( conjectural )
27 Oct. 1825
Original paper slip text:27 [Oct.] 1825.
Roxbury,
Original paper slip text:Hermitage, Roxbury
2 p.
- Letter bears date "27 March 1825" and it was filmed at that date. Date changed to 27 [Oct.] 1825 by SM and MF 1/28/1969. Input by ER 11/12/2015
- Archival Notes: Evidence to support this change: (1) reference to JA's "approaching birthday" i.e. 30 October; (2) reference to two incomplete pictures being painted by Stuart, which are clearly those of JQA and LCA which Stuart had begun during JQA's stay in Boston early in Oct. 1825 (see Boylston to JQA, 4 Oct. 1825, 251821); (3) reference to "pantaloons" which relates this letter to others on the same subject such as JQA to Boylston, 8 Nov. 1825 (
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251948) and Boylston to JQA, 22 Dec. 1825 (click to view record ID 251948 in a new window/tab.
252186); (4) Boylston returned to his Roxbury home from Princeton between JQA's visit to him at Princeton, 15-17 Oct. 1825 (DJQA, those dates), and JQA's letter to him at Roxbury, 8 Nov. 1825 (click to view record ID 252186 in a new window/tab.
251948); (5) In 1825, 27 Oct. fell on a Thursday, which was the weekday on which this letter was written. Entered by ER 11/24/2015click to view record ID 251948 in a new window/tab.
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Adams Papers microfilm: reel 468
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