An Amusing Letter From John Adams To Congress

An Amusing Letter From John Adams To Congress

J. Adams to the President of Congress.^*

[Note *: * MSS. Dep. of State; 3 Sparks' Dip. Rev. Corr., 285.]

Amsterdam, December 28, 1780.
Sir: The Dutch say that the English are acting the part of the sailor, who, having quarreled with three others as stout as himself and got his bones broken and his eyes beat out in the squabble, challenged four more to fight him at the same time, that he might have it in his power to make up with all seven with honor.