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ADAMS, JOHN (1735-1826), President. Letter signed ("John Adams") to Daniel Coney of Maine; Quincy, Mass., 1 February l8l9. 2 pages, 4to, small hole at one fold intersection, some separation at folds, with portion of address panel bearing original wax seal and Adams' FREE-FRANK SIGNATURE.
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ADAMS, JOHN (1735-1826), President. Letter signed ("John Adams") to Daniel Coney of Maine; Quincy, Mass., 1 February l8l9. 2 pages, 4to, small hole at one fold intersection, some separation at folds, with portion of address panel bearing original wax seal and Adams' FREE-FRANK SIGNATURE.
STATEHOOD FOR MAINE?. A fine letter on the hotly debated question of Maine's status: "The question you state to me is of so much importance...that a volume might be written....My judgement, poor as it is, and my inclinations, strong as they are, are all on the side of union. I can see no public benefit to arise, on the contrary much public evil from that spirit of division, partition and separation which so unhappily prevails....It is to Massachusetts and her strenuous exertions that Maine is indebted for her preservation from the grasping clutches of Great Britain....When there arises in Maine a bold, daring, ardent genius, with talents capable of inspiring the people...He will tear off Maine and leave her in a state of mediocrity in the union...." With a typescript of Coney's letter to Adams.
STATEHOOD FOR MAINE?. A fine letter on the hotly debated question of Maine's status: "The question you state to me is of so much importance...that a volume might be written....My judgement, poor as it is, and my inclinations, strong as they are, are all on the side of union. I can see no public benefit to arise, on the contrary much public evil from that spirit of division, partition and separation which so unhappily prevails....It is to Massachusetts and her strenuous exertions that Maine is indebted for her preservation from the grasping clutches of Great Britain....When there arises in Maine a bold, daring, ardent genius, with talents capable of inspiring the people...He will tear off Maine and leave her in a state of mediocrity in the union...." With a typescript of Coney's letter to Adams.
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Please note that the free frank on this document is in a secretarial hand and John Adams's franking signature has been clipped away from the address panel.