Nov 13, 2003 - Sale 1985

Sale 1985 - Lot 109

Price Realized: $ 460
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(ADAMS, JOHN.) Contemporary manuscript copy of Adams's last will and testament. 3 pages, folded 4to sheet; toned and stained, separated at fold. Np, circa 1819

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An unusual Presidential item, with no indication of the copy date, but appears to be contemporary to the original dated 27 September 1819. The will names his son John Quincy Adams an executor and leaves most of the estate to him.