Manuscripts

John Quincy Adams, St. Petersburg, letter to James Madison

Description: 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)
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1811 January 7
Call number: mssShapiro
Creator: Shapiro, L. Dennis(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: On deposit from L. Dennis and Susan R. Shapiro, December 2019, September 2020, and January 2021.; Gift of Susan R. Shapiro, January 2022.; Gift of Susan R. Shapiro, February 2022.; Gift of Susan R. Shapiro, January 2023.

John Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to James Madison

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Autograph letter signed. Regarding son John Quincy Adams, War of 1812. (2 pages)

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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."

mssHM 23014

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John Quincy Adams, St. Petersburg, letter to Jonathan Russell, Paris

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Letter signed. Postscript in hand of Adams. Regarding American vessels, navigation. (2 pages)

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Louisa Catherine Adams, Quincy, Massachusetts, letter to Mary Catherine Hellen Adams?

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Autograph letter signed. Letter expressing concern about the perversion of the late John Quincy Adams' opinions by members of Congress; states that John Quincy Adams detested the idea of a military president, Mexican-American War. (4 pages) Likely recipient of letter identified by Judith Graham, Series Editor of the Louisa Catherine Adams Papers, 2009.

mssShapiro

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John Quincy Adams, St. Petersburg, Russia, letter to John Armstrong :

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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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John Quincy Adams note to a member of the Select Committee on the Smithsonian

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Autograph letter. Requesting meeting of the members of the Select Committee on the Smithsonian. With added note of Simon Brown attesting to handwriting of John Quincy Adams, 1855. (1 page)

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John Quincy Adams, St. Petersburg, letter to James Madison

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