Adams Papers

From Jedidiah Morse to John Adams, 5 July 1793

From Jedidiah Morse

Charlestown July 5th: 1793—

Mr Morse presents his most respectful compliments to the Vice President of the United States, & begs him to accept of a Sett of his American Universal Geography, as a small testimony of that high & sincere esteem & veneration he has for his character—& of the grateful sense he entertains of his obligations to the V. President, as among the principal instruments, of the great national prosperity & happiness, whh distinguishes this country from all other parts of the World.1

RC (MHi:Adams-Hull Coll.); addressed: “The Vice President / of the United States of / America.”; docketed by JA: “Card”; notation by Morse: “To be left at / Judge Gill’s.”

1A copy of Morse’s American Universal Geography, 2 vols., Boston, 1793, is in JA’s library at MB (Catalogue of JA’s Library description begins Catalogue of the John Adams Library in the Public Library of the City of Boston, Boston, 1917. description ends ).

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