BIB_ID
102513
Accession number
MA 157.16
Creator
Adams, John, 1735-1826.
Display Date
1799 Sept. 26.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 24.6 cm
Notes
Docketed on verso.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed of Elbridge Gerry and others relating to the French Commission and the XYZ Affair. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed of Elbridge Gerry and others relating to the French Commission and the XYZ Affair. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J.F. Sabin in 1907.
Summary
Replying to his letter saying "that I have not rec'd an answer to my Letter to Mr. Pickering. The Engagement of his office, besides the confusion of a removal have been extremely pressing. I shall see him soon and something will be determined;" adding "Imperious Necessity or absolute Duty compel me to Trenton. This however I pray you to keep a Secret till you hear I am gone."
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