21 Nov. 1811
Original paper slip text:21 Nov. 1811.
Quincy, MA
Original paper slip text:Quincy
3 p.
- Corrected institutional code from NHi to NN Gilder Lehrman.- GKF, 2/2/26
- [Previously on deposit at NHi, NNPM]
- ALS, Parke-Bernet Catalogue 1997 (Max Thorek Sale, 15–16 Nov. 1960), lot 3.
- ALS sold, Parke-Bernet, N.Y. (several collectors), 8–9 Dec. 1943, lot 34, $90.00.
- ALS sold, Wm. D. Morley, (Stockton et al.), 28 April 1944, lot 4, $82.00.
- ALS sold, Wm. D. Morley, (Mrs. A. Smith Sale), 29 May 1942, lot 3, $105.00.
- On personal matters.
- 3. ADAMS, JOHN. Second President A.L.s., 2 pp., 4to, Quincy, Nov. 1, 1811. With integral address leaf: "Dr. Benjamin Rush, Philadelphia"; franked by Adams "Free," and his signature "J. Adams" below the name "Dr. Benjamin Rush."
- An interesting letter from one signer to another signer of the declaration of independence. Written on "thanksgiving day." About six lines of this letter have been defaced by scrawls, probably by Dr. Rush.
- "On this our Thanksgiving Day, among innumerable other blessings, I have to express my gratitude for your favor of Nov. 11. . . . I hasten to answer your questions, that your friendly sympathies may be no longer afflicted or alarmed. Indeed I almost repent of the simple tale I told you of our sorrows . . . My son's wound is entirely healed. I walk as usual a few miles a day . . .
- "I am not melancholy nor gloomy, but as much disposed to badinage as ever. As an instance of it, you may expect to receive letters from me till the 30th of Oct'r next, if I live so long, written in the genuine spirit of seventy-six . . ."
- Information transferred from multiple blue slips now deleted. ER 8/4/2016
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