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Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 [Album autographed by John Quincy Adams and Marquis de Lafayette].

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01826 Author/Creator: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 Place Written: Various Places Type: Autograph manuscript signed Date: 1825 Pagination: 1 v. (3 p. : ) Height: 21 cm, Width: 13 cm Order a Copy

A note by Lafayette dated January 23, 1825 indicates he was an "old friend" of the parents of the young lady who owned this album. Adams writes a seven-line poem dated March 10, 1825. A note from William White dated March 23, 1825 quotes Proverbs. Three other notes, New Haven, Buffalo and New York, 1865 news clipping on Palmerston death, one small broadside concerning $1 contribution to the Washington Monument and piece of embroidery. Bound by P. Thompson, Washington City, in red ribbed morocco binding with gilt decorative board.

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Lafayette, Marie Adrienne de Noailles, marquise de, 1759-1807
White, William, 1748-1836

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