Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 to Joseph Pitcairn
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04900.02 Author/Creator: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 Place Written: Ealing, England Type: Letter signed Date: 16 December 1815 Pagination: 1 p. : docket : address Height: 25.1 cm, Width: 20.2 cm Order a Copy
Written in the hand of Louisa Catherine Adams, requests that Pitcairn purchase and send Adams a copy of Johann Bode's "Uranographia," which contains "the most complete exposition of the starry Heavens, that has ever been exhibited." Mentions writing to Secretary of State James Monroe to obtain an appointment for Mr. Mowbray as Consul of the United States at Leith. Pitcairn was the U.S. consul in Hamburg. .
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