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Letters of John Quincy Adams to Edward Livingston, Grand High Priest of the General Grand Royal Arch chapter of the United States, and late Secretary of State of the said states
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John Quincy Adams, Berlin, letter to Elbridge Gerry :
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Regarding U.S. relations with France and Gerry's special diplomatic commission there (along with Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and John Marshall); letter also discusses the new decree against neutral navigation and commerce and U.S. relations with Great Britain. Endorsed by Gerry.
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John Quincy Adams, The Hague, letter to Jean Luzac :
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Regarding the recent U.S. presidential election of 1796; is sending a copy of President Washington's recent speech to Congress. Discusses the seizing of American ships by the French Directory.
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John Quincy Adams, Washington, D.C., letter to James Madison :
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The Italian sculptor Pietro (Peter) Cardelli is making busts of U.S. presidents; Adams requests permission from Madison for Cardelli to visit him at Montpelier to take the model of his bust. Letter is incomplete, cut off below first paragraph (see published version in Founders Online, National Archives for complete text).
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John Quincy Adams, Washington, D.C., letter to James Madison :
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Requesting information about Alexander Hamilton's plan of government read by him as a speech at the Constitutional Convention, 1787; would like to know the date of the speech and the question or subject in the debate which gave occasion to it; speech is to be published with the Journal of the Convention. Letter is incomplete, cut off below first paragraph (see published version in Founders Online, National Archives for complete text).
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