Papers of John Adams, volume 21
ca. 2 September 1791
I have the honor to inform you that I have been engaged
thro this week in attempts to provide for you an house fit for the reception
of your family but have not yet succeeded. Genl.
Knox is also paying attention to the matter & we shall certainly
accommodate you, if in our power. He is of opinion that it will not be
proper to refuse £300 per Annum for Mrs.
Keppele’s2 house at the
corner of Arch & fourth streets, should it be obtainable at that price.
To morrow she is to inform me— Mr Hamilton gives
£250 for a single house of about 26 or 27 feet front in Market street
opposite the presidents— Mr. delaforest after a
fruitless trial of a week has bought a new house for £1560—3
I merely write, Sir, to inform you of the present train
of things, and assuring you of my unremitted Attention to your instructions,
I have the honor to be with the highest respect, / sir, your most obedt. / & most hum. Servant
RC (Adams Papers). Filmed at [Oct.–Nov.
1793].
The dating of this letter is based on Coxe’s 3 Sept. letter to JA, below.
Alexander Hamilton resided at 164 High Street, while
George and Martha 57
Washington then lived at 190 High Street, commonly known as Market
Street. Antoine René Charles Mathurin, Comte de Papers
, 8:511; Philadelphia Directory, 1791, p. 124, Evans, No. 23205; Washington, Papers, Presidential Series
,
6:399–400;
AFC
, 8:296,
9:xvi; Philadelphia Directory, 1793, p. 34, Evans, No. 25585).