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Title: Autograph Letter signed by Elias Boudinot, to Samuel Bayard Author: Boudinot, Elias Place: Philadelphia Publisher: Date: April 22, 1797 Description: 4 pp., in ink, on 4-page conjugate, 13¼x8¼. Elias Boudinot (1740-1821), Revolutionary statesman, member and sometime president of the Continental Congress, close friend of George Washington, and at this time Director of the U.S. Mint, writes to Samuel Bayard, then serving in London as agent for American claims before British admiralty courts. The first page mostly praises the Almighty for restoring the health of his niece, then he goes on to give a lucid and insightful account of the inauguration of John Adams "Our public affairs go on very well, as to domestic occurrences. Mr. Adams' election seems to give universal satisfaction, and even Democrats pretend that he is the proper man for the office. How long this temper will last I know not, but presume it is at most an exotic of a semi-annual existence. His installation on the 4th March was really solemn, interesting & pleasing - every thing was conducted as it should have been; and the universal spectacle of a free People inducting their first Magistrate into office, with so much ease, system & propriety, was grand, instructive & entertaining. Foreigners were astonished & disappointed, while one & all rejoyced at this novel & pleasing exhibition - Our late excellent President attended this public solemnity in the Representatives Chambers, as a citizen, and had a seat on the floor of that House among the rest of his fellow Citizens, where he had never before appeared, but as the supreme executive Magistrate of the Union. He was the first to congratulate the new President on his accession to the thorny seat..." The young nation had passed the litmus test of democracy - the orderly transfer of government. Lot Amendments Condition: Silked, a little browned, very good. Item number: 202656