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- GLC#
- GLC02437.06936-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 19 March 1797
- Author/Creator
- Knox, Henry, 1750-1806
- Title
- to John Adams
- Place Written
- Boston, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 6 p. : docket ; Height: 30.5 cm, Width: 18.4 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Writes that he does not know if he ought to congratulate Adams on becoming the next president, since there are also a lot of issues and heavy responsibilities that come with the office, but expresses his happiness that Adams will be "at the helm of Government." Discusses Adams' inaugural speech and an impending war with France.
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