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Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
ADAMS, JOHN. Autograph Letter Signed, as President, to Governor of Mississippi Territory Winthrop Sargent ("Dear Sir"), marked "private," acknowledging receipt of his letter, encouraging him to continue in his position, and congratulating him on his marriage. 1 page, 4to; two short closed tears at edges repaired verso with cello tape, mounting traces at edges, folds. Quincy, 7 April 1799
". . . The most acceptable service you can render to me, and indeed the only service that I can at present imagine, will be a continuance of your Activity Patience and Ability in the very important public station you now hold. "I congratulate you very sincerely on your marriage and wish you every domestic felicity as well as every public honor which your first services have merited. "I thank you for the strawberry seeds which shall be planted in the garden at Quincy though I have little hope that they will there succeed as they did in yours."
