To John Adams from the Marquis of Carmarthen, 24 October 1787

From the Marquis of Carmarthen

Whitehall Octr. 24th. 1787.

Lord Carmarthen presents his Compliments to Mr. Adams, he has had the Honor to receive his Note, and will not fail to inform His Majesty of the Attention he has shewn in deferring to pay his Respects to Their Majesties, on Account of one of his Children being ill of the Small-Pox—1 Which Lord Carmarthen begs leave to observe was extremely proper.— Lord Carmarthen, having no Apprehension of this Kind, will be very glad to have the Honor of seeing Mr. Adams Tomorrow.

RC (Adams Papers).

1. JA’s note has not been found, but his grandson, William Steuben Smith, was inoculated on 18 Oct. (AFC description begins Adams Family Correspondence, ed. L. H. Butterfield, Marc Friedlaender, Richard Alan Ryerson, Margaret A. Hogan, Sara Martin, and others, Cambridge, 1963– . description ends , 8:194).

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Title: To John Adams from the Marquis of Carmarthen, 24 October 1787
Author: Carmarthen, the Marquis of
Recipient: Adams, John
Date: 24 October 1787

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Cite as: “To John Adams from the Marquis of Carmarthen, 24 October 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-19-02-0138. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 19, February 1787–May 1789, ed. Sara Georgini, Sara Martin, R. M. Barlow, Amanda M. Norton, Neal E. Millikan, and Hobson Woodward. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2016, p. 197.]

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