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Auction archive: Lot number 1

ADAMS, John (1735-1826), President. Autograph note signed ("John Adams") TO GENERAL BENJAMIN LINCOLN (1733-1810), Quincy, 30 October 1794. 1 page, 4to, enclosed in custom velvet mat with plaques and image of Adams, fine. With brief note on provenance...

Auction 19.05.2000
19 May 2000
Estimate
US$5,500 - US$7,500
Price realised:
US$5,875
Auction archive: Lot number 1

ADAMS, John (1735-1826), President. Autograph note signed ("John Adams") TO GENERAL BENJAMIN LINCOLN (1733-1810), Quincy, 30 October 1794. 1 page, 4to, enclosed in custom velvet mat with plaques and image of Adams, fine. With brief note on provenance...

Auction 19.05.2000
19 May 2000
Estimate
US$5,500 - US$7,500
Price realised:
US$5,875
Beschreibung:

ADAMS, John (1735-1826), President. Autograph note signed ("John Adams") TO GENERAL BENJAMIN LINCOLN (1733-1810), Quincy, 30 October 1794. 1 page, 4to, enclosed in custom velvet mat with plaques and image of Adams, fine. With brief note on provenance, indicating that it "was received from Josiah Quincy Esq., who received it from the Grand Son of the writer -- Charles Francis Adams Esq., to be sent to me at request of Mrs. T.H. Perkins," 5 April 1853. MENTIONING ABIGAIL. A brief but cordial note to an long-time friend and colleague: "I have left a note in Mrs. Adams's hands for 400 dollars. If she should have occasion for it, will you be so good as to let her have it, and draw upon me or I will remit it to you upon Notice from her or you. I wish you a pleasant Winter, and fewer Tracasseries than will probably irritate."

Auction archive: Lot number 1
Auction:
Datum:
19 May 2000
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
Beschreibung:

ADAMS, John (1735-1826), President. Autograph note signed ("John Adams") TO GENERAL BENJAMIN LINCOLN (1733-1810), Quincy, 30 October 1794. 1 page, 4to, enclosed in custom velvet mat with plaques and image of Adams, fine. With brief note on provenance, indicating that it "was received from Josiah Quincy Esq., who received it from the Grand Son of the writer -- Charles Francis Adams Esq., to be sent to me at request of Mrs. T.H. Perkins," 5 April 1853. MENTIONING ABIGAIL. A brief but cordial note to an long-time friend and colleague: "I have left a note in Mrs. Adams's hands for 400 dollars. If she should have occasion for it, will you be so good as to let her have it, and draw upon me or I will remit it to you upon Notice from her or you. I wish you a pleasant Winter, and fewer Tracasseries than will probably irritate."

Auction archive: Lot number 1
Auction:
Datum:
19 May 2000
Auction house:
Christie's
New York, Rockefeller Center
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