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Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 to Sylvanus Bourne re: news of the Jay Treaty, just signed

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01539 Author/Creator: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 Place Written: The Hague Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1794/12/02 Pagination: 1 p. + addr. 24 x 19 cm Order a Copy

Written as United States consul to the Hague, to the American Vice Consul in Amsterdam. Adams quotes portions of the treaty and asks that the extract not be published. Docketed on address leaf.

Bourne, Sylvanus, 1761-1817
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

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