ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY, President. Autograph letter signed to Joseph Pitcairn, Berlin, 18 April 1801, 1 page, 4to, integral address leaf with black wax seal, concerning personal matters and politics: "...I think like you, with respect to the cession of the Floridas and Louisiana [to Spain] -- It will have some inconveniences and some advantages. The balance between them might be under the lock and key of time..."; ADAMS. Autograph letter signed to the same, "Ealing, near London," 16 December 1815, 1 page, 4to, integral address leaf with red wax seal, edges worn, requesting Pitcairn to purchase a copy of Bode's Uranographia, which "consists of 24 Celestial charts...and contains the most complete exposition of the Starry Heavens..." and concluding: "I wrote to the Secretary of State [James Monroe] recommending the appointment of M. Mowbray as Consul of the United States at Leith but have not yet received an answer..."; together 2 items. (2)

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ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY, President. Autograph letter signed to Joseph Pitcairn, Berlin, 18 April 1801, 1 page, 4to, integral address leaf with black wax seal, concerning personal matters and politics: "...I think like you, with respect to the cession of the Floridas and Louisiana [to Spain] -- It will have some inconveniences and some advantages. The balance between them might be under the lock and key of time..."; ADAMS. Autograph letter signed to the same, "Ealing, near London," 16 December 1815, 1 page, 4to, integral address leaf with red wax seal, edges worn, requesting Pitcairn to purchase a copy of Bode's Uranographia, which "consists of 24 Celestial charts...and contains the most complete exposition of the Starry Heavens..." and concluding: "I wrote to the Secretary of State [James Monroe] recommending the appointment of M. Mowbray as Consul of the United States at Leith but have not yet received an answer..."; together 2 items. (2)