John Adams and John Jay received each an equal number of votes.

The result was the appointment of M.Jay as Minster to Spain, and of John Adams as Minister to the Court of St.James.He was instructed to insist on the independence of the United States.
The younger Adams again attended the Diplomatist.

They embarked in the French frigate La Sensible, on the 17th of November, 1779.
The frigate sprang a leak, and was obliged to put into the port nearest at hand, which proved to be Ferrol in Spain.

They disembarked on the 11th of December, and traversed the intervening distance to Paris over land, a journey of a thousand miles.

This journey was performed through the mountains on mules.