Episode 3 of 5
Loan of Five Million Guilders
- When
- June 11, 1782
- Where
- Site of the loan negotiation
On June 11, 1782, aided by Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Adams negotiated a loan of five million guilders for the American government.
With the aid of the Dutch Patriotten leader Joan van der Capellen tot den Pol, Adams negotiated a loan of five million guilders on June 11, 1782. The legacy row attributes the financing to Nicolaas van Staphorst and Wilhelm Willink, but no supplied passage names them, so that attribution is omitted here. The loan secured Dutch financing for the American government during the Revolutionary War.
Sources
- John Adams Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-27
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