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ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY. Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, “J.Q.
Adams,” as President, land deed granting 160 acres in Jeffersonville, Indiana to John
Simmons. Countersigned by George Graham. 9x14 inches; minor staining at folds, dock-
eted on verso, minor loss to seal. (AKF)
Washington, 7 April 1825
[400/600]
PRESIDENTS
Lots 300-375
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ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY. Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, “J.Q.
Adams,” as President, land deed granting 80 acres in Michigan to Abraham C. Van Pelt.
Countersigned by George Graham as Commissioner of the General Land Office. 9
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x15
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2
inches; folds and wrinkles, some fading to text but Adams’s signature is bold, seal mostly
intact.
Washington, 10 May 1826
[400/600]
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ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY. Partly-printed vellum Document Signed, “J.Q.
Adams,” as President, land deed granting 80 acres in Florida to John McCulloh.
Countersigned by George Graham. 9x15
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2
inches; minor scattered cockling, folds, unob-
trusive embossed stamp lower right touching signature, seal intact; matted with a portrait
and framed.
Washington, 1 November 1827
[500/750]
ONE MONTH BEFORE HIS DEATH
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ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY. Autograph Note Signed, in the third person within
the text: “John Quincy Adams / with a trembling hand / but a stedfast heart / in good
wishes for the welfare / of Mrs. [Richard Bland?] Lee.”
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2
page, 8vo, with integral blank.
(AKF)
Washington, 20 January 1848
[400/600]
WITH
Louisa Johnson Adams. Partly-printed note, unsigned, inviting Mrs. Govan to tea on
December 17, accomplished in an unknown hand. Washington, 12 December 1822.
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ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY. Clipped Signature (“J.Q. Adams”), on a slip of paper.
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x4 inches; pinholes at lower edge, folds; hinged to mat with a portrait and small
engraved plaque.
Np, nd
[250/350]
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