JOHN ADAMS.
END OF THE FOURTH VOLUME.
FOOTNOTES:
[1] See these letters above, pp. 218, 238.
[2] The following are the extracts of the letters alluded to in this place.
EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM JOHN JAY TO THE PRESIDENT OF CONGRESS.
Madrid, April 25th, 1781.
The letters herewith enclosed from Dr Franklin were left open for my perusal; the short stay of my courier at Paris not allowing time for copies to be made of the information conveyed in and with it.
I perceive that Dr Franklin desires to retire; this circumstance calls upon me to assure Congress, that I have reason to be perfectly satisfied with his conduct towards me, and that I have received from him all the aid and attention I could wish or expect. His character is very high here, and I really believe, that the respectability he enjoys throughout Europe has been of general use to our cause and country.