Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 to Edgar Mason

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GLC#
GLC04004
Type
Letters
Date
21 April 1824
Author/Creator
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Title
to Edgar Mason
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 24 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
The First Age of Reform

President Adams sends a copy of a letter from Edmund Gage to Massachusetts congressman Jeremiah Nelson (not included) to District Attorney Mason. Asks Mason to verify the claims in the letter; if they are true "Captain Gage and his vessel may both be released, and the prosecution discontinued."

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