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- GLC#
- GLC01540
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- August 4, 1812
- Author/Creator
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
- Title
- to George Joy
- Place Written
- St. Petersburg, Russia
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 23 cm, Width: 19 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Discusses some political pamphlets that dealt with the 1807 British naval attack by the ship Leopold against the Chesapeake, an American ship, and its consequences for the War of 1812. Adams was then the United States Ambassador to Russia. Joy, who lived in London, was an advocate for the Americans during the War of 1812.
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