Adams Papers

From John Adams to William Cranch, 18 December 1794

To William Cranch

Philadelphia Decr 18. 1794

Dear sir

Mr Robert Denison an English Gentleman from Nottingham in England proposes to visit the City of Washington. If you can Shew him the City, or any other Attentions you will oblige me. He belongs to a wealthy and worthy Family of Dissenters, who have it in contemplation to fly from Persecution He is recommended to be by one of the most benevolent Men in England.1 I am, my / Dear sir Sincerely yours

John Adams

MS not found. Printed from Grant Wilson, ed., The Presidents of the United States, N.Y., 1894, p. 54; internal address: “William Cranch Esqr.”

1. For Robert Denison Jr., see Thomas Brand Hollis’ 26 Aug. letter, and note 1, above.

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    From John Adams to William Cranch, 18 December 1794
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    Adams, John
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    Cranch, William
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    18 December 1794

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    “From John Adams to William Cranch, 18 December 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-21-02-0254. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 21, March 1791–January 1797, ed. Sara Georgini, Sara Martin, R. M. Barlow, Gwen Fries, Amanda M. Norton, and Hobson Woodward. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2022, pp. 345–346.]

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