Adams Papers

To John Adams from Speaker of the House of Representatives, 19 December 1799

[December 19, 1799]

Sir:

The House of Representatives, penetrated with a sense of the irreparable loss sustained by the nation in the death of that great and good man, the illustrious and beloved Washington, wait on you, sir, to express their condolence on this melancholy and distressing event.

Printed Source--American State Papers. 38 vols. (Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton, 1831-61)..

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    To John Adams from Speaker of the House of Representatives, 19 December 1799
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    Speaker of the House of Representatives
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    Adams, John
    Date
    19 December 1799

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