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20 Jan. 1842

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Washington,

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John Quincy Adams

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Poem: "
Robert C Winthrop

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requested of me an autograph for a Lady—I gave him the following." "Manus haec, inimica tyrannis Ense petit Placidam sub libertate quietem." ("This hand, to tyrants ever sworn the foe...") Latin quotation and English quatrain
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JQA—Poems, Hymns, Prayers, &c.
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Adams Papers microfilm: reel 237
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Massachusetts Historical Society

From the collection: Adams Family Papers

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