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- GLC#
- GLC07615
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1815/11/29
- Author/Creator
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
- Title
- to William Eustis re: relations with the British (in hand of Louisa Adams)
- Place Written
- London, England
- Pagination
- 3 p. : docket : Height: 25.2 cm, Width: 20.3 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- The Age of Jefferson & Madison
"...[I]f we intend to hold our right as valid we must be prepared to maintain it by force. Early in the course of the summer, the British Governement determined to maintain and to encrease [sic] their naval armaments on the Canadian Lakes this very significant measure appears to have been understood by our Government who have properly taken the hint and determined upon corresponding armaments on our side." Text and signature written entirely in hand of Louisa C. Adams.
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