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John Quincy Adams

Adams relays that he will be unable to attend "the nuptials of Miss Buchanan"

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Adams relays that he will be unable to attend "the nuptials of Miss Buchanan"

ALS, one page, 7.75 x 7.25, September 20, 1820. Letter to E. J. Coale, in full: "I pray you and Mrs. Coale to accept my very grateful acknowledgments for your kind invitation to Mrs. Adams and me; which I should have been happy to avail myself of, but for accidental circumstances, which to my great regret will deprive me of the pleasure which I had promised myself in being present at the nuptials of Miss Buchanan." Affixed to a same-size sheet. In very good to fine condition, with trimmed edges, intersecting folds, and old mounting remnants showing through from the reverse along the edges. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autographs And Artifacts
  • Dates: #495 - Ended March 15, 2017





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