31 May 1814
Original paper slip text:31 May 1814.
Stockholm, Sweden
Original paper slip text:Stockholm.
3 p.; 1 p.
- Van Sinderen Collection
- ALS offered for sale-Charles Hamilton Autographs, N.Y., Auction 41 (Burdick Sale), 23 April 1970, lot 5, estimated price $160.00.
- ALS offered for sale, Rendell, #49, item 2 (abstr., annot., p.t.), #50 (1970), item 53.
- ALS offered for sale, John Heise, #2453, [n.d.], item 4.
- ALS sold, Anderson Gall., N.Y., 1 May 1916 (Sanderson sale), lot 128, $27.50
- Important letter, penned while ADAMS was enroute to Ghent to negotiate the treaty of peace with Great Britain which terminated the War of 1812. ". . . I arrived myself, only one day before Mr. Peyron . . . but I found that Mr. Gallatin and Mr. Bayard were not there . . . It is probable that if you arrive at Gothenburg early in July, you may have an opportunity of returning to the United States in the John Adams . . .
- "Your reflections upon the natural aversion of mankind to repose are very just, and adapted to the circumstances of the Times—and yet the desire for Repose is as natural, and as ardent, as the Passion for change—In truth Human Nature itself is little more than a composition of inconsistencies—‘of every thing by turns, and nothing long' . . . The Crown Prince is expected here daily . . . There is an Embargo here, and a large quantity of Shipping has been taken up, to bring home the Swedish troops—The affairs with Norway are not yet entirely settled; but after the Prince's return they cannot be long delayed . . ." Originally worn, the letter has been expertly silked on both sides and except for minor show-through, is in very fine condition.
- Information transferred from multiple blue slips now deleted. ER 2/9/2016
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