Adams, John, 1735-1826 to Benjamin Rush
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00747 Author/Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826 Place Written: Quincy, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: December 4, 1805 Pagination: 3 p. : address ; Height: 23 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
John Adams writes concerning his and George Washington's administrations by referring to those "melancholly books" such as "Tully's Memoirs" and "Cicero's Life" from which he compares the first and second triumvirates to Hamilton's "Schemes, to get rid of Washington, Adams, Jay and Jefferson, and monopolise all power to him Self."
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