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^ "To John Adams from Daniel Roberdeau, 28 November 1777". Adams Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society. Retrieved May 10, 2020. I congratulate you or rather my Country in the choice of you this day as a Commissioner to France for the united States, in lieu of Mr. Dean who is recalled.

^ United States. Continental Congress; Ford, Worthington Chauncey; Hunt, Gaillard; Fitzpatrick, John Clement; Hill, Roscoe R.; Harris, Kenneth E.; Tilley, Steven D.; Library of Congress. Manuscript Division (1904). Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789. University of California Libraries. Washington: U.S. Govt. print off. p. 975. Retrieved May 10, 2020. Congress proceeded to the election of a commissioner to the Court of France in the room of S. Deane, Esqr. and, the ballots being taken, John Adams, a delegate in Congress from Massachusetts bay, was elected.

^ Jump up to: a b McCullough 2001, p. 599.

^ Jump up to: a b Ferling 1992, p. 11.

^ Ferling 1992, p. 317.

^ Jump up to: a b McCullough 2001, pp. 29–30.

^ Ferling 1992, pp. 11–14.

^ Ferling 1992, pp. 12–14.

^ Kirtley 1910, p. 366.

