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Letter from John Adams, Quincy, to Richard Rush, 1814 May 30 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
80025
Accession number
MA 22262
Creator
Adams, John, 1735-1826, sender.
Display Date
Quincy, Massachusetts, 1814 May 30.
Description
1 item (3 pages, with address) ; 24.8 x 20.3 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Honble. Richard Rush Esquire / J. Adams. Attorney General of the U.S. / Washington."
Docketed in ink on verso.
From page 14 of Adams album.
Summary
Responding to Rush's earlier letter sent to him on May 20th; discussing Rush's acquisition of new law books, the Napoleonic Wars in Europe and the effect they might have on the war (of 1812) at home; commenting that "victory has destroyed Napoleon."