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BARON DE THULEMEIER TO JOHN ADAMS. ( Translation. ) - John Adams, The Works of John Adams, vol. 8 (Letters and State Papers 1782-1799) [1853]

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The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: with a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations, by his Grandson Charles Francis Adams (Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1856). 10 volumes. Vol. 8.

Part of: The Works of John Adams, 10 vols.

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BARON DE THULEMEIER TO JOHN ADAMS.

(Translation.)

The Hague, 9 April, 1784.

Sir,—

I have the honor to send you herewith, in the original, the project1 of a treaty of commerce to be concluded on between his Prussian Majesty and the United States of America, just as the King has sent it to me, requesting of you to return it to me as soon as you shall have caused it to be copied. It will be infinitely agreeable to me, sir, to conduct, in concert with you, and to the mutual satisfaction of our masters, this negotiation to the desired point. If to-morrow, between seven and eight o’clock in the evening, you could grant me a moment’s conversation, I shall, with great earnestness, call on you to know your sentiments.

I have added, sir, a description of Silesian linens, which hitherto have been in great demand by your countrymen; that is to say, if the Silesian merchant who furnished it to me be rightly informed.

I have the honor to be, &c.

De Thulemeier.

Description of the principal articles of Silesian linens which have been sent hitherto to the United Provinces of North America by the Sieur John Godfrey Linckh, merchant and manufacturer at Hirschberg:—

  • 1. Hamburg Lawns,
  • 2. Long Lawns,
  • 3. Pistol Lawns,
  • 4. Single Silesias,
  • 5. Tandem double Silesias,
  • 6. Tandem quadruple Silesias,
  • 7. Brown quadruple Silesias,
  • 8. Estopilles Unies.

[1 ]The project of a treaty is omitted. It may be found in the Diplomatic Correspondence, the second series, vol. ii. p. 113.