Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 to Miss Anna McKnight
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00209 Author/Creator: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph manuscript signed Date: 03 February 1829 Pagination: 1 p. ; 20 x 16 cm. Order a Copy
A poem in which he expresses his attachment to her and asks her to consider him a true and honest friend: "My pulses, mix'd emotions blend, unchang'd by wind or weather. Of lover-brother-father-friend, to take them all together." Adams was President of the United States from 1825 until March 1829.
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