From John Adams to Josiah Quincy III, 23 January 1797

To Josiah Quincy III

Philadelphia January 23th 1797—

Dear Sir

Inclosed is Mr Pickerings Letter to mr Pinckney will you be So Good as to Send it to Mrs Adams

After you have Read it will you also be So Good as to write me what Sensation it makes and what Reflections it Occasions in Boston. I want to know what Effect this whole Buisiness has had or Shall have On your Insurance offices and the Price of Stocks, in this Place. I am told the Insurers at a meeting have Resolved to rise their Præmiums,1 only one Pr Cent my Compliment to your good Mother and all Friends I am with muth Esteem your humble Servant

LbC (Adams Papers); internal address: “Josiah Quincy Esqr—”; APM Reel 117.

1. In the LbC, this word is in JA’s hand.

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Source Project: Adams Papers
Title: From John Adams to Josiah Quincy III, 23 January 1797
Author: Adams, John
Recipient: Quincy, Josiah III
Date: 23 January 1797

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Cite as: “From John Adams to Josiah Quincy III, 23 January 1797,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-21-02-0376. [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, p. 538.]