to editor of Quincy Patriot

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 to editor of Quincy Patriot

GLC03707

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GLC#
GLC03707
Type
Letters
Date
21 September 1838
Author/Creator
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Title
to editor of Quincy Patriot
Place Written
Quincy, Massachusetts
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 20 cm, Width: 16.1 cm

Written as Member of Congress. A report to his constituents regarding petitions made concerning the right to petition and its suppression through the Gag Rule, abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia and the slave trade in the US, his opposition to the admission of Texas, a condemnation of the "fraudulent" Treaty of New Echota which removed the Cherokee Indians and a bill for suppressing duelling between representatives. Pages are stained.

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