FATHER OF THE REVOLUTION SAMUEL ADAMS ON THE CONDUCT OF THE TREATY OF PARIS COMMISSION.ADAMS, SAMUEL. 1722-1803. Autograph Letter Signed ("S. Adams") to Samuel Holten, commissioner on the peace, regarding the Treaty of Paris and defending the commissioners departure from official instructions, 2 pp, bifolium, 230 x 185 mm, Boston, April 18, 1783, docketed verso lower panel, "A letter from the Honorable S. Adams, Apr 18, 1783," light toning to folds, minor repairs along left hand fold.
SAM ADAMS'S DEFENSE OF FRANKLIN, ADAMS AND JAY IN NEGOTIATING THE TREATY OF PARIS. Samuel Adams was an integral player in the Boston Tea Party, and one of the earliest proponents of American liberty. He authored the 1768 Massachusetts Circular Letter issued by the Massachusetts House of Representatives in response to the Townsend Acts, asserting that the Parliament had no right to tax Americans. Thomas Jefferson noted simply, "If there was any Palinurus to the Revolution, Samuel Adams was the man."
By 1783, Adams no longer served in the Continental Congress, but he was still involved in American politics until his death in 1803. In this remarkable letter, he consults with Samuel Holten, who is serving as a commissioner of the peace for the Treaty of Paris. Adams and Holten, along with Arthur Lee who is mentioned here, had previously questioned Franklin's actions as a commissioner in Paris in 1779.
Here, however, Samuel Adams clearly defends the negotiators, who had deviated from their commission in order to obtain the best terms from the British: "...if by departing in any degree from instructions our negotiators have obtained better terms for us, than they could by a strict adherence to them they deserve the thanks and not the censure of the publick. The people at large are and I hope always will be inquisitive – they can have no views but the publick good, and when they are enlightened as they ought to be, they generally form a sound judgement. When ever the secret history of the United States shall be published to the world, as undoubtedly sooner or later it will be, the people will honor the men who have eminently served them in the cabinet & in the field, and the more for their perseverance thro' embarassments and obstructions laid in their way."
Adams continues with comments on the Treaty, in particular the fifth article which provided for individual states to deal with the restoration of confiscated property to loyalists, noting that Congress's role is simply advisory. And having done so, it is left to the states "to admit all, any or none of the refugees as they shall judge consistent with their own safety."
Thomas Jefferson further noted of Adams that he was "so rigorously logical, so clear in his views, abundant in good sense, and master always of his subject that he commanded the most profound attention." In this letter to peace commissioner Holten, Adams offers sage advice and his good sense on the commissioners' actions on the Treaty of Paris.
FATHER OF THE REVOLUTION SAMUEL ADAMS ON THE CONDUCT OF THE TREATY OF PARIS COMMISSION.ADAMS, SAMUEL. 1722-1803. Autograph Letter Signed ("S. Adams") to Samuel Holten, commissioner on the peace, regarding the Treaty of Paris and defending the commissioners departure from official instructions, 2 pp, bifolium, 230 x 185 mm, Boston, April 18, 1783, docketed verso lower panel, "A letter from the Honorable S. Adams, Apr 18, 1783," light toning to folds, minor repairs along left hand fold.
SAM ADAMS'S DEFENSE OF FRANKLIN, ADAMS AND JAY IN NEGOTIATING THE TREATY OF PARIS. Samuel Adams was an integral player in the Boston Tea Party, and one of the earliest proponents of American liberty. He authored the 1768 Massachusetts Circular Letter issued by the Massachusetts House of Representatives in response to the Townsend Acts, asserting that the Parliament had no right to tax Americans. Thomas Jefferson noted simply, "If there was any Palinurus to the Revolution, Samuel Adams was the man."
By 1783, Adams no longer served in the Continental Congress, but he was still involved in American politics until his death in 1803. In this remarkable letter, he consults with Samuel Holten, who is serving as a commissioner of the peace for the Treaty of Paris. Adams and Holten, along with Arthur Lee who is mentioned here, had previously questioned Franklin's actions as a commissioner in Paris in 1779.
Here, however, Samuel Adams clearly defends the negotiators, who had deviated from their commission in order to obtain the best terms from the British: "...if by departing in any degree from instructions our negotiators have obtained better terms for us, than they could by a strict adherence to them they deserve the thanks and not the censure of the publick. The people at large are and I hope always will be inquisitive – they can have no views but the publick good, and when they are enlightened as they ought to be, they generally form a sound judgement. When ever the secret history of the United States shall be published to the world, as undoubtedly sooner or later it will be, the people will honor the men who have eminently served them in the cabinet & in the field, and the more for their perseverance thro' embarassments and obstructions laid in their way."
Adams continues with comments on the Treaty, in particular the fifth article which provided for individual states to deal with the restoration of confiscated property to loyalists, noting that Congress's role is simply advisory. And having done so, it is left to the states "to admit all, any or none of the refugees as they shall judge consistent with their own safety."
Thomas Jefferson further noted of Adams that he was "so rigorously logical, so clear in his views, abundant in good sense, and master always of his subject that he commanded the most profound attention." In this letter to peace commissioner Holten, Adams offers sage advice and his good sense on the commissioners' actions on the Treaty of Paris.
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