BIB_ID
268424
Accession number
MA 22263
Creator
Adams, John, 1735-1826, sender.
Display Date
Quincy, Massachusetts, 1822 December 2.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 25 x 19.9 cm
Notes
Letter written in unknown hand and signed by John Adams.
Addressed from "Montezillo."
Adams referred to his farm as Montezillo in letters to Jefferson because Jefferson's Monticello was Italian for "little mountain" and Adams' on a little hill (Source: McCullough).
Docketed in ink on verso.
From page 15 of Adams album.
Addressed from "Montezillo."
Adams referred to his farm as Montezillo in letters to Jefferson because Jefferson's Monticello was Italian for "little mountain" and Adams' on a little hill (Source: McCullough).
Docketed in ink on verso.
From page 15 of Adams album.
Summary
Adams, upset upon hearing of Jefferson breaking a limb relays an anecdote where he injured his leg and had to keep it elevated for 2 months.
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