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Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 to Sylvanus Bourne

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01539 Author/Creator: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 Place Written: The Hague Type: Autograph letter signed Date: December 2, 1794 Pagination: 1 p. : address Height: 24 cm, Width: 19 cm Order a Copy

Letter 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 Adams quotes portions of the treaty and asks that the extract not be published. Also mentions news of the Jay Treaty, which was just signed. Docketed on address leaf.

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

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