record number: 310936

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Dates:

( conjectural )

Oct. 1841

Original paper slip text:[Oct. 1841?]

Author:

John Quincy Adams

Original paper slip text:JQA.

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Title:

[Poem:] "Gelon of Syracuse"; 1st line - "Spirit of Gelon! ..."

Length:

2 p.

Document Type:

JQA—Poems, Hymns, Prayers, &c.

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Notes:

Misc. MSS, Adams
P. 2 quotes passage from Montesquieu which inspired this sonnet.
Note: Catalogue entry from NYHS notes this as being written "for the Antislavery Fair in Boston."

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