"THE . . . DESTINY OF OUR COUNTRY [IS] . . . THE TOTAL ABOLITION OF SLAVERY" ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY Letter Signed, to Representative Julius Rockwell, explaining that his health is improving but that he is not expecting to return to Congress, quoting two lines in Latin [from the fourth Eclogue by Virgil], stating that the abolition of slavery is the destiny of the country, anticipating that it would not be realized in his lifetime and hoping that Rockwell would live to welcome it. 1 1/2 pages, 4to, faintly ruled paper, with integral blank; faint scattered staining, folds. With the original envelope, with postmark, intact wax seal, and his Franking Signature ("J.Q. Adams"). Quincy, 18 June 1847...
"THE . . . DESTINY OF OUR COUNTRY [IS] . . . THE TOTAL ABOLITION OF SLAVERY" ADAMS, JOHN QUINCY Letter Signed, to Representative Julius Rockwell, explaining that his health is improving but that he is not expecting to return to Congress, quoting two lines in Latin [from the fourth Eclogue by Virgil], stating that the abolition of slavery is the destiny of the country, anticipating that it would not be realized in his lifetime and hoping that Rockwell would live to welcome it. 1 1/2 pages, 4to, faintly ruled paper, with integral blank; faint scattered staining, folds. With the original envelope, with postmark, intact wax seal, and his Franking Signature ("J.Q. Adams"). Quincy, 18 June 1847...
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