杰斐逊, Thomas 亚当斯, Abigail
Thomas 杰佛逊, Abigail 亚当斯
Paris July 10. 1787. 亲爱的夫人

This being the day on 哪一个, according to my calculation, my daughter would be crossing the channel, 我已经计算过从多佛到加来的航线,正在观察风向,这时你偏向6号线th. was put into my hands. that of June 27. had been received four days ago. I perceived that that had happened 哪一个 I had apprehended, 你的仁慈使她如此依恋你,使她难以分离. I had been in hopes that Petit would find means to rival you, 我仍然希望他已经这样做了,这样他们现在就可以来这儿了. if she were to stay till she should be willing to come, she would stay till you cease to be kind to her, 这, 夫人, is a term for 哪一个 I cannot wait. her distress will be in the moment of parting & I am in hopes Petit will soon be able to lessen it.-我们迫不及待地想知道我们的联邦代表大会在做什么. I have no news from America later than the 27th. 4月. nor is there any thing here worth mentioning. the death of mr̃ Saint James & M的飞行. de Calonnes are perhaps known to you.1 a letter of M. de 的Mirabeau to the K. of Prussia is handed about by the Colporteurs.2 我将尽力找机会把它寄给亚当斯先生.你对我女儿的好意,我将由上校转达o. Smith when he returns or some other good opportunity. 我荣幸地怀着对您的善良的感激之情和对您的崇敬之情r. 夫人 your most obedt. 卑微的爵士t

Th杰斐逊

RC (亚当斯的论文); addressed: “Mrs. 亚当斯 / London”; internal address: “Mrs. 亚当斯.”; endorsed: “mr Jefferson july 10 / 1787.”

1.

Claude Baudard, Baron de St. James (1738–1787), 是法国海军的财政部长,还是在银行业有着巨大利益的富商, 航运, 矿业, and manufacturing. 在1月, 然而, he was bankrupt, 哪一个, 反过来, contributed to the country's growing fiscal crisis. 他因涉嫌在担任财政部长期间行为不当而受到皇家委员会的调查, but the charges were later dropped. He died on 3 July, 致使一家伦敦报纸推测他的死亡是由于他的财政破产而加速的. F. 波什, French Finances 1770–1795: From Business to Bureaucracy, Cambridge, Eng., 1970, p. 96, 185–186; Morning Chronicle and London Advertiser,七月十六日).

Charles Alexandre de Calonne's dismissal 113as minister of finance on 8 April led to criminal charges, causing him to flee to The Hague and later to England (沙马, 公民 , p. 245–246; J. F. 波什, The French Revolution, N.Y., 1988, p. 110; 杰佛逊, AA7月16日下面的,).

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Honoré Gabriel Riquetti, Comte de 的Mirabeau (1749–1791), a French statesman and writer, 1786年前往普鲁士宫廷执行秘密外交任务. 在那里,他会见了腓特烈大帝和腓特烈威廉二世的各种顾问,但最终未能获得他们的帮助,未能实现普法联盟. 的的Mirabeau的 1 .法国 - (Letter presented to Frederick William II, King of Prussia, on the day of his accession to the throne), 一篇利记APP官网手机版新君主对臣民义务的长篇文章, was first published in Berlin in 1787 (Barbara Luttrell, 的Mirabeau, N.Y., 1990, p. 80–83; Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de 的Mirabeau, Secret Memoirs of the Court of Berlin, rpt. 经济日报., Washington, D.C., 1901, p. ix–xiii, 349).