Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848. John Quincy Adams papers, 1796-1848, 1820-1848 (bulk).
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John Quincy Adams papers, 1796-1848, 1820-1848 (bulk).
The papers consist of various letters, documents, and manuscripts, either written by or signed by Adams, or both, as well as an engraved portrait of Adams. Most of the items date from before or after Adams's presidency, with a number of the items dating from his years as Secretary of State. The collection consists of two manuscripts, an Address to his "Friends and fellow citizens of the County of Norfolk," Massachusetts, dated October 24, 1843, and an Address at the laying of the cornerstone of the Cincinnati Observatory, dated 1848; seven documents, including a passport for Joseph Heatly Dulles, dated April 6, 1822, a copyright claim of William B. Fowle, dated February 28, 1823, and one of John Trumbull, dated 1820, a letter of patent, dated April 11, 1825, and signed also by Henry Clay and William Wirt, a sailing permit to Hiram Covele, commander of the Alliance, dated October 25, 1828, and signed also by Henry Clay, notes on the Josiah Hooker Trust, dated October 17, 1831, and two resolutions concerning slavery, dated 1844; 21 letters, mostly ALSs, with some LSs and ALs, dating from 1796-1843; and a signed engraved portrait. Correspondents include Charles Francis Adams, John Quincy Adams's son, Barbara O'Sullivan Addicks, Messrs. Baring Brothers & Company, Joseph Blunt, Tristram Burges, Richard Forrest, Henry Gassett, Rufus King, General Lafayette, and his son, George Washington Lafayette, Walter Leake, Govenor of Mississippi, Charles Edward Lester, Jan Luzac, Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan, Chandler Price, Thomas J. Rogers, Samuel Sprigg, Smith Thompson, and John Trumbull.
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