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Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 to Robert M. Patterson re: thanks for new electrotype, improving art of coining

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04990 Author/Creator: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 1842/08/29 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 25.4 cm, Width: 20.4 cm Order a Copy

Brief thank-you note, written in a shaky hand.

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Patterson, Robert, 1792-1881

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