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Jefferson & Adams create a friendship...
Jefferson & Adams create a friendship...
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December 21, 1822
NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, Dec. 21, 1822 The most significant content inside is a charming pair of letters between two former Presidents and one-time adversaries: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.
Now in their latter years (87 and 80 respectively) a respect & friendship developed which would last through their four remaining years: they would both pass away on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
The article is headed "Interesting Correspondence" and has a prefacing note which includes: "...It is delightful to witness this kind of correspondence between these two distinguished men, the asperities of party by which they were at one time separated, worn down, and nothing remaining but the interchange of sentiments of unfeigned kindness and respect..." with more.
The letter from Jefferson is datelined from Monticello, June 1, and begins: "It is very long, my dear sir, since I have written to you. My dislocated wrist is now become so stiff that I write slowly & with pain; and therefore write as little as I can. Yet it is due to mutual friendship to ask once in a while how we do?..." with much more & signed in type: Thomas Jefferson. Following this is "Mr. Adams' Reply" which begins: "Dear Sir--Half an hour ago I received, & this moment have heard read for the third or fourth time, the best letter that ever was written by an octogenarian..." and closes with: "...In wishing for your health & happiness, I am very selfish: for I hope for more letters; this is worth more than five hundred dollars to me, for it has already given me, and will continue to give me, more pleasure than a thousand...", signed in type: John Adams.
Other articles within this issue of interest include: "Piracy" "Death of Slavery" "Presidential Nomination", letters signed in type by John Quincy Adams and H. Clay; "Opium Trade with China" plus much reporting from Congress.
Sixteen pages, 6 1/4 by 9 1/2 inches, good condition.
As noted in Wikipedia, this title: "...(was) one of the most widely-circulated magazines in the United States...Devoted primarily to politics...considered an important source for the history of the period."
Category: Pre-Civil War
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