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Dates:

( conjectural )

21 Oct. 1797

Original paper slip text:[21 Oct. 1797]

Author:

John Adams

Original paper slip text:JA.

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Title:

"Celebration of the President's birthday at Lisbon." Unsigned and undated.

Length:

1 p.

Document Type:

JA—Miscellaneous Filed with N.D. at end

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Notes:

Date refined from [1798-1801] to [21 Oct. 1797] based on internal evidence. - RB, SEG 3/29/23
James McHenry Papers, series II, vol. 4, 1797–98.
Bernard C. Steiner, "Correspondence of William Smith, American Minister to Portugal." The Sewanee Review, vol. 14, no. 1, 1 Jan. 1906, p. 88-89 has same text, says was enclosed by Smith in 21 Oct. 1797 letter to James McHenry
Note: The celebration must have taken place between Oct. 1798 and Oct. 1801 during Wm. Smith's tenure as minister at Lisbon. It is not certain whether the date of this account was contemporary with the date of the actual fête.

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Printed :Printed in New York Daily Advertiser, 19 Jan. 1798

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