Dear Sir,

FROM JOHN ADAMS TO JOHN JAY.

Bath Hotel, London, March 26, 1788.

I have only time to introduce to you Colonel Smith, and to request in his behalf the honor of your friendship. His conduct in every part of Europe where he has been, I have good reason to believe, has done honor to himself, and given a favorable idea of his country.

His honor and interest, as well as those of his family, are very dear to me, and I wish he may be employed in some station or other in which his talents and address may be useful to his country. As I have so many reasons to value your friendship to me, I naturally wish you to extend it to him and his. He is able to give you a very intelligent account of affairs in this country, and the rest of Europe; and to him I must refer, having only time to subscribe, with much affection, your friend,

JOHN ADAMS.

FROM JOHN JAY TO JOHN ADAMS.

Dear Sir,

New York, February 14, 1788.

As this letter will go by the way of Ireland, and may be exposed to accidents in the course of its route, I decline entering into particulars; but as the long recess of Congress, who are now again convened, makes it necessary that the enclosed letters of recall should be transmitted without delay, I think it best to send one set by this conveyance, and to forward duplicates by another vessel, which will sail about the last of the month for Bristol. Your letters by the packet are come to hand, and shall be particularly noticed in my next, which will go under cover to a friend, with directions to him what to do with it in case you should have left England before its arrival.

Massachusetts has adopted the proposed constitution by a majority of nineteen.

I am, dear sir, &c.,

VOL. II.-53

JOHN JAY

FROM JOHN ADAMS TO JOHN JAY.

Braintree, October 11, 1788..

Dear Sir,

The multiplied cares attending the removal of a family from one country to another, and beginning a new course of life, or resuming an old one after an interruption of fourteen years, must be my apology (if any apology is necessary) for, having omitted, till this time, to solicit the final settlement of my accounts with the United States.

As Mr. Barclay has, for many years, had the examination of the accounts of all the Ministers abroad, and of mine in particular, until my removal to England, I wish to be informed whether it is the intention of Congress that I should transmit the remainder of my accounts to that gentleman, or any other, for a similar examination, or to the Board of Treasury, or to Congress immediately.

Let me request of you, sir, to lay this letter before that honorable Assembly, and to transmit me their commands, which shall be obeyed as soon as possible.