John Adams to John Quincy Adams, May 30, 1781

Amsterdam May 30. 1781

My dear John

If there are any extraordinary Productions of Nature or Art, exhibited, at the Fair of
Leyden, write me an Account and a description of them, and insert them in your Journal. 1

There were so many Rarities, at the Fair of Amsterdam, that I think these Fairs worth
seeing. A Youth may store his Mind with many new Ideas, and with many usefull Reflections by
attending to these Things. To open your Views and enlarge your Ideas of Nature, you ought not
to neglect any innocent Opportunity.

J. Adams