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Minister to Britain John Adams was unable to enforce the peace treaty of 1783 and renew Anglo-American commerce. But he saved U.S. credit, petitioned to release impressed sailors, saw the Prussian-American treaty ratified, and laid the groundwork for negotiations with the Barbary States.

Volume 18 of the Papers of John Adams chronicles John Adams¿ tenure as minister to Great Britain and his joint commission, with Jefferson, to negotiate treaties with Europe and North Africa. Adams found it impossible to do ¿any Thing Satisfactory¿ with Britain, and the volume ends with his decision to resign his posts.