From John Adams to Anonymous, April 1825
Quincy April [1825]
dear Sir
<I am almost [most] ashamed to acknowledge to you my tardy obligation, for your handsom Edition of your History of the Colonies—<>butt> I am heartily thankful for your valuable present—but ninety years are extremely heavy—ninety years are greatful to me—heavy as ninety years are
MHi: Adams Family Papers, Letterbooks.