, and am obliged to you for writing to me, upon the subject of it. I ought to have written to His Excellency Dr Franklin upon the subject before, but knowing His Excellency's friendship for your Grand Papa, and that of Madame the Marquise de la Fayette, made me neglect it till now. You will present my respectfull compliments to Dr Franklin, and request his Excellency to be your Guardian, in my absence, as it is difficult to remove you here, and you would not be pleased I think with the change..." Johonnot was the grandson of Samuel Cooper and the son of Gabriel Johonnot. He sailed with Adams to avail himself of a European education under Adams's tutelage. With Adams in Holland working to gain commercial treaties for the new United States, Benjamin Franklin took on more of that responsibility. "You speak French, I fancy, Like a Native of Paris," Adams continues, "and I hope you are making good progress in all branches of usefull accomplishments." After this excellent preparation at the hands of Adams and Franklin, Johonnot returned to Boston and graduated from Harvard in 1783. He practiced law in Maine and then served as a U.S. diplomat in British Guiana, where he died in 1806.