John Adams said...

To meet the temper with which this proposal was made with a cold repulse was not thought congenial to that warm interest...

I now transmit to the House a report from the Secretary of State, with the correspondence and information requested by t...

But objects of the highest importance, not only to the future welfare of the whole human race, but bearing directly upon...

The acceptance of this invitation, therefore, far from conflicting with the counsel or the policy of Washington, is dire...