Lot 67
Adams, John Quincy. Autograph letter signed ("John Quincy Adams") as U.S. representative from Massachusetts, 1 page, 10 x 8 in., Washington, December 6, 1836. Light toning; minor soiling to lower portion of page, else fine. To James S. Mead Esqr., Cincinnati, Ohio, regretting that he cannot send a copy of his eulogy of James Madison, who died on June 28, 1836. Adams' eulogy was delivered at Boston, 27 September 1836.
"Your request for a copy of the Eulogy upon the Life and character of James Madison delivered by me before the City Government of Boston, is made upon motives so kind and for reasons so flattering to me, that I regret my inability to furnish you with a copy in any other form than as it has been republished in the National Intelligencer of this City. Of the pamphlet copies, published by the City Government, the number was I believe small, and has been exhausted. There are corrections of some slight errors, in the republication, which make it in some respects more accurate than the pamphlet Edition…."
Estimated Value $2,000 - 3,000.
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