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Free-franked address panel, 5 x 3.5 and professionally inlaid into a 10 x 8 sheet, addressed in another hand to "Hon'ble Richard Rush Esq're, Attorney General of the U.S., City of Washington," and dated at "Quincy, Ma., Octr. 15th," marked "Free" in the upper right in Adams's hand, and franked in the lower left, "J. Adams." Annotated along the left edge in Rush's hand, "Pamphlet on Jurisprudence." In very good to fine condition, with scattered staining, and small areas of paper loss repaired by complete professional backing.
Richard Rush served as attorney general of the United States from 1814 to 1817, in the administrations of James Madison and James Monroe. Adams's correspondence with Rush is recorded in The Adams Papers; in a letter of October 9th, he wrote to Rush to thank him for 'the valuable pamphlet 'America Jurisprudence,' before offering a lengthy explication of the history of the 'Consolato del Mare,' or medieval maritime law. A fascinating association piece from late in Adams's life.
From the Collection of Paul K. Carr, former UACC President and Noted Expert.
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