22 Nov. 1814
Original paper slip text:22 Nov. 1814.
Quincy
Original paper slip text:Quincy
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- ALs sold, Parke-Bernet, N.Y., 10 Feb. 1959, sale 1878, lot 1, $140.
- ALs purchased by Goodspeed's, December, 1969.
- 1. ADAMS, JOHN. A.L.s., 2 pp., 4to, "Quincy, Nov. 22, 1814." To "John P. De Wint, Esquire."
- "Had I known where to direct my aim I should have shot at you long ago: but hit or miss I will now hazard a random. But to quit this rude figure, for which, nothing but my connection with sportsmen, or perhaps the military fashions of the times could apologize, let me return to simple style . . . If you think it worth while to give me any hints of the politicks of New York, and dare to do it, I will thank you. . . . Tell Caroline that I advise her: that I bessech her; and if that is not enough: I enjoin it upon her, by the Authority of a Grandfather, not to forget her French. . . ." and to keep a journal: I give that advice to all my grandchildren and great grandchildren of which I have a "pleasant prospect of a plentiful Crop. N.B. conceal this from Caroline. She will be shocked."
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