Adams Papers

Samuel Allyne Otis to John Adams, 6 May 1796

From Samuel Allyne Otis

Philada May 6h 1796

Sir

Agreeable to promise I do myself the honor to inform you that the Senate have elected Mr Livermore Pres pro tem. 13 out of 19—1

In regard to accommodating you the next winter I have not yet made my own arrangements. I have some expectation of removing from the house I now possess; Yet I know not to what house I shall remove. Add to this the difficulty of engaging & retaining good servants, makes it almost impracticable to arrange ones family to our wishes.

With our best remembrances to Mr Adams & […] friends / I am / Very respectfully / Your most humble Sert

Sam A. Otis

RC (Adams Papers); internal address: “The Vice President / of the United States.” Some loss of text where the seal was removed.

1. JA departed Philadelphia on 6 May and reached Quincy on 14 May after visiting AA2 and CA in New York. New Hampshire senator Samuel Livermore (1732–1803) served as president pro tempore of the Senate in JA’s absence until the 1st session of the 4th Congress ended on 1 June (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 , 11:596; Biog. Dir. Cong. description begins Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774–2005, Washington, D.C., 2005; rev. edn., bioguide.congress.gov. description ends ).

Index Entries

    You Are Looking At

    Source Project
    Adams Papers
    Title
    Samuel Allyne Otis to John Adams, 6 May 1796
    Author
    Otis, Samuel A.
    Recipient
    Adams, John
    Date
    6 May 1796

    Reference

    Cite as
    “Samuel Allyne Otis to John Adams, 6 May 1796,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-21-02-0338. [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, Neal E. Millikan, and Hobson Woodward. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2022, pp. 473–474.]

    More between these correspondents