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Dates:

29 July 1796

Original paper slip text:29 July 1796

Author's location:

The Hague, Netherlands

Original paper slip text:The Hague

Author:

John Quincy Adams

Original paper slip text:JQA

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Recipient:

Sylvanus Bourne

Original paper slip text:Sylvanus Bourne

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Title:

Length:

2 p.

Notes:

ALS offered for sale by Batchelder, Jan. 1978 Catalogue #20, item # 282.
282. ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY. Autograph Letter Signed, 1 1/4 pages, 4to, The Hague, July 29, 1796, while Ambassador to the Netherlands, to Sylvanius Bourne of Amsterdam, asking him to render any service possible to two Algerians, Sidi Mustapha Ben Braim Rais and Sidi Mohomet Ben Mustapha Cogio, who are in Amsterdam. Adams asks that the Algerians be furnished with passage on an American vessel if possible, for their purposes, on the recommendation of the American Consul at Marseilles, Mr. Cathalan. The letter is in superb condition, with the integral address leaf, addressed in another hand. 350.00

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From the collection: Gilder Lehrman

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