ALS as secretary of state, signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 8 x 10, July 19, 1820. Letter to P. P. F. DeGrand, in part: "I enclose you a check upon the U.S. Branch Bank Boston. I will thank you to remit me the amount in a draft (undoubted) at sight. If on any of the Sound Banks at Baltimore it will answer my purpose as well as upon this place. It is for 1000 Dollars. Your last Report quotes Exchange at sight upon Baltimore at 3/4 to 1 per ct. discount. From this you will pay yourself your commission, and perhaps the balance of two or three dollars which I owe you in Account." In very good to fine condition, with scattered creasing, intersecting folds, and some light staining. A friend of John Quincy Adams, Peter Paul Francis Degrand was a French-born, Boston-based merchant, and the publisher of the Boston Weekly Report in the 1820s. A boldly penned letter in Adams's distinctive hand.
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