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John Adams

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John Adams

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Auction Date:2012 Feb 15 @ 18:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Crisp manuscript DS, one page, 8 x 12.5, November 6, 1818. A Deed of Release from John Adams to Thomas B. Adams, stating in full: “Know all men by these presents that I John Adams of Quincy in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esquire, in consideration of One Dollar to me paid by Thomas Boylston Adams of said Quincy Esquire, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, have remissed, released and forever quitclaimed, and do by these presents remiss, release and forever quitclaim unto the said Thomas Boylston Adams his heirs and assigns forever, all the lands, tenements and hereditaments, situated in the Town of Medford in the County of Middlesex and Commonweath of Massachusetts which belonged to me in right of Abigail my wife, late of Quincy by her father in his last will and testament. To have and to hold the same, together, will all the privileges and appurtenances thereunto belonging to him the said Thomas Boylston Adams his heirs and assigns forever. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the sixth day of November, in the year of Our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighteen.” Signed at the conclusion by Adams. In very good condition, with intersecting folds, scattered light soiling and trivial foxing, old reparative tape to the edges of the separations, and slightly rough edges. Diamond-shape seal beside Adams’ signature is intact.

When Adams was not reelected to a second term as president, he retired from public life, returning to his farm in Quincy, Massachusetts. In October 1818, his wife Abigail first suffered a stroke then died of typhoid fever on October 28. Nine days later, during this time of grief, Adams signed this "deed of release" to his youngest son Thomas who was the chief justice of the Circuit Court of Common Pleas for the Southern Circuit of Massachusetts, for Medford property the couple inherited from Abigail's father, the Reverend William Smith. The judge never quite fulfilled the expectations of his father, who oversaw his education, but they enjoyed an amiable relationship and after his mother died the younger Adams and his family moved in to be near the elder statesmen.

Two weeks later, on November 13, Thomas Jefferson, who succeeded him as president, wrote a condolence letter to his friend, which read in part, "I know well, and feel what you have lost, what you have suffered, are suffering, and have yet to endure." Although Adams’ own health was also failing, his mind remained sharp and and he remained in good spirits. He and Jefferson continued their correspondence until both died on July 4, 1826 on the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.
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