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Manuscripts
John Quincy Adams, St. Petersburg, Russia, letter to Sylvanus Bourne :
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Manuscripts
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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 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."
mssHM 23014
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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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Adams mentions the rumor that George Washington will most likely be declining a third term as president and that sources suggest Thomas Jefferson for president and R.R. Livingston for vice president. Wondering if possible to remove double tonnage paid to admiralty or higher duties paid to the Council of the Colonies.
mssHM 20320
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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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Autograph letter signed. Regarding the fallout of the XYZ affair, the deteriorating relationship with France, resolutions, attack on Bourne in Porcupine's Gazette. (1 page and addressed cover)
mssShapiro
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Regarding the recent U.S. presidential election of 1796; is sending a copy of President Washington's recent speech to Congress. Discusses the seizing of American ships by the French Directory.
mssHM 22839