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John Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to Richard Rush :
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John Quincy Adams, Washington, D.C., letter to Richard Rush, York, Pennsylvania :
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Letter regarding events in Europe and Great Britain, mentioning Kings George IV and William IV, William Pitt, and French revolutions. Adams offers opinions on the importance of widely diffusing political knowledge in the U.S., the influence of Europe on U.S. politics and policy, and the importance of having an American statesman in Great Britain.
mssHM 23097
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John Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to John Quincy Adams :
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Regarding a case argued by John Adams in 1777 in favor of Colonel Elisha Doane and Shearjashub Bourne in maritime court in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, before Judge Brackett.
mssHM 26328
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Louisa Catherine Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to Mary Catherine Hellen Adams?
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Autograph letter signed. Letter expressing concern about the perversion of the late John Quincy Adams' opinions by members of Congress; states that John Quincy Adams detested the idea of a military president, Mexican-American War. (4 pages) Likely recipient of letter identified by Judith Graham, Series Editor of the Louisa Catherine Adams Papers, 2009.
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John Quincy Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to Richard Rush
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Autograph letter signed. Regarding budget and complaints against Captain Matthews, commander of cutter at Charleston, South Carolina. (1 page)
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John Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to William Wirt :
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Sending publication of a sermon preached in Massachusetts in 1749/50. Written on the same sheet: William Makepeace Thackeray letter to Whitwell Elwin : autograph letter, 1856 January 28 (2 pages), Thackerayana Box 1.
mssHM 15344
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John Adams, Philadelphia, letter to Abigail Adams, Braintree, Massachusetts :
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Letter regarding Adams' extended separation from his family in which he lists the multiple tasks involved in the founding of the new nation. Contemporary copy of a letter that was intercepted by the British.
mssHM 27214