From George Washington to John Quincy Adams, 12 September 1796
To John Quincy Adams
Philadelphia, 12 September 1796. In a letter marked private, GW asked Adams to look into the history of a sword that had come into his possession in an enigmatic manner.
ALS, MHi: Adams Papers. For a full transcription and other information related to the sword, see GW to Adams, 25 June 1797, in 1:210–14.