Papers of John Adams, volume 21
th, 1794
I have taken the liberty of dedicating a history of the County of Worcester to You.
You will please to accept a Volume of the work.1
Though not personally known to Your honor, you will do me
the favor to believe that I have a Sincere respect for, & high esteem
of, You; & permit me to add, that I am, / Dear Sir, Your most obedient /
& most humble Servt.
RC (Adams Papers); internal address: “Honable. / Vice-President Adams.”
Rev. Peter Whitney Sr. (1744–1816), Harvard 1762,
minister of the First Congregational Church of Northborough, Mass., sent
a presentation copy of his History of the County
of Worcester, Worcester, Mass., 1793, now in JA’s
library at MB. He
dedicated the work to JA (
AFC
, 10:190).