Adams Papers

From Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, 24 January 1818

[Quincy, 24 January, 1818.]

The President has a letter from Vanderkemp, in which he proposes to have him send a collection of my letters to publish! A pretty figure I should make. No. No. I have not any ambition to appear in print. Heedless and inaccurate as I am, I have too much vanity to risk my reputation before the public.

Printed Source--Letters of Mrs. Adams. Edited by Charles Francis Adams (Boston: 1840)..

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    From Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, 24 January 1818
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    Adams, Abigail Smith
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    Welsh, Harriet
    Date
    24 January 1818

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