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John Quincy Adams, Washington, D.C., letter to James Madison :

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Description
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).
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date
1819 June 1.
Call number
mssHM 23012
Creator
Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased from Anderson Galleries, 26-2, Henry F. De Puy sale, November 1919.
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Madison, James, (1751-1836,)
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