Item 3b: Letter from John Adams to Mr. [John] Stockdale, 1794 September 12
Item — Box: 9, Folder: 3b
Dates
- Created: 1794 September 12
Creator
- Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Person)
Access:
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Letter.
Condition Note:
Fair. Not much damage present outside of some minor staining and browning of paper, however ink has bled through the pages.
Measurements:
9 ¾ in. x 8 in. (closed); 16 in. x 9 ¾ in. (open)
Title:
N/A
Description:
The following item depicts a letter dated September 12, 1794, written by John Adams, the 2nd president of the United States, to Mr. John Stockdale, an English book and print publisher of the eighteenth century. In the letter, Adams addresses Stockdale’s newest book, The History of Republicks, as well as references a book that Adams wrote during his time in America, “Discourses on Davila”.
The John Quincy Papers, digitized on the Massachusetts Historical Society’s website, details
John Adams mentions writing a book, the Discourses of Davila,
Location:
Quincy, Massachusetts
Transcription:
Quincy near Boston Sept[be]r. 12. 1794
Mr. Stockdale
I embrace with pleasure the opportunity by
my sons of presenting you many Thanks
for your kind Letter and obliging Present
of an elegant Lett. of your new Edition of The
History of Republicks. (sic) [Republics]
I know not whether Experience of the Evils
physical moral and political of Simple governments, will
recommend to the public my poor Speculations in favour of
moral forms, so as to give you a Profit by the Sale
of the Book: but I know the Devil ought to have
Mankind if they dont Soon put a stop to the
Progress of Cleons & Clodius’s Rienzis and Wat Tylers.
I have written Since I came to America
Discourses on Davila. You may make a fourth
[Inside Page]
volume of them if you will under the same Title with the other three. With compliment to your Family I am, your Fri(e)nd & Ser[van]t John Adams
Mr. Stockdale
[Back] Mr. Stockdale Bookseller Piccadilly London
[Inside Page]
volume of them if you will under the same Title with the other three. With compliment to your Family I am, your Fri(e)nd & Ser[van]t John Adams
Mr. Stockdale
[Back] Mr. Stockdale Bookseller Piccadilly London
Creator
- Adams, John, 1735-1826 (Person)
Repository Details
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Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu