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Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) to Thomas B. Adams re: travel plans to meet brother in Frankfort

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07561 Author/Creator: Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) Place Written: Elizabethtown [New Jersey] Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1803/10/13 Pagination: 1 p. 23 x 19 cm Order a Copy

Adams writes that he shall not arrive in Frankfort until 2 days hence as "my luck ... has been so untoward since I began this journey that I can reckon upon nothing as to time -- for one accident after another has delayed us to such a degree that my patience is almost exhausted."

Adams, Thomas Boylston, 1772-1832
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

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