From John Adams to Oliver Wolcott Jr., 16 September 1795
To Oliver Wolcott Jr.
Quincy September 16. 1795
Dear Sir
Inclosed is a Letter and Power to Mr Jones who did me the favour last year at the request of my son to receive for me a Quarters salary, which I beg the favour of you to deliver him and at the Same time to give him a Warrant, that he may remit the Money to me by a Post Note.1
The Treaty opperates in Boston like the Hogsheads of Lime which I am putting under Earth and Weeds and Mud and Straw to make manure. It occasions some smoke and some Dust and some hissing but will end in reducing all to one rich mould I hope.
I am Dear sir with great / Esteem and affection yr Friend & / humble servant
John Adams
RC (CtHi:Oliver Wolcott Jr. Papers); internal address: “Oliver Wolcott Secretary of / The Treasury.”
1. JA intended the enclosure, not found, for Boston merchant Edward Jones, for whom see JQA’s 27 April 1794 letter, and note 1, above. The vice president’s annual salary was $5,000. According to JA’s accounts spanning 28 Oct. 1789 to 22 April 1792 (LbC, APM Reel 114), the U.S. Treasury Department paid him various amounts, often of $500 or $1,000, at irregular intervals (vol. 20:117).