LS signed “J. Q. Adams,” one page, 8 x 10, November 7, 1845. Letter to landscape designer and horticulturist Andrew Jackson Downing, in part: "Conformably to my promise made to you in July last I have had three seedling Trees, from a seed, and two nuts, sown by my own hand, taken up from my garden and packed for transportation. Two of them are Shagbark Walnuts, and the third an Apple tree. I will thank you for directions where I shall send them…Your treatise on fruit, and the fruit trees of America, I think one of the most useful publications of our Age, and Country." In fine condition. Accompanied by an engraved portrait bearing a facsimile signature. Downing had published Fruits and Fruit Trees of America, co-authored by his brother Charles Downing, earlier in 1845.
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