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Catalog clipping of 1783 letter from John Quincy Adams to Francis Dana, 1934
Catalog clipping
[Recto of catalog clipping]
[Note in pencil:
America Art Assn. Anderson Galleries
May 17, 1934
Bought by H.W.L. Dana for $35.00
MS.
Photostat among Francis Dana papers]
6. ADAMS (JOHN QUINCY, sixth President of the United States). A. L. s., 2 pp., 4to, about 375 words. The Hague, May 12, 1783. To Francis Dana, Commissioner to Russia.
An interesting and important historical letter, written soon after Adams' return from Russia where he had served as secretary to Mr. Dana, and while he was acting as secretary to his father, John Adams, then peace commissioner to France.
The first part relates to financial affairs and secret details of communication between John Adams and Francis Dana.
"My Father will not return here before the signature of the definitive Treaty of Peace, when that will be I can't say, but it is expected every day. My Father intends to return here only to take leave, as he expects to return to our own country this summer..."
[Note in pencil:
America Art Assn. Anderson Galleries
May 17, 1934
Bought by H.W.L. Dana for $35.00
MS.
Photostat among Francis Dana papers]
6. ADAMS (JOHN QUINCY, sixth President of the United States). A. L. s., 2 pp., 4to, about 375 words. The Hague, May 12, 1783. To Francis Dana, Commissioner to Russia.
An interesting and important historical letter, written soon after Adams' return from Russia where he had served as secretary to Mr. Dana, and while he was acting as secretary to his father, John Adams, then peace commissioner to France.
The first part relates to financial affairs and secret details of communication between John Adams and Francis Dana.
"My Father will not return here before the signature of the definitive Treaty of Peace, when that will be I can't say, but it is expected every day. My Father intends to return here only to take leave, as he expects to return to our own country this summer..."
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Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Code: LONG
Longfellow House - Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Latitude: 42.3769989013672, Longitude: -71.1264038085938
Latitude: 42.3769989013672, Longitude: -71.1264038085938
Title: Finding Aid to the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana (1881-1950) Papers, 1744-1972 (bulk dated: 1850-1950)
URL: https://www.nps.gov/long/learn/historyculture/archives.htm#HWLD
URL: https://www.nps.gov/long/learn/historyculture/archives.htm#HWLD
2023/06/29
04/24/1934
Document in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Dana Papers, Series IX. Collected Materials, C. Miscellaneous Famous People. (1002/9.3-005#001)
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