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- GLC#
- GLC00047
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- December 21, 1841
- Author/Creator
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
- Title
- to William Plumer, Jr.
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 26 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Adams praises Plumer's volume of poems and describes his own journal writings as "volume after volume of trash." In retrospect, Adams wishes he had focused his energies on producing a great historical work. He deems Plumer's style of recording time and memories in a "poetical record" superior to the usual diary form. Some of Plumer's verses remind Adams of his own thoughts, and he praises the poet for giving them permanent existence. Plumer was a former New Hampshire congressman.
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