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Robert G Scott to John Adams, September 27, 1824
Richmond September 27th. 1824 Sir On behalf of the Committee of arrangements lately assembled at York town, and by their direction; I have the honour to request the pleasure of…
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Rosseter Cotton to John Adams, September 22, 1824
Plymouth Septr. 22d 1824 Sir Mrs. Quincy was this day in my office looking at the Colony records, and mentioned to Mr. Davis that you would be gratified to see…
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Marie-Joseph-Paul-Yves-Roch-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette to John Adams, September 20, 1824
Newyork September 20h 1824 My dear friend I Have Been Very Happy to See You, and altho’ I Regretted The Shortness of My Visit, and the absence of Your Son,…
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François Adriaan Van der Kemp to John Adams, September 12, 1824
Oldenbarneveld 12 Sept. 1824. My Dear and Respected Friend! Confident, that, after Such a long Silence, a few Letters of an old friend, who allways revered you, and will continue…
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John Adams to James Thacher, September 11, 1824
Quincy 11 Sepr. 1824 Dear Sir I have had read to me, your valuable Journal of your Campaigns in the American revolutionary war, and I have no hesitation in saying,…
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Edward Everett to John Adams, September 8, 1824
Boston, Sept. 8. 1824. Sir, You are hereby informed, that you have been elected < a > an Honorary member of the Bunker Hill Monument Association, incorporated June 7, 1823,…
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Horatio Gates Spafford to John Adams, June 18, 1824
Troy, N.Y., 6 Mo. 18, ’24. My good friend— Thy letter duly came to my family, & I have now the pleasure to acknowledge the receipt of it. I am…
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Henry Bond to John Adams, June 17, 1824
Philada June 17th. 1824 Honored and venerable Sir, presuming no one living to be better acquainted than yourself with that period of our history, to which this discourse cheifly refers,…
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Littleton Dennis Teackle to John Adams, June 12, 1824
Baltimore, 12th: June 1824 Sir, You will probably have seen in the publick prints, that an Association has been formed, to conduct a periodical work on Political Œconomy, with intent…
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John Adams to Anonymous, June 9, 1824
Montezillo June 9th 1824. Dear Sir I have deeply regretted my total incapacity to comply with your flattering request in your two letters but I can no more write a…
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John Adams to Jacob Engelbrecht, June 9, 1824
Montezillo —June 9th. 1824. Dear Sir I have deeply regretted my total incapacity to comply with your flattering request in your two letters. But, I can no more write a…
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Jacob Engelbrecht to John Adams, June 2, 1824
Frederick-Town, Maryland, June 2d, 1824— Honoured Sir, On the 15th. of March last I wrote unto you, requesting the favour of a Letter in your Own Hand writing, which I…
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John Adams to Alexander Coffin, May 31, 1824
Quincy May 31—1824 Dear Sir In answer to your letter I inclose you a letter from a friend in answer to your questions—Dr. Fothergills imagination was a mere fable, the…
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George Hebb to John Adams, May 27, 1824
City of Baltimore May 27th: 1824. Respected Sir. You may have observed by the Boston Patriot of the 18th: Inst: that Henry V. Somerville Esqr. had been selected, as an…
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J.G Swift to John Adams, May 21, 1824
New-York, May 21, 1824. Sir, Believing that the United States Military and Philosophical Society may be considered as dissolved, by reason of a non-compliance with the terms of its constitution…
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Bellamy Storer to John Adams, May 18, 1824
Cincinnati, Ohio. May 18 1824 Sir— The novelty of the occasion that produced the inclosed address, may furnish some apology for its publication, and it is now respectfully submitted to…
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Samuel Wyllys Pomeroy to John Adams, May 15, 1824
City of Washington 15. May 1824. Sir During the many pleasant meetings which I enjoyed, when the board of Trustees of the Massachusts. Agrl. Society were honor’d with your presence…
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Alexander Coffin to John Adams, May 15, 1824
Hudson May 15—1824 Dear Sir Will you Oblidge me, so far as to inform me, the Names of the Seventeen Members of the House of representatives of Massachusets, who rescinded…
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John Cartwright to John Adams, February 29, 1824
London 29th. February 1824 Friend to Freedom! Daily viewing a facsimile of your signature to that most most glorious of all human records—The Declaration of American Independence, which Independence, so…
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Mathew Carey to John Adams, February 26, 1824
Philada. Feb 26. 1824 Dear Sir, I send you by this Mail, & request your acceptance of, some of my recent publications, in the defence of the only true interest…