1From John Adams to George A. Otis, 16 January 1821 (Adams Papers)
I thank you for your letters, and for the second–Volume of Botta—And now I have read both Volumes—I should have finished this reading much sooner, had I not been interrupted by business, and by indisposition—I unite with many other Gentlemen in opinion, that the translation has great merit—has raised a monument to your Name, and performed a valuable service to your Country—If the Work should...
2Thomas B. Parker to Thomas Jefferson, 16 January 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
You doubtless have heard that the citizens of massachusetts deemed it necessary, on the seperation of Maine , to alter and amend their state constitution. Accordingly, delegates were chosen from every town and have met in convention, and have made alterations and amendments which are to be submitted to the people for acceptance or non-acceptance. Two important questions have been decided by...