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John Adams, Philadelphia, letter to Elbridge Gerry :

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Description: Letter to Gerry, recently appointed to a special diplomatic commission to France, in which Adams lists several objections and opinions previously expressed by others to Gerry's appointment. Adams also expresses his wish for peace with France but also his concerns with fidelity to the public and U.S. self-defense; he also discusses the character of General John Marshall. Letter is endorsed by Gerry.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1797 July 17.
Call number: mssHM 22828
Creator: Adams, John (1735-1826)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of December 1936.

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.

mssHM 22837

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John Adams, Auteuil, France, letter to Elbridge Gerry :

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Letter regarding the state of current negotiations in Paris; money furnished to the U.S. by France and Holland; the foreign and domestic debt of the U.S. and the country's credit abroad; relations with England and Spain; and the need for ministers and ambassadors in Europe, which Adams considers a necessary expense.

mssHM 22793

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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

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John Quincy Adams, St. Petersburg, Russia, letter to John Armstrong :

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Letter from Adams as the newly appointed U.S. minister to Russia to the current U.S. minister to France. Adams discusses the need for a cipher for secure correspondence, his journey to Russia and his reception there, intelligence received regarding France and Napoleon since arriving, and the desire to communicate with the secretary of state and others in the United States.

mssHM 22922

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John Adams, Philadelphia, letter to Joseph Palmer :

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Adams writes from Philadelphia, "I believe no assembly ever had more extensive and complicated objects before them than our Congress. We shall be united." He discusses the two bearers of the letter, Aquilla Hall and Josias Carvill Hall of Maryland, "two young military adventurers" (probably Aquila Hall, Jr. and Josias Carvil Hall, two signers of the 1775 Bush Declaration of support for Boston and freedom).

mssHM 25026

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John Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to Richard Rush :

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Letter expressing Adams' views on aristocracy as natural, that inequalities of influence exist in nature, must be levelled by law; also discusses the "privileged order of beauty" and the example of Emma, Lady Hamilton. Item is bound with an engraved portrait of Adams and an auction or sale advertisement of the Adams letter.

mssHM 21696

John Adams, Philadelphia, letter to Elbridge Gerry :

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