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OverviewThe American victory at Yorktown in October 1781 and the fall of Lord North's ministry in March 1782 opened the possibility that John Adams might soon be involved in negotiations to end the war for American independence. To prepare for the occasion, Adams and Benjamin Franklin discussed in their letters the fundamentals for peace. Adams made it clear to the British government that there would be no negotiations without British recognition of the United States as independent and sovereign. This volume chronicles Adams's efforts, against great odds, to achieve formal recognition of the new United States. The documents include his vigorous response to criticism of his seemingly unorthodox methods by those who would have preferred that he pursue a different course, including Congress's newly appointed secretary for foreign affairs, Robert R. Livingston. In April 1782 the Netherlands recognized the United States and admitted John Adams as its minister. For Adams it was ""the most Signal Epocha, in the History of a Century,"" and he would forever see it as the foremost achievement of his diplomatic career. The volume ends with Adams, at long last a full-fledged member of the diplomatic corps, describing his reception by the States General and his audiences with the Prince and Princess of Orange. Full Product DetailsAuthor: John Adams , Gregg L. Lint , Richard Alan Ryerson , Anne Decker CecerePublisher: Harvard University Press Imprint: The Belknap Press Dimensions: Width: 16.50cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 24.80cm Weight: 1.388kg ISBN: 9780674012813ISBN 10: 067401281 Pages: 576 Publication Date: 30 June 2004 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Awaiting stock  The supplier is currently out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out for you. Table of ContentsReviewsThese volumes [11 and 12] are elegantly produced and contain many helpful features...No reference library of note should be without a complete set of the Papers of John Adams , and no historian of the American Revolution in general, or the diplomacy of this era in particular, should fail to use these volumes extensively. -- David B. Mattern New England Quarterly (09/01/2005) Author InformationGregg L. Lint is Series Editor for the Papers of John Adams of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society. C. James Taylor is former Editor in Chief of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society. Margaret A. Hogan is an independent scholar and former editor of the Adams Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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