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Adams, John, 1735-1826 To: Hezekiah Niles.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03999 Author/Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826 Place Written: Quincy, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1817/06 Pagination: 2 p. : +engraving. Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Enclosure of papers for publication in Nile's Weekly Register. Adams mentions a letter of Washington's which may have been lost in the burning of Washington, D.C. and warning "Conclude not, from this that my papers are of any great value."

Adams, John, 1735-1826
Niles, Hezekiah, 1777-1839

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