Papers of John Adams, volume 21
th:1793
Mr Morse presents his most respectful compliments to the
Vice President of the United States, &
begs him to accept of a Sett of his American
Universal Geography, as a small testimony of that high &
sincere esteem & veneration he has for his character—& of the
grateful sense he entertains of his obligations to the V. President, as
among the principal instruments, of the great national prosperity &
happiness, whh distinguishes this country from all other parts of the
World.1
RC (MHi:Adams-Hull Coll.); addressed: “The Vice President / of the United States of / America.”; docketed by JA: “Card”; notation by Morse: “To be left at / Judge Gill’s.”
A copy of Morse’s American
Universal Geography, 2 vols., Boston, 1793, is in
JA’s library at MB (
Catalogue of JA’s
Library
).