John Quincy Adams

Description: JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. Historically important autograph letter signed by John Quincy Adams as the United States Ambassador to Prussia to his brother, Thomas Boylston Adams, preparing to return to America after being recalled by newly elected President Thomas Jefferson. Signed with the initial of his last name at the closing “A” and twice with his last name within the text “Adams,” contains one page on a bifolium with a cover panel handwritten by Adams and a black wax seal lamenting his father’s loss in the 1800 presidential election on the integral page (also endorsed by American consul in Hamburg Joseph Pitcairn and docketed by Thomas), measures 9.125 by 7.625 inches, created in [Potsdam], and in very fine condition with only soiling, light staining, and a tear on the integral page from opening.AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED BY JOHN QUINCY ADAMS AS UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO PRUSSIA PREPARING TO RETURN TO AMERICA AFTER BEING RECALLED BY NEWLY ELECTED PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSONAdams also writes on Napoleon Bonaparte’s campaign in Egypt and Syria and treaty with Spain, in which France acquired Louisiana; discusses his delayed return to the United States due to his wife, Louisa, having given birth to their first child, George Washington Adams, just sixteen days earlier; makes travel arrangements for his family and property to Boston; and plans to publish his book Letters of Silesia and translations of Juvenal’s Satires in Joseph Dennie’s weekly miscellany Port Folio.“I ENCLOSE MY THIRD LETTER UPON THE BOOK CONCERNING THE STATE OF FRANCE—I KNOW NOT WHETHER I SHALL HAVE TIME TO FINISH THIS EXAMINATION; AND MY PROJECT OF FURNISHING YOU WITH FREQUENT ARTICLES UPON FOREIGN POLITICS AND LITERATURE WILL OF COURSE CEASE BY MY RECALL WHICH I HAVE NOW RECEIVED. AS I SUPPOSE IT WAS KNOWN TO YOU SOME DAYS AFTER IT TOOK PLACE, YOU WILL PROBABLY NOT WRITE ME AGAIN FROM THE EXPECTATION OF MY RETURN.”Reads in full: “28 April 1801, My dear brother, I enclose my third letter upon the book concerning the State of France—I know not whether I shall have time to finish this examination; and my project of furnishing you with frequent articles upon foreign politics and literature will of course cease by my recall which I have now received. As I suppose it was known to you some days after it took place, you will probably not write me again from the expectation of my return—This will however unavoidably be delayed for some months—I cannot form a hope that my wife will be in a state to undertake a journey for six weeks to come—I shall however go as soon as possible. The proceeds of my property which you may receive in the course of the summer, I will thank you not to put out again but to keep ready to transmit to me upon my arrival—I shall if possible embark from Hamburg and for Boston. If after my return home, my leisure will admit, I shall not be forgetful of our friend D[ennie]—or of my promise to contribute for him in the Port Folio—The nature of the Articles I may furnish him will be different, but perhaps as useful as these I proposed—Do not forget to keep both my copies of the paper, for which I have spoken—One set at least complete, from the Prospectus—For that and the first number, which you sent me I lent to a friend here who has mislaid them—Yours affectionately, A. T.B. Adams Esqr.”

Price: 3000 USD

Location: Spartanburg, South Carolina

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