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Manuscripts
John Adams, Philadelphia, letter to Abigail Adams, Braintree, Massachusetts :
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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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Manuscripts
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.
mssHM 22828
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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
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Regarding a case argued by John Adams in 1777 in favor of Colonel Elisha Doane and Shearjashub Bourne in maritime court in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, before Judge Brackett.
mssHM 26328
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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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Introducing William Dandridge Peck, Professor of Natural History, who is traveling to Europe. Adams discusses the 1779 Constitution of Massachusetts 1779 and the clause inserted by him that the legislature has the duty to encourage science and natural history. He also mentions Professor Peck's publications, and mutual friends of Adams and Luzac. Adams laments the cutting off of communications between himself and Luzac and between the U.S. and Europe in recent years. Letter is addressed to John Luzac.
mssHM 22905
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An autograph, signed draft letter from Thomas Adams to Granville Sharp; the letter is a retained copy, heavily corrected and annotated. An extensive letter which covers multiple topics including the militia, legal matters, political business, estate business (Adams lists the many trees he has planted on his Eshott Hall estate), and the African Prince John Henry Granville Naimbanna, who died in 1793.
mssHM 83693