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- GLC#
- GLC02291
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 29 November 1814
- Author/Creator
- Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818
- Title
- to Richard Rush
- Place Written
- Quincy, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 p. : address : free frank Height: 23 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Addressed to Rush as Attorney General in Washington, D.C. Encloses a letter received from her son, John Quincy Adams, to the President, James Madison, and states that he may read the political parts to the President if he desires. States that the letter is John Q. Adams opinions on the "farce" of the peace negotiations with Britain during the War of 1812, and should not be made public. Comments upon the fate of Alexandria, Virginia. Finishes by saying, "I have not a word to say, in vindication of the conduct of my own native State, but much to deplore." Free frank of John Adams.
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