record number: 302137

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Dates:

14 Jan. 1840

Original paper slip text:14 Jan. 1840

Author:

John Quincy Adams

Original paper slip text:JQA

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Recipient:

to "Members of the Select Com'e on the

Smithsonian Institute

Original paper slip text:Smithsonian

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bequest Bill"

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Notes:

Offered for sale, Charles Hamilton, Auction No. 80 (5 Sept. 1974), Item 8, $65.00.
8 ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY. A.D. (unsigned), 2/3 page, 4to, Jan. 14, 1840. "The Members of the Select Committee on the Smithsonian bequest Bill, are requested to meet in a chamber of the Committee of Manufactures, tomorrow morning at half-past ten O'Clock..." Adams then lists the members concerned. At bottom appears an authentication by Simon Brown, Concord, Mass., 1855. Tipped to a larger sheet, else fine, boldly penned by Adams in jet-black ink. (65.00)

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