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17 Feb. 1812

Original paper slip text:Febry 17th 1812

Abigail Smith Adams

Original paper slip text:AA

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Hannah Phillips Cushing

Original paper slip text:Hannah Phillips Cushing

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2p.
  • Date corrected from 17 Feb. 1812 to 17 Feb. 1813 based on internal evidence.- MSL, HPW 4/30/26
  • "rough copy"
  • Offered for sale, The Collector, vol. 55, No. 3 (Jan. 1941), Item 619; and same, vol. 55A, No. 1 (Nov. 1941), Item 2538; same, vo. 56, No. 1 (Nov. 1942), Item 4553, abstract below.
  • ALS sold, G. A. Baker, (J. H. Norton Sale), 24 Oct. 1938, lot 1, $7.00.
  • 553 ADAMS, Abigail. Wife of John Adams. Autograph Letter Signed, 4to, Feb. 17, 1812. Extending sympathy to Mrs. Cushing on the death of the latter's nephew, killed in the War of 1812. Rare. $10.00
  • Information transferred from blue slip now deleted. ER 11/3/2015

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