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- GLC#
- GLC00655.03-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- September 24, 1842
- Author/Creator
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
- Title
- to George N. Briggs
- Place Written
- Quincy, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 2 p. : docket ; Height: 26 cm, Width: 21 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
John Quincy Adams declines an invitation to a Cattle Show and fair, citing age, and his inability to attend public functions, and previous engagements. He hopes to soon meet Briggs in Washington, D.C., "under better auspices than those which have overshadowed us since Captain Christopher Sly was installed at the white house," possibly referring to John Tyler. Briggs was a congressman from Massachusetts.
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