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67. ADAMS (John), Departure from Europe.—

I learn with real pain the resolution
you have taken of quitting Europe. Your presence
on this side the Atlantic gave me a confidence
that, if any difficulties should arise
within my department, I should always have one
to advise with on whose counsels I could rely.
I shall now feel bewidowed. I do not wonder
at your being tired out by the conduct of the
court you are at.—
To John Adams. Washington ed. ii, 127.
(P. 1787)