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Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 to Edward Cornelius Delavan

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01409 Author/Creator: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 Place Written: Quincy, Massachusetts Type: Autograph letter signed Date: July 31, 1832 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Adams thanks Delavan for the 5th number of the Temperance Recorder, a publication of the New York State Temperance Society of which Delavan was chairman. He assures Delavan that he will distribute copies of the issue as "may fulfill the humane and benevolent purposes of the New York State Temperance Society, and their Executive Committee."

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Delavan, Edward Cornelius, 1793-1871

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