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ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY President . Autograph letter signed ("John Quincy Adams") as Massachusetts State Senator, to Joseph Pitcairn, "near Boston," 4 December 1801. 1½ pages, 4to, 235 x 195 mm. (9 x 8 in.), integral address leaf in Adams's hand, WITH RED WAX SEAL INTACT, light dampstain affecting lower portion, seal hole. "GREAT TRANQUILITY PREVAILS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, AND THE VIOLENCE OF PARTY SPIRIT HAS VERY MUCH SUBSIDED" A lengthy letter on European politics and Jefferson's administration. "...I have been to the city of Washington, and brought home my wife and child...It gives me pain to be informed...that a successor to your office has been appointed...Probably this circumstance will be of much less consequence to you since the peace between France and England -- But...if...a permanent peace...is questionable...The session of Congress is about commencing, with a majority in both houses favourable to the views of the present [Jefferson] administration -- Great tranquility prevails throughout the country, and the violence of party spirit has very much subsided..."