Adams, John, 1735-1826 to Cotton Tufts re: political matters: state debts, excise bill
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03861 Author/Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826 Place Written: New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 12 June 1789 Pagination: 3 p. : docket : Height: 20.1 cm, Width: 16.1 cm Order a Copy
Written as Vice President. In closing, Adams writes "[t]he Note inclosed in your Letter I burned as you directed as soon as I had read it: but not untill it had made too deep an Impression on my heart as well as Memory. -- What shall I do, with that tender hearted Fool?" Adams closes: "When will Mrs. A. come on? I suffer, very much for want of her assistance."
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