Adams Papers

From John Adams to John Lathrop, 1 August 1791

To John Lathrop

Braintree August. 1. 1791

Reverend Sir

With this, you will receive a Box of Books containing the Byzantine History in 28. Vols. and Muratori’s Collection in 29, which I pray you to present to the American Accademy of Arts and Sciences, and place in their Library,1 in behalf of / Sir your most obedient / and most humble Servant

John Adams

RC (MBA:American Academy, Letters, 1790–1791); internal address: “The Reverend / Dr Lathrop, Librarian / to the Amer. Accademy of / Arts and Sciences.”; endorsed: “Vice Presdt. U. S. / The Honl The president / of the Academy / Aug 1 1791 / read Augt. 24. 1791.” and “Aug 1.”; docketed: “John Adams.”

1. JA sent Byzantinæ historiæ scriptores, 24 vols., Venice, Italy, 1729–1733, and Ludovicus Antonius Muratorius, Rerum italicarum scriptores, 29 vols., Milan, Italy, 1723–1751. JA acted as president of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences from 24 May 1791 until his resignation on 4 June 1813, often transmitting books and correspondence on the organization’s behalf (AFC description begins Adams Family Correspondence, ed. L. H. Butterfield, Marc Friedlaender, Richard Alan Ryerson, Margaret A. Hogan, Sara Martin, Hobson Woodward, and others, Cambridge, 1963– . description ends , 9:390).

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    From John Adams to John Lathrop, 1 August 1791
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    “From John Adams to John Lathrop, 1 August 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-21-02-0030. [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, p. 46.]

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