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Letter from John Quincy Adams, Berlin, to Rufus King, 1797 December 27 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
268434
Accession number
MA 22297
Creator
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848, sender.
Display Date
Berlin, Germany, 1797 December 27.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 22.6 x 18.9 cm
Notes
Docketed in ink on verso.
From page 6 of John Quincy Adams album.
Provenance
From Lafayette purchase, 1912.
Summary
Writing from Berlin while Minister to Prussia, Adams speaks of the death of King Frederick William II the month prior; stating that nothing else has happened; mentions his brother and wife had fallen ill when they arrived but were well again; discussing events in the United States he has heard of, such as insurrection of French settlers in the Northwest Territory; mentioning seeing Baron Jacobi.
Concerning the political situation in Germany.