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From John Adams to Richard Varick, 22 July 1790

To Richard Varick

New York— July 22. 1790

Sir

I received Yesterday the Letter you did me the honour to write me, Soliciting Permission for Mr Trumbul, to paint the Portrait of the President in that room of the City Hall, in which the Portraits of the King and Queen of France are placed.

This morning I took the Liberty to read your Letter, Sir, in Senate, and have the orders of the members to inform you, that they consent with Pleasure to Mr Trumbuls request. I am happy, sir in the opportunity, of obliging Mr Trumbul as well as Yourself and have the honour to be, with great Esteem / your most obedeint and most humble / servant

John Adams

RC (private owner, 1979); internal address: “The Honble Richard Varick Esqr / Mayor of the City of New York.”

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    From John Adams to Richard Varick, 22 July 1790
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    “From John Adams to Richard Varick, 22 July 1790,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-20-02-0230. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 20, June 1789–February 1791, ed. Sara Georgini, Sara Martin, R. M. Barlow, Gwen Fries, Amanda M. Norton, Neal E. Millikan, and Hobson Woodward. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2020, pp. 396–397.]

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