1From John Adams to Charles Carroll, 10 December 1794 (Adams Papers)
The Bearer of this Letter William Cranch is a Nephew of mine, and to me very much like one of my sons, and I should therefore think my self, in a sort, wanting in parental affection if I suffered him to go to Anapolis, without a Letter of introduction to you. He is destined to settle at least for some years in the Federal City, to the Prosperity of which, his Education, Talents Application and...