Request for Preparation of Documents Recalling John Quincy Adams from Foreign Service
Item
Type
Letterbook
Title
Request for Preparation of Documents Recalling John Quincy Adams from Foreign Service
Description
Asks the Secretary of State to prepare appropriate letters to the King of Prussia recalling John Quincy Adams as minister to that country and thank him for the kind treatment the younger Adams has received. Asks that several copies be sent through different nations; notes that he would prefer J.Q. Adams to continue as a European minister, but the only acceptable posts (as minister to France or England) are either unsuited to him or unavailable, hence the decision to bring him home.
year created
1801
month created
01
day created
31
author
sent from location
Washington
recipient
in collection
in publication
in image
note
2 COLLECTIONS: one with photocopy images, one without images.
notable person/group
John Marhsall
John Adams
King of Prussia
John Quincy Adams
minister plenipotentiary
Rufus King
notable location
Washington
Prussia
Hamburg
Holland
France
England
Bremen
Europe
St. James
notable item/thing
recall
thanks
forms
minister
document number
1801013140001
transcription
Dear Sir
I request you would cause to be prepared letters for me to you, to the king of Prussia, recalling Mr. John Quincy Adams, as Minister plenipotentiary from his land. You may express the thanks fo the President to his Majesty for the obliging reception & kind treatment this minister has Strike-through text met with Strike-through text at his court & may throw the letter into the form of leave to return to the United States. You will look into the forms in your office of former instances of recalls. I wish you to make out one letter to go by the way of Hamburgh -- another by Holland a third by France a fourth through Mr. King in England & a fifth if you please by the way of [undecipherable] or any other channel most likely to convey it soon. It is my opinion this minister ought to be recalled from Prussia[?]. Justice would require that he should be sent to France or England if he should be continued in Europe. The [undecipherable] to St. James's is perfectly well filled by Mr. King -- that to France is no doubt destined for some other character. Besides it is my opinino that it is my duty to call him home.
With great regard, I am Sir your most obed. sert
Washington Jan 21 1801
Secretary of State
I request you would cause to be prepared letters for me to you, to the king of Prussia, recalling Mr. John Quincy Adams, as Minister plenipotentiary from his land. You may express the thanks fo the President to his Majesty for the obliging reception & kind treatment this minister has Strike-through text met with Strike-through text at his court & may throw the letter into the form of leave to return to the United States. You will look into the forms in your office of former instances of recalls. I wish you to make out one letter to go by the way of Hamburgh -- another by Holland a third by France a fourth through Mr. King in England & a fifth if you please by the way of [undecipherable] or any other channel most likely to convey it soon. It is my opinion this minister ought to be recalled from Prussia[?]. Justice would require that he should be sent to France or England if he should be continued in Europe. The [undecipherable] to St. James's is perfectly well filled by Mr. King -- that to France is no doubt destined for some other character. Besides it is my opinino that it is my duty to call him home.
With great regard, I am Sir your most obed. sert
Washington Jan 21 1801
Secretary of State
Item sets
Document instances
| In image | In source | Location in source | |
|---|---|---|---|
| [view document] (1 pages) | IDB21 (1 pages) | Collection: John Adams Papers | R: 120 |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Collection: Printed Versions | [unknown] |
| [view document] (0 pages) | [no image] | Publication: The Works of John Adams | [unknown] |
Document names
| Type | Name | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Author | John Adams | Washington | [n/a] |
| Recipient | John Marshall | [unknown] | [n/a] |