Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 to James Bridge
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00958.03 Author/Creator: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 Place Written: Braintree, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 25, 1789 Pagination: 2 p. : address; 20 x 15 cm. Order a Copy
Adams describes acting like a recluse, spending most of his time in study. He praises the fourth volume of Edward Gibbon's "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." Adams asks that if Bridge sees a mutual friend, Stacey, to ask him to return Adams' copy of a work by Henry St. John Bolingbroke. He also asks Bridge to retrieve Adams' copies of Saunderson's Algebra and four volumes of Busson's works in French.
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