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John Quincy Adams, St. Petersburg, Russia, letter to James Madison :
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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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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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He is enclosing a letter for Bourne to forward to Mr. Flurris at Amsterdam; Adams is leaving soon for Gothenburg, discusses his route.
mssHM 28559
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Autograph letter signed. Partly in diplomatic cipher. Regarding Abigail Adams' request to Madison for John Quincy Adams' recall from Minister to Russia post. (4 pages)
mssShapiro
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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).
mssHM 23011
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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).
mssHM 23012
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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.
mssHM 26329