Adams Papers

To John Adams from John Redman, 5 January 1791

From John Redman

Philadelphia, Jan. 5, 1791.—

Sir,

It is with great pleasure I obey the Orders of the Corporation of the 2d: Presbyterian Church, in Arch-Street, by communicating their Resolution of the 29th. Ultimo, appropriating the large pew fronting the pulpit, & the two pews adjoining it, for the use of the Vice-President of the United States, & such members of both Houses of Congress, as choose, during their Sessions, to worship in that Church.—1

I have the honor to be, / With the greatest respect & esteem, / Your most obedient & very humble servant,

John Redman, President.

ENCLOSURE

At a Meeting of the Corporation of the 2d. Presbyterian Church on Wednesday 29th. December 1790—

On Motion

“Resolved that the following Pews Vizt. No. 24, 25, & 150 be appropriated for the purpose of Accommodating the Vice President of the United States & such Members of Congress as during the Sessions thereof, may choose to Worship in the said Church, & that the President of the Board give Notice Accordingly.”

Extract from the Minutes

Robert Smith, Secty

RC and enclosure (Adams Papers); internal address: “John Adams, Vice President of the United States, & / President of the Senate.—”

1. Dr. John Redman (1722–1808) was an elder of Philadelphia’s Second Presbyterian Church and later served as president of the city’s College of Physicians (vol. 3:245; Whitfield J. Bell Jr., “John Redman, Medical Preceptor, 1722–1808,” PMHB description begins Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. description ends , 81:157, 164 [April 1957]).

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    To John Adams from John Redman, 5 January 1791
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    “To John Adams from John Redman, 5 January 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-20-02-0277. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 20, June 1789–February 1791, ed. Sara Georgini, Sara Martin, R. M. Barlow, Gwen Fries, Amanda M. Norton, Neal E. Millikan, and Hobson Woodward. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2020, pp. 459–460.]

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