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Adams, John, 1735-1826 to Thomas Boylston Adams

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01204 Author/Creator: Adams, John, 1735-1826 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: January 2, 1801 Pagination: 2 p. + docket 26 x 20 cm Order a Copy

Docketed on p. 4. Written as President to his son about the Convention with France which averted war. Adams quotes from jurist Vattell and mentions Grotius and Puffendorf.

Adams, Thomas Boylston, 1772-1832
Adams, John, 1735-1826
de Vattell, Emer, 1714-1767
Grotius, Hugo, 1583-1645
von Pufendorf, Samuel, 1632-1694

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