Thomas Jefferson Papers

To Thomas Jefferson from John Adams, 16 September 1787

From John Adams

London Septr. 16, 1787

Dear Sir

Give me Leave to introduce to you Mr. John Brown Cutting, who will need no other Recommendation, than his own Genius. Let me beg your acceptance, too of a Sett of my Defence &c. and let me know your Opinion of the Second volume, and whether it is worth my while to write a third upon Confederations &c. Yours most Sincerely,

John Adams

RC (DLC); endorsed. Recorded in SJL as received 23 Sep. 1787. My defence &c.: See Adams to TJ, 25 Aug. 1787.

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    To Thomas Jefferson from John Adams, 16 September 1787
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    Adams, John
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    Jefferson, Thomas
    Date
    16 September 1787

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    “To Thomas Jefferson from John Adams, 16 September 1787,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-12-02-0124. [Original source: The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, vol. 12, 7 August 1787 – 31 March 1788, ed. Julian P. Boyd. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1955, p. 124.]

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