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Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818 to Hannah Cushing

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09394 Author/Creator: Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 17, 1812 or 1813 Pagination: 1 p. : Order a Copy

Comforts Hannah Cushing on the death of her nephew, John Cushing Aylwin, who died aboard the U.S.S. Constitution after its battle with the HMS Java in December 1812. Adams quotes from Cato: "How beautiful is death when earned by virtue / Who would not be that youth? What pity is it / That we can die but once to serve our Country."

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