Adams, John, 1735-1826 to John [Jean] Luzac re: America should maintain neutrality
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02294 Author/Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826 Place Written: Quincy, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1793/10/02 Pagination: 2 p. + addr 25 x 21 cm Order a Copy
Written as Vice President, recommending Tobias Lear, former secretary to President George Washington. "This country is too happy in the enjoyment of that Liberty which cost them so dear to risque it, by medling in foreign wars." Luzac, a distinguished lawyer, philologist and journalist, was "Professor of Grecian Literature in the University of Leyden." Written on front of leaves only, with integral address leaf.
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