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28 Dec. 1808

Original paper slip text:28 Dec. 1808

Abigail Smith Adams

Original paper slip text:AA

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John Adams Smith

Original paper slip text:John Adams Smith

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3 p.
  • Date changed from [1808?] to [28 December 1808] based on internal evidence and AA to AA2, 28 Dec. 1808, slip
    112819

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    . Filmed at [1808]. HPW, SM 11/15/2022.
  • Archival Notes: Late 1808 or early 1809. The letter of John Adams Smith to JA mentioned by AA in line 3 may possibly be John Adams Smith to JA, 1 October 1808, not found but acknowledged by JA in his letter to John Adams Smith of 10 Oct. 1808 (
    112715

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    and
    112716

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    ). The reference on p.3, lines 1-3, to JQA's prospective departure for Washington to attend Supreme Court sessions presumably concerns the events of early 1809. JQA left Quincy on 26 Jan. 1809 and attended Court for the first time on 7 Feb. See DJQA for 1809. Entered by ER 11/23/2015

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Adams Papers microfilm: reel 406
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