BIB_ID
79977
Accession number
MA 157.15
Creator
Adams, Abigail, 1744-1818.
Display Date
1784 Mar. 19.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 22.3 cm
Notes
Address panel with traces of a seal and postmarks to "The Hon'ble Elbridge Gerry / Member of Congress / Anapolis."
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.
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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J.F. Sabin in 1907.
Summary
Referring to her husband's request that she come to him as soon as she is able; asking him for information on when he might be returning and the state of his health; saying "...you cannot wonder sir that I feel anxious for his return or if that cannot be, to go to him - you will be so kind as to give me the earliest intelligence upon the Subject which you possibly can;" telling him that "Mr. Adams in his last Letters complains much for want of intelligence, rejoices to hear that you are in Congress, and begs that I would request you to write to him;" adding that she hopes he "will continue your favours whether in or out of Congress so long as our Adams remains abroad, as I know of no Gentleman for whom he has a sincerer Friendship or a higher Esteem."
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