From John Adams to George Cadogan Morgan, 20 November 1791

To George Cadogan Morgan

Philadelphia Novr 20— 91.

Dear Sir

I have this morning, Receiv’d your kind letter of the 15 of May.1 from the hand of Mr: Caznave, who arrived here from Bayonne a few days ago. Among the many mourners for Dr: Price, I believe myself to be one of the most sincere in America because my esteem and affection for him was the result not only of his writings, but of a personal knowledge of his many virtues and endearing social qualities. I have agreed with Mr Caznave to present him to Genl Washington on Tuesday next, and shall be happy in any other opportunity of doing them any little service that may be in my power. That these partners will add to the Wealth of America and find their emolument in it; I have no doubt. The commerce and wealth of this country grows as fast as its population and fame; I wish I could be sure that its virtues and Wisdom would encrease in the same ratio. Will you do me the favor to remember my regards to all my acquaintance at Hackney and elsewhere And Mrs Adams requests the same favor. This Letter will probably be favor’d, by Mr Morris,2 the eldest son of my friend Mr Robt: Morris, a Senator of the US. and formerly the famous financier.

With much esteem I am Sir your friend / And Hum Servant

John Adams

LbC in TBA’s hand (Adams Papers); internal address: “The Revd: / Geo. C Morgan”; APM Reel 115.

1. Not found. Originally from Bridgend, Wales, scientific writer George Cadogan Morgan (1754–1798), Oxford 1771, was a nephew and memoirist of Richard Price (DNB description begins Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee, eds., The Dictionary of National Biography, New York and London, 1885–1901; repr. Oxford, 1959–1960; 21 vols. plus supplements; rev. edn., www.oxforddnb.com. description ends ).

2. Robert Morris Jr. (1769–ca. 1804) acted as his father’s European land agent (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 , 13:297).

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Title: From John Adams to George Cadogan Morgan, 20 November 1791
Author: Adams, John
Recipient: Morgan, George Cadogan
Date: 20 November 1791

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Cite as: “From John Adams to George Cadogan Morgan, 20 November 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-21-02-0051. [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, pp. 77–78.]