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Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) to P.P.F. Degrand

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03299 Author/Creator: Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) Place Written: St. Petersburg, Russia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 16 June 1812 Pagination: 2 p. : address ; 22 x 19 cm. Order a Copy

Thanks Degrand for sending Boston newspapers containing "The Message of Govr. Gerry concerning libels, and the Act of Incorporation of the State Bank." Mentions lost correspondence from Degrand. Comments on an anecdote about assassination and discusses the assassination of British Prime Minister Spencer Percival. Also discusses American politics, particularly the pernicious effects of the "prevalence of party spirit among us, and the licentiousness of the press." Written while Adams was the American Minister to Russia shortly before the Declaration of War against Britain.

P.P.F. Degrand merchant and broker in Boston.

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Degrand, Peter Paul Francis, 1787-1855

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