Papers of John Adams, Volume 16 - February 1784 ′ March 1785

Erscheinungsjahr 2012
ISBN: 978-0-674-06557-4
Verlag: Harvard University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 24, 704 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 252 mm, Gewicht: 1666 g

Reihe: Adams Papers

“Once more after an Interruption of ten Years, I pronounce myself a happy Man, and pray Heaven to continue me so.” Thus wrote John Adams in late August 1784 after the arrival in Europe of his wife Abigail and daughter Nabby. Adams and his family were living together in the pleasant Paris suburb of Auteuil. There Adams, with Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, formed a joint commission to conclude commercial treaties with the nations of Europe and North Africa. For the first time since he had left America in 1778 on his first diplomatic mission, Adams was no longer engaged in “militia diplomacy.” Volume 16 of the Papers of John Adams chronicles fourteen months of Adams’ diplomatic career. As minister to the Netherlands he raised a new Dutch loan to save America from financial ruin. As joint commissioner he negotiated a commercial treaty with Prussia, proposed similar treaties with other European nations, and prepared to negotiate with the Barbary states. The commissioners also sought to resolve Anglo-American differences left over from the peace negotiations and arising from the two nations’ burgeoning trade. Volume 16 thus forms a prelude to the next phase of John Adams’ diplomatic career, for his February 1785 appointment as minister to the Court of St. James meant that the management of Anglo-American relations would be his responsibility alone.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Adams, John

Lint, Gregg L.

Taylor, C. James

Karachuk, Robert F.

Woodward, Hobson

Hogan, Margaret A.

Millikan, Neal E.

Sikes, Sara B.

Martin, Sara

Georgini, Sara

Norton, Amanda Mathews

Connolly, James T.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politikerbiographien
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein Biographien & Autobiographien: Historisch, Politisch, Militärisch
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Taylor, C. James
C. James Taylor is former Editor in Chief of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Hogan, Margaret A.
Margaret A. Hogan is an independent scholar and former editor of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Woodward, Hobson
Hobson Woodward is Series Editor for the Adams Family Correspondence of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Lint, Gregg L.
Gregg L. Lint is Series Editor for the Papers of John Adams of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Sikes, Sara B.
Sara B. Sikes is Scholarly Communications Design Studio Coordinator at the University of Connecticut and former Associate Editor for Digital Projects of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Millikan, Neal E.
Neal E. Millikan is Series Editor for Digital Editions of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Georgini, Sara
Sara Georgini is Series Editor for the Papers of John Adams of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Norton, Amanda Mathews
Amanda M. Norton (née Amanda A. Mathews) is Digital Production Editor for the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.

Martin, Sara
Sara Martin is Editor in Chief of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society.