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Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 to Thomas B. Adams

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06606 Author/Creator: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter Date: 17 January 1804 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket : free frank ; 25 x 19.7 cm. Order a Copy

Adams, then a Massachusetts senator, writes to his brother about "the receipts and expenditures, upon the Seamen's fund" and the Louisiana Purchase. Discusses the legislation relating to Louisiana that would "tax them, then make a government for them, and at last admit them as a State or States, by Acts of Congress..." Notes that he has finally settled his accounts from when he was abroad working as a diplomat.

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Adams, Thomas Boylston, 1772-1832
Adams, John, 1735-1826

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