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- GLC#
- GLC02793.004-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 1795/08/20
- Author/Creator
- Washington, George, 1732-1799
- Title
- to John Adams re: career prospects of John Q. Adams, the Jay Treaty
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 25.2 cm, Width: 20.7 cm
- Primary time period
- The New Nation, 1783-1815
- Sub-Era
- The Early Republic
Written as President to his Vice President. Washington writes that young Adams should not think of retiring because his fair prospects may bring him to the head of the diplomatic corps. Washington also mentions the protests in Boston and elsewhere against Jay's Treaty. He calls "these meetings in opposition to the constituted authority... useless, as they are at all times improper and dangerous." J. Q. Adams eventually served in St. Petersburg.
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