To John Adams from Benjamin Rush, 20 June 1810
June 20th: 1810.
Wealth, respect and friendship! from your grateful and affectionate friend.
Benjn: Rush
War with the “great hammer of the whole earth” to use the words <of> which the prophet Jeremiah applied to the king of Babylon, is now the order of the day in Philada.—
MHi: Adams Papers.