Adams Papers

From Samuel Allyne Otis to John Adams, 26 November 1792

From Samuel Allyne Otis

Philadelphia Novr 26th 1792

Sir

I do myself the honor to enclose you the minutes of the last week and to repeat my wishes to see you here as soon as possible, And as I hear Mrs Adams has quite recovered her health and that your own is restored I flatter myself those wishes will soon be gratified.1 I have every day less fears of an unfavorable election of the two first officers in the Government— People seem to look with solemn astonishment at the Scenes in France & on comparison felicitate themselves on their enjoyment of peace liberty and good government— Whilst the squibbs & crackers continually let of by inflamatory malcontents bounce for a few minutes & go out in their own stench—

The two houses have hardly set about business in earnest nor perhaps will they much before Chrismass

Mrs Otis joins me in respects to Mrs Adams and all friends.

I am / Sir / With esteem & respect / Your most humble Sert

Sam. A. Otis

RC (Adams Papers); internal address: “The Vice President / of / The UStates.”

1. The enclosure, not found, was Otis’ routine summary of congressional activity. Between 19 and 23 Nov., the Senate read letters on the sinking fund balances and the public desire for peace with Native Americans, as well as Revolutionary War veterans’ petitions for compensation, and George Washington’s 22 Nov. instructions regarding the payment of federal excisemen implementing the Whiskey Act (U.S. Senate, Jour. description begins Journal of the Senate of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., 1789– . description ends , 2d Cong., 2d sess., p. 459–460; Washington, Papers, Presidential Series description begins The Papers of George Washington: Presidential Series, ed. W. W. Abbot, Dorothy Twohig, Jack D. Warren, Mark A. Mastromarino, Robert F. Haggard, Christine S. Patrick, John C. Pinheiro, David R. Hoth, Jennifer Stertzer and others, Charlottesville, Va., 1987– . description ends , 11:423–424).

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    From Samuel Allyne Otis to John Adams, 26 November 1792
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    Otis, Samuel Allyne
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    Adams, John
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    26 November 1792

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    “From Samuel Allyne Otis to John Adams, 26 November 1792,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-21-02-0110. [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. 152–153.]

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