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John Quincy Adams, Washington, D.C., letter to James Madison :
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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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John Quincy Adams, St. Petersburg, Russia, letter to James Madison :
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Letter written while Adams was serving as minister to Russia. He discusses his inability to return to the United States to accept the nomination for justice of the Supreme Court, and the possibility that Madison has already sent his replacement to Russia in anticipation of Adams' leaving his post. Adams also mentions the recent birth of his daughter. Letter marked "private."
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John Quincy Adams, Washington, D.C., letter to John Gorham Palfrey :
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Adams reports that he still has not finished his article on China for the North American Review; he is too busy in Congress and preparing for a U.S. Supreme Court case, most likely United States v. The Amistad.
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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.
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John Quincy Adams et al, Washington, D.C. to Bishop John Hughes :
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Invitation to Bishop Hughes from members of Congress to preach in the Hall of the House of Representatives on Sunday, December 12, 1847. Signed by John Quincy Adams; includes 54 signatures.
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John Quincy Adams, Department of State, Washington, D.C., letter to John Scott, Thomas Hart Benton, David Barton, Washington, D.C. :
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Informing the recipients that the following newspapers in Missouri--the Independent Patriot at Jackson, the Missouri Intelligence at Franklin, and the Missouri Gazette and Public Advertiser at St. Louis--had been selected to publish the acts of the second session of the 16th Congress.
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