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- GLC#
- GLC00639.07-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- October 10, 1812
- Author/Creator
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
- Title
- to Alexander Everett
- Place Written
- St. Petersburg, Russia
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Discusses their correspondence and Everett's international travel. Comments on Oxford and mentions Shakespeare. Discusses reading Clarke's travels, possibly referring to Edward Clarke's "Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Part the first. Russia, Tartary, and Turkey." Also comments on other literary works. Discusses politics, Napoleon's invasion of Russia, and Russian defenses. Adams had been the U.S. minister to St. Petersburg since 1809. Everett had served as his private secretary from 1809 to 1811.
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