Letters of delegates to Congress, 1774-1789, Volume 11, October 1 1778-January 31 1779

Delegates to Congress . Letters of delegates to Congress, 1774-1789, Volume 11, October 1 1778-January 31 1779
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Samuel Holten's Diary

[October 30-31, 1778]

30. Friday. This day Congress published a manifesto & ordered it to be sent to our enemies.(1) The weather is worse.

31. Saturday. Congress received a packet of letters from France, but there is nothing material.(2)

Note: MS (MDaAr).

1 For this manifesto denouncing "our enemies' . . . present career of barbarity" and threatening "exemplary vengeance, as shall deter others from a like conduct," see JCC, 12:1080-82; and Gouverneur Morris to Robert R. Livingston, August 17, 1778, note 4.

2 The journals record that this day Congress read and referred to the Committee of Intelligence a letter from John Adams of August 12. JCC, 12:1084. The letter is not in PCC, but a copy of it is in Adams' letterbook, MHi.