record number: 102986

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The color white indicates letterbook copies in the Adams Family Papers manuscript collection at the MHS.

Dates:

6 Sep. 1800

Original paper slip text:6 Sept. 1800.

Author's location:

Quincy, MA

Original paper slip text:Quincy

Author:

John Adams

Original paper slip text:JA

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Recipient:

Thomas Boylston Adams

Original paper slip text:TBA

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Length:

1 p.

Notes:

RC sold ($425), Charles Hamilton Sale 14, 22 Sept. 1966, item 4.
RC offered for sale, Parke Bernet, 11 June 1974, Sale # 3655, Item 275.
275 ADAMS, JOHN. Autograph letter signed, 1 3/4 pp 4to, Quincy 6 September 1800 to [Thomas B. Adams]. (Small pieces missing from lower edges not affecting text).
A fatherly letter from the President to his youngest son: "I am greatly pleased with your letter of the 30 of August. Every part of it shows a Sound Understanding and a manly honest heart . . . Weight well and judge right and never fear being in a minority . . . your letters give us all so much delight . . ."

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Adams Papers microfilm: reel 120

Original held by:

Massachusetts Historical Society

From the collection: Letterbook copy, Adams Family Papers

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