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- GLC#
- GLC01965
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1810/06/28
- Author/Creator
- Adams, John, 1735-1826
- Title
- to Benjamin Rush re: re: "Has America no soul?" and America's future
- Place Written
- Quincy, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 21 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
Written from retirement at Quincy, bemoaning the state of America, its manipulation by European politicians and its potentially great future. Adams asks whether "America has no soul" since no one jumps to its defense. He also foresees, like many contemporaries, the westward course of empire.
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