Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 to Roscoe G. Greene re: Grey's Elegy, the Constitution
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02847 Author/Creator: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1840/03/04 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 26 cm, Width: 21 cm Order a Copy
Adams comments at length upon punctuation in Grey's "Elegy in a Churchyard" (and the powers of Congress as limited or expanded by a semi-colon in the Constitution. He also writes that "No land of slavery could ever have produced Grey's Elegy."
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