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30 Aug. 1815

Original paper slip text:30 Aug. 1815.

Quincy, MA

Original paper slip text:Quincy MA

Abigail Smith Adams

Original paper slip text:AA

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Richard Rush

Original paper slip text:Richard Rush

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1p.
  • New accession. --SEG, 2/16/2012
  • Positively identified recipient (previously listed as "unknown") per NEM and based on internal evidence. --SEG, 9/19/2012
  • ALS sold, Henkel's, Phila., 21 April 1911, lot 2, $7.50.
  • ALS offered for sale, John Heise, #35, 1911, item 2, (listing only); also #85, 1913, item 2, $10.00; and #45, 1911, $13.50, item 51; also #65, 1912, item 48.
  • 51. ADAMS (Abigail). Wife of President John Adams. A. L. S., 1 page, 4to. Quincey, Aug. 30, 1815, with envelope. Franked by John Adams. Beautiful specimen. $13.50
  • I do it in confidence, as some of the sentiments . . . one cannot indulge even a sentiment of comparison for the condition of France where the armies of all Europe are ravaging . . . the country of which they proclaim Louis the legitimate sovereign, etc.
  • Same, 1914, #s 94 & 104, item 226 & 11, respectively.
  • ALS sold, American Art (Heise Sale), 6 May 1915, lot 1, $8.50.
  • ALS offered for sale (no indication of recipient), James F. Drake, #169 (1925), item 1, partial text; #177, 1926, item 1.
  • ALS sold, American Art-Anderson (E. W. Dunbar Sale), 12–13 Dec. 1938, lot 3, $10.00.
  • Enclosing confidential letters for the president and alluding to condition of France.
  • ALS offered for sale, Carnegie Book Shop, #86 (1941), Item 909, p. 36; #93 (1942), Item 1; #72 (1939), Item 251. Abstract and partial text in all 3 catalogues.
  • 1 ADAMS, ABIGAIL. Wife of John Adams. A.L.S. 1 page, full 4to. Quincy, August 30, 1815. $20.00
  • 909 Adams, Abilail. Wife of John Adams, A.L.S. 1p., 4to. Quincy, August 30, 1815. $20.00

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