Excerpt from Francis Adrian Van Der Kemp 1752-1829: An Autobiography Together With Extracts From His Correspondence Of Mr. Van der Kemp's papers but few re main. All documents relating to his public work in Holland were sent by him from Kings ton to his friend jan jacob Cau, about 1790, and cannot now be traced. Letters from his correspondents in Europe and America during his life in the New World, with the exception of some from jefi'erson and Clinton1 and more than a hundred from john Adams2 were for the most part returned or destroyed. Of let ters written by van der Kemp himself, a great number were addressed to Adams, which Mr. In possession of the Buffalo Historical Society. Presented by Mrs. Bernard Henry. In possession of the Pennsylvania Historical Society. Presented by Mrs. Bernard Henry. Charles Francis Adams has kindly allowed to be consulted. From these letters and from certain others to Dewitt Clinton,1 to Luzac, and to Peter Vreede, extracts have been taken - and in some cases made more concise which add to the slender material for the story of his life beyond what he himself has recorded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.