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- GLC#
- GLC00105
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- January 10, 1832
- Author/Creator
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
- Title
- to Susan Decatur
- Pagination
- 1 p. :
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Responding to Decatur's letter, Adams will find it "highly gratifying" if he is able to aid Decatur in advancing her claim currently before Congress. Decatur was attempting to secure a pension for service rendered by her husband, Commodore Stephen Decatur, who died in a duel in 1820.
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