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ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY, President. Autograph letter signed ("John Q. Adams") as Minister to Prussia, to Joseph Pitcairn, U.S. Consul at Hamburg, Berlin, 27 December 1800. 1 page, 4to, 230 x 190mm. (9 x 7 3/4 in.), integral address leaf in Adams' hand, red wax seal intact, in good condition.
ADAMS'S CONCERN FOR THE PRUSSIAN-AMERICAN TREATY
The young Minister Adams enquires anxiously about the Prussian-American Treaty of 1799, which he had negotiated. "...My special concern at present is however for the Treaty -- I have no acknowledgement of its being received at the department of State; nor had my brother [Thomas] received a letter which was enclosed with it. You may remember it was taken by a Mr. Messonier who gave you a receipt for it, and who went in the Ship Farmer to Philadelphia. Have you any account of that vessel's arrival? I hear from so many quarters that I owe you a felicitation, that I can no longer dispense with giving it -- I hope you will believe it is warm and cordial..."
The Prussian-American Treaty was a commercial pact, concluded by Adams in 1799.
ADAMS'S CONCERN FOR THE PRUSSIAN-AMERICAN TREATY
The young Minister Adams enquires anxiously about the Prussian-American Treaty of 1799, which he had negotiated. "...My special concern at present is however for the Treaty -- I have no acknowledgement of its being received at the department of State; nor had my brother [Thomas] received a letter which was enclosed with it. You may remember it was taken by a Mr. Messonier who gave you a receipt for it, and who went in the Ship Farmer to Philadelphia. Have you any account of that vessel's arrival? I hear from so many quarters that I owe you a felicitation, that I can no longer dispense with giving it -- I hope you will believe it is warm and cordial..."
The Prussian-American Treaty was a commercial pact, concluded by Adams in 1799.