Title: From John Quincy Adams to John Quincy Adams, 4 October 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy,Quincy, Josiah, III
To: Adams, John Quincy

					October 4, 1826

				(Copy.)Deed. Adams and Quincy to J. Q. Adams.Whereas John Adams late of Quincy in the County of Norfolk Doctor of Laws, did by his last Will and Testament, give and devise to his Son John Quincy Adams and to his heirs all that part of his real estate lying on both sides of the Antient County road from Boston to Plymouth containing by estimation One hundred and three Acres be the same more or less, Together with his Mansion-house, Gardens & buildings thereon situated, upon condition that he the said John Quincy Adams should pay or cause to be paid with interest within three years after the decease of him the said John Adams, the sum of Ten thousand Dollars to his Executors in and by his last Will and testament appointed Viz, his son John Quincy Adams and his friend Josiah Quincy.And whereas upon a survey made since the decease of the said John Adams by Mather Withington of the said real estate lying on both sides of the said Antient County road, it has been found to contain, Ninety-five Acres, two quarters and one rodAnd whereas the said John Quincy Adams has accepted the said devise upon the condition therein prescribed and has paid to the said Executors the said sum of Ten thousand Dollars with interest from the time of the decease of the said John Adams, that is to say from the Fourth day of July last past Viz the sum of One hundred & fifty dollars.Now Therefore Know all men by these Presents that We John Quincy Adams and Josiah Quincy Executors of the last Will and testament of John Adams late of Quincy in the County of Norfolk Doctor of Laws, in consideration of the said sum of Ten thousand One hundred and Fifty dollars by the said John Quincy Adams in his individual capacity paid to us conformably to the directions of the said Will; have sold conveyed and confirmed, and by these Presents do sell convey and confirm to the said John Quincy Adams in his individual capacity, his heirs and Assigns, all the right, title, interest, and estate of the said John Adams at the time of his decease in and to the Homestead of the said John Adams lying on both sides of the antient County road from Boston to Plymouth containing by the Survey of Mather Withington since the decease of the said John Adams Ninety Five acres, two quarters and one rod but be the same more or less together with the Mansion-house, Gardens and buildings thereon situated. To Have & to Hold to him the said John Quincy Adams and to his heirs and assigns forever.And we do for ourselves executors as aforesaid and for our Successors, administrators of the said last will and testament Covenant and agree to and with the said John Quincy Adams his heirs and Assigns that We or either of us, will at any time hereafter execute any other deed, should any such by judgment of Law or by advice of Counsel learned in the law be found necessary for effecting and completing the conveyance of the premises to him the said John Quincy Adams his heirs and assigns, in fee simple, and thereby carrying into effect the said last Will and testament of the said John Adams.In Testimony whereof We have hereunto put our hands and seals, the fourth day of October in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six.Signed, sealed & delivered in presence ofThomas B AdamsJohn Adams.(Signed) J. Q. Adams—(Seal)(Signed) Josiah Quincy (Seal)Norfolk Ss. Town of Quincy October the Fourth AD 1826.Then John Quincy Adams and Josiah Quincy the Executors aforesaid acknowledged the aforegoing Instrument as their free Act & deedCoram Thomas B Adams Jus. Pacis(Copy of the Endorsements)Numbers in red ink 31. in black ink 75.DeedAdams & Quincy to J. Q AdamsRecd Oct 4—1826Dedham October 4 1826. Received and Entered with NorfolkRecords Lib 78 folo. 305Per Enos Foord Reg(Copy)Deed Executors to J. Q. Adams.Whereas John Adams late of Quincy in the County of Norfolk, Doctor of Laws, deceased did by his last Will & Testament order that with certain exceptions fully set forth in the said Will all the rest and residue of his estate real personal and mixed should be sold by his Executors.And Whereas the said John Adams did by his said last Will and Testament constitute and appoint his Son John Quincy Adams and his friend Josiah Quincy of Boston Executors thereof.And Whereas the said Executors did on the nineteenth day of September Instant cause to be sold at public Auction at French’s Tavern in Quincy aforesaid due notice thereof having been previously given certain tracts and parcels of Salt Marsh and Wood land being part of the real estate of the said John Adams deceasedAnd Whereas the said John Quincy Adams in his individual capacity was by his Agents duly authorised by him, Josiah Adams, Josiah Bass and Ebenezer Adams the highest bidder and purchaser of the said tracts and parcels of land.Now therefore We the said John Quincy Adams and Josiah Quincy Executors aforesaid, in consideration of the premises and in consideration of the Sum of Nine thousand Two hundred and Fifty five dollars and fifty five cents to us in hand paid and the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge, have given, granted, bargained, sold conveyed and confirmed, and by these Presents do give grant bargain sell convey and confirm to him the said John Quincy Adams his heirs and assigns, all the right, title, interest and estate of the said John Adams deceased in and to the following tracts and parcels of landOne tract of Salt-Marsh called Gull Island marsh containing by the survey made by Mather Withington on the Twenty first of September current Ten Acres Two quarters and twenty nine rods, struck off to Josiah Bass at Sixty dollars an Acre, amounting to Six hundred and Forty dollars Eighty seven & an half Cents.One tract of Salt-Marsh and Upland called the Farm’s lot containing by survey of the said Withington Nine Acres Two quarters and two rods struck off to Josiah Adams at Ninety dollars an Acre amounting to eight hundred and Fifty-six dollars and Twelve and an half Cents.One tract called Rock Island Marsh containing by Survey Two Acres one quarter and twenty eight rods struck off to Josiah Adams at Seventy dollars an Acre amounting to One hundred and Sixty nine dollars and Seventy five Cents.One tract called the Coves Marsh containing by survey Thirteen Acres, three quarters and twenty two rods struck off to Josiah Bass at Sixty two dollars an Acre, amounting to Eight hundred and Sixty one dollars two and an half cents.One lot of Woodland called the Borland lot containing by the survey twenty seven Acres & thirteen rods struck off to Josiah Adams at Fifty three dollars an Acre amounting to One thousand Four hundred & thirty-five dollars & thirty Cents.One tract called the old Adams lot containing by the survey Three acres three quarters and thirteen rods, struck off to Josiah Bass at Fifty three dollars an Acre amounting to Two hundred & three dollars & five Cents.One tract called the Ruggles & Thayer lot containing by the survey of Asa French Fifteen Acres, two quarters & thirty two rods struck off to Josiah Bass at Forty dollars an Acre amounting to Six hundred & twenty eight dollars.One tract called the Field lot containing by the Survey Fourteen Acres two quarters and twenty nine rods, struck off to Josiah Adams for One hundred and Fifty one dollars an Acre amounting to Two thousand two hundred & sixteen dollars eighty six Cents.One tract called the Joy lot containing by the survey Seventeen Acres two quarters and thirty one rods struck off to Josiah Adams at One hundred and nine dollars an Acre amounting to One thousand nine hundred and twenty nine dollars and Sixty one Cents.One tract of wood land called the Savil lot containing by the survey Six Acres & twenty eight rods struck off to Ebenezer Adams at Fifty one dollars an Acre amounting to Three hundred & fourteen dollars and ninety two Cents.To Have & to hold all the said tracts and lots of Salt marsh and Woodland with all & every their appurtenances to him the said John Quincy Adams & his heirs ForeverAnd We the said John Quincy Adams & Josiah Quincy Executors as aforesaid do hereby Covenant and agree with the said John Quincy Adams in his individual capacity, his heirs and Assigns that we will Warrant & defend the above granted Premises however butted or bounded against all persons claiming under or through the said John Adams and be the quantity of Acres in each of the lots aforesaid, as owned and possessed by the said John Adams more or less; and that we will at any time hereafter execute any other deed or deeds which by operation of Law may be found necessary or by advice of Counsel learned in the Law expedient to secure the said lands to him the said John Quincy Adams his heirs & Assigns Forever.In Witness whereof We the said John Quincy Adams and Josiah Quincy Executors as aforesaid have hereunto put our hands and seals at Quincy aforesaid this Fourth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty six and in the Fifty first year of the Independence of the United States of America.Signed sealed & delivered in presence of Thomas B Adams John Adams(Signed) J. Q. Adams (Seal)(Signed) Josiah Quincy (Seal)Acknowledgment on the Margin of the first page Norfolk Ss Town of Quincy October 4th. AD 1826. Then John Quincy Adams and Josiah Quincy the Executors named herein acknowledged this Instrument to be their free Act and DeedCoram Thomas B Adams Jus. Pacis(Copy of the Endorsements)Numbers in red ink 32. in black ink 112 1/2Deed Recd. Oct 4—1826.Adams & Quincy Exors to AdamsIn the MarginsDedham October 4—1826 Received and Entered with Norfolk Records Lib 78 folo. 305Per Enos Foord. Reg.(Copy)Deed. Executors to J. Q. Adams.Know all men by these Presents That We John Quincy Adams and Josiah Quincy both of Boston in the County of Suffolk Executors of the last Will & Testament of John Adams late of Quincy in the County of Norfolk deceased in consideration of the Sum of Two hundred and Twenty one dollars and thirty three cents paid us by the said John Quincy Adams in his individual capacity the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge and for the execution of the said last will and testament have sold and conveyed and do hereby sell and convey to him the said John Quincy Adams his heirs and Assigns a certain Wood lot situated in said Quincy being the same land conveyed to the said John Adams by Deed of Josiah Quincy dated the first day of November One thousand seven hundred and seventy nine, recorded among the Deeds of Suffolk County Lib 134 Fol 173 and therein said to contain by estimation Ten Acres and found by the survey of Mather Withington taken on the twentieth day of September last to contain—eight Acres two quarters and two rods but be the same more or less—the said lot having been struck off to the said John Quincy Adams as the highest bidder at Public Auction on the twenty eighth day of September last at the rate of Seventy six Dollars an Acre.To Have & to hold to him the said John Quincy Adams his heirs and Assigns forever And We the said Executors do hereby covenant and agree with the said John Quincy Adams in his individuality capacity his heirs and Assigns, that we will warrant and defend the premises herein granted against all persons claiming under or through the said John Adams and that we or either of us will at any time hereafter execute any other Deeds or deeds which by operation of Law may be found necessary or by advice of Counsel learned in the law expedient to secure the said lot of land to him the said John Quincy Adams his heirs and Assigns forever.In Witness whereof We the said John Quincy Adams & Josiah Quincy Executors as aforesaid have hereunto set our hands and seals at said Quincy this fourth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight-hundred & twenty sixSigned sealed & delivered in presence ofNB. Before signing an omission is inserted in the Margin of page firstThomas B AdamsJohn Adams(Signed) J. Q. Adams. (Seal)(Signed) Josiah Quincy (Seal)Norfolk Ss. Town of Quincy October 4th. AD 1826 Then John Quincy Adams and Josiah Quincy the executors above named acknowledged the above instrument as their free act and deedCoram Thomas B Adams Jus Pacis(Copy of the Endorsements)Numbers 33 in red ink 75 in black inkDeedAdams & Quincy Exors to J Q Adams.Recd. Oct. 4—1826.Dedham October 4—1826 Received and Entered with Norfolk Records Lib 78 fol 306.Per Enos Foord. Reg(Copy)Deed. Executors to J. Q. Adams.Know all men by these Presents That We John Quincy Adams of Boston in the County of Suffolk and Josiah Quincy of said Boston Esquires Executors of the last will and testament of John Adams late of Quincy in the County of Norfolk Doctor of Laws deceased in consideration of Forty-five dollars paid by the said John Quincy Adams the receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge to hereby sell and convey unto the said John Quincy Adams one Pew in the first Congregational Parish in Quincy aforesaid, being the first Pew on the Easterly side of the pulpit formerly belonging to the said John Adams.And also in consideration of Sixty two dollars paid us by the said John Quincy Adams we the said Executors do sell and convey unto the said John Quincy Adams one other Pew in said Parish being the Pew numbered One in the broad Aisle late belonging to the said John Adams.And also in consideration of Sixty dollars paid us by the said John Quincy Adams We the said Executors do sell and convey unto the said John Quincy Adams One Tomb in the burial ground of the First Congregational Parish in Quincy aforesaid being the tomb nearest the Town School-house in said Quincy and late belonging to the said John Adams; the sums to us the said Executors paid, being those at which the aforesaid Pews and Tomb were sold at public Auction to the said John Quincy Adams.To Have and to hold the said Premise to him the said John Quincy Adams his heirs and Assigns to his and their we and behoof forever.In Witness whereof We the said John Quincy Adams and Josiah Quincy Executors aforesaid have hereunto set our hands and seals this fourth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty sixSigned sealed & delivered in presence ofThomas B AdamsJohn AdamsN.B: Before signing the word two was interlined.(Signed) J Q Adams. (Seal)(Signed) Josiah Quincy (Seal)Norfolk Ss Town of Quincy 4th. October 1826. Then the above named Executors acknowledged the above instrument as their free Act and Deed.Coram Thomas B Adams Jus Pacis.(Copy of the Endorsements)Numbers in red ink 34. in black ink 62 1/2DeedAdams and Quincy Exors to J. Q. AdamsRecd. Oct. 4—1826.Dedham October 4 1826 Received and Entered with Norfolk Records Lib 78 fol 307.Per Enos Foord Reg


Title: From Enos Foord to Josiah, III Quincy, 4 October 1826
From: Foord, Enos
To: Quincy, Josiah, III

					Registers Office Dedham October 4—1826

				Received of Hon. Josiah Quincy six dollars and eighty seven cents in full for recording deeds & other instruments relating to the estate of Hon John Adams decd
				Enos Foord, Reg.


Title: From John Quincy Adams to John Quincy Adams, 4 October 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Adams, John Quincy,Quincy, Josiah, III

				(Copy) Bond. J. Q. Adams to Executors.

					October 4, 1826

				Know all men by these Present that I John Quincy Adams of Boston in the County of Suffolk Esquire am held and firmly bound in my individual capacity to the said John Quincy Adams and Josiah Quincy also of said Boston Esquire Executors of the last Will and Testament of John Adams late of Quincy in the County of Norfolk Doctor of Laws deceased in the sum of Forty two thousand dollars; to the which payment I do hereby bind myself my heirs, Executors and Administrators at said Quincy this fourth day of October in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty six.Whereas the said John Adams did by his said last Will and Testament among other dispositions of his property, devise, bequeath and direct as follows Viz that the whole of his entire, real, personal and mixed with certain exceptions therein otherwise disposed of should be sold by his Executors and after the payment of his debts and funeral expenses he ordered that the proceeds of the said sale together with the sums to be paid or secured to be paid by the said John Quincy Adams to the said Executors by virtue of a devise in the said Will to him should be appropriated in fourteen equal portions one half or seven portions of which were to his son Thomas Boylston Adams and to his six children viz Abigail Smith Adams, Elizabeth Coombs Adams, Thomas Boylston Adams junior, Isaac Hull Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Joseph Herrod AdamsAnd whereas the said John Adams by his said last Will and Testament did further direct that his said Executors should retain in their hands all the portions of his estate therein devised to his son Thomas Boylston Adams and to his six children above named; that they put the same out to interest and hold the same in trust, paying the said interest to his said son Thomas Boylston Adams, or to the support of his family or forming an accumulating fund for the benefit of his children at their discretion until his said children attain the age of twenty one years and as each attain the said age that his Executors should pay over such childs portion to him or her successively and after the decease of his said Son Thomas that his portion should be equally divided among such of his children as shall then survive.And whereas the whole estate real, personal and mixed of the said John Adams has in fulfilment of the directions of his said last Will and Testament been sold by the said Executors so far as has been practicable and the proceeds thereof amount after deduction of the sums necessary for payment of the debts, funeral charges and necessary expenses of Administration together with the allowance usual to the Executors, to the sum of Forty two thousand dollars including the sum of Ten thousand dollars paid by the said John Quincy Adams to the said Executors within three years from the fourth day of July last past with interest from that day until paidNow the Condition of this Obligation is such that if the said John Quincy Adams his heirs executors or administrators shall pay or cause to be paid to the said Executors of the last will and testament of the said John Adams the sum of Twenty one thousand dollars in manner following—and with interest as follows, that is to sayLawful interest at six per cent a year in quarterly payments on the first days of January, April, July and October upon so much of the said sum of Twenty one thousand dollars as shall remain at the said quarter days respectively unpaid which interest shall in fulfilment of the directions of the said last Will and Testament be applied by the said Executor to the support and subsistence of Thomas Boylston Adams of said Quincy Esquire and of his family and particularly of his six children hereinafter named.Three thousand dollars of the principal to be paid by the said Executors to Abigail Smith Adams daughter of the said Thomas Boylston Adams or to her legal representative on the 28th. day of July 1827 when she will attain the age of Twenty one years.Three thousand dollars of the said principal to be paid by the said Executors to Elizabeth Coombs Adams second daughter of the said Thomas Boylston or to her legal representative on the ninth day of February 1829.Three thousand dollars of the said principal to be paid by the said Executors to Thomas Boylston Adams junior Son of the said Thomas Boylston or to his legal representative on the third day of August 1830.Three thousand dollars of the said principal to be paid by the said Executors to Isaac Hull Adams second son of the said Thomas Boylston or to his legal representative on the twenty fifth day of May 1834.Three thousand dollars of the said principal to be paid by the said Executors to John Quincy Adams Junior third son of the said Thomas Boylston or to his legal representative on the fourteenth day of December 1836.Three thousand dollars of the said principal to be paid by the said Executors to Joseph Harrod Adams fourth son of the said Thomas Boylston or to his legal representative on the fifteenth day of December 1838. The said days of payment to each of the said children being those on which they will attain if living respectively the age of twenty one years. And lastly Three thousand dollars of the said principal on the decease of the said Thomas Boylston Adams to be paid by the said Executors or their Successors, Administrators of the said last Will and testament of the said John Adams divided equally between the children of the said Thomas Boylston who may survive him. And upon every payment of Three thousand dollars as aforesaid, the interest on so much of the principal sum of Twenty one thousand dollars is thenceforward to cease and determine.And if the said John Quincy Adams his heirs, executors or Administrators shall make the said payments of principal and interest as aforesaid to the said Executors or their Successors Administrators of the said last will and testament of John Adams for the purposes above described in fulfilment of the directions thereof and applicable to no other purpose, then this obligation together with the following Mortgages of real estate bearing even date with these Presents and given by the said John Quincy Adams to the said Executors to secure the said payments of interest and principal conformably to the said Will shall be null and void; otherwise to remain; this obligation and each of the said Mortgages according to its tenour respectively in full force and Virtue.First a Mortgage of the homestead estate and ninety five Acres two quarters and one rod of land conditioned for the payment of the devises to Abigail Smith Adams and Elizabeth Coombs Adams with interest as aforesaid.Second. A Mortgage of two dwelling houses at the corner of Nassau and Boylston streets Boston conditioned for the payment of the devises to Thomas Boylston Adams Junior and Isaac Hull Adams with interest as aforesaid.Third. A Mortgage of a brick dwelling house and store in Court street Boston conditioned for the payment of the devises to John Quincy Adams Junior and Joseph Harrod Adams with interest as aforesaid.Fourth A Mortgage of the farm at the foot of Penn’s hill with the buildings thereon conditioned for the payment of the devise to Thomas Boylston Adams with interest according to the directions of the Will.Each Mortgage to be cancelled and discharged upon payment of the devise to secure the payment of which it is given and each Mortgage may be cancelled by mutual agreement between the said Executor and the said John Quincy Adams his heirs executors or administrators upon the substitution of other adequate Security in its place.Witness my hand and seal at Quincy aforesaid / the day and year first above written.

					(Signed) J Q Adams

					Signed sealed & delivered in presence ofN.B. Before signing the letters “we” in the word, respectively were interlined—also the words “secured to be” were first struck out.
				Thomas B AdamsJohn AdamsNorfolk ss Quincy October 4th. 1826Then the above named John Quincy Adams acknowledged the above Instrument to be his free Act and deedCoram Thomas B Adams Jus Pacis.(Copy of the Endorsements)Numbers in red ink 35. in black ink 1.75.BondJ. Q Adams to Adams & QuincyRecd Oct 4 1826Dedham October 4 1826 Received and Entered with Norfolk Records Lib 78—folo—308Per Enos Foord Reg.


Title: From John Quincy Adams to John Quincy Adams, 4 October 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy,Quincy, Josiah, III
To: Adams, John Quincy

				No 2.

					October 4, 1826

            Dr The Executors of the last will of John AdamsinTo Balance of Account No 110293To sales of salt grass600."  sale of Furniture317559$328452Errors Excepted(signed) J. Q Adams(signed)—Josiah QuincyExecutors

            acct with his EstateCr—By cash paid J. Brislers BillNo 15099"  J. Savil TaxesNo 216500"  A. Holbrook. Med services37600"  A French Surveying4350"  Lewis Cary (Coffin Plate5750"  M Withington Surveying.64150"  E. Carr Funeral7150"  L. C. Smith Acct Current Sept.84189"  Whitney John Sales91300"  Adams Josiah Work1017126"  Spear Danl Sales113200"  Farrar J. Wages127250"  Ordway J. do134900."  Adams E Butcher1416362"  Briesler J.153721."  Greenleaf D. Appraisers164500."  Hardwick A. Work17350."  Mason A do182184."  Adams T. B Charges1911669"  Savil J Blacksmith201867"  Baxter Hm. Charges21.10877." Balance124094.204358$328452

            1826 4 October

            Dr The Executors of the last Will of John AdamsinTo cash recd of J. Q. Adams Homestead Estate10,00000To interest on same to 4 Octr 1 quarter15000To cash of J. Q. Adams Sales of Woodland & Saltmarsh925555To cash recd. J. Q. Adams Stocks bought by him863200To cash of J. Q. Adams Quincy Wood lot22133To cash of J. Q. A for 2 pews & a tomb16700To cash sales of stocks, in Bank U. S.666543To do sales of furniture278727To do in Savings Bank39141.To do of J Q A for $5463.07 U. S. 6 per Cents557530.To interest on 6 per cents8194To cash in hands of L. C. Smith52000To do sales of salt Grass17225To do J Bass’ Note9013$44,70961.

            1826 4 October

            Account with his EstateCr—By Bond & 4 Mortgages of settlement given by J. Q. Adams for payment of 21.000 dollars to T. B. Adams & his six children21.00000By Cash paid L. C. Smith her portion3.00000"  do J. Q. Adams his portion300000"  do S. B. Clark her portion300000"  "  J. A. Smiths portion assumed by J. Q. Adams300000By charges of Funeral & administration as per 1 & 2182426By Cash paid Samuel Savil31249By do J. Bass’ Bill9013B$3522688By Balance948273$4470961

            Errors Excepted(signed) J. Q. Adams(signed) Josiah QuincyExecutorsNorfolk ss. Probate Court at Dedham October 4th. 1826.The foregoing Account having been duly vouched and verified by the oath of the said Executors I hereby allow the same(Signed) Edward H Robbins J. ProbateAttest Samuel Haver Regr.1826 4 October

            Dr Estate of the late John Adams in acct withTo my bond & 4 Mortgages of settlement on Thomas B. Adams & his 6 children for payment of 21.000 dollars with interest in 7 portions of $3.000 each according to the Will21,00000.To cash paid Louisa C Smith her portion300000.To do pd. Susan B Clark her portion300000To the devise to J. Q. Adams300000.To cash payable to J. A Smith his portion payment assumed by J. Q. Adams300000To cash deposited in the U. S. Branch Bank Boston to the credit of the Executors by J. Q. A.266659$3566659

            1826 4 October—

            John Quincy AdamsCr.By Cash for the Homestead Estate with 95 Acres, 2 Quarters & 1 Rod, devised to J. Q. Adams on payment of $10.000 with interest from day of decease of J. Adams10,00000By interest paid on same to 4 Octr 1826 1 Quarter15000By cash for Woodlands & Salt Marsh purchased by J. Q. Adams at Auction 19 September 1826925555By cash for 13 Middlesex Canal, 5 West Boston Bridge 54 Fire & Marine Insurance & 10 New England Insurance Office Shares, purchased by J. Q. Adams863200By cash for Quincy lot bought by J Q Adams22133By do "  2 Pews & a tomb bought by J. Q. A16700By cash for Furniture & farming stock purchased by J. Q. Adams166541.By cash for United States 6 per Cents $5.463.07 according to the Appraisement, transferred by the Executors to J. Q. Adams5575.30$35666.59

            Errors Excepted
					(signed) J. Q. Adams—(signed) Josiah QuincyExecutors


Title: From John Quincy Adams to Caroline Amelia Smith De Windt, 5 October 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy,Quincy, Josiah, III
To: De Windt, Caroline Amelia Smith,Johnson, Abigail Louisa Smith Adams

					Quincy 5th October 1826.

				The Executors of the last Will and Testament of John Adams deceased, have proceeded to the Execution of the said Will, by receiving payment from John Quincy Adams of ten thousand dollars, with interest thereon from the time of the Testators decease, in fulfilment of the Conditional devise to him of the Homestead Estate here, and by making Sale, so far as has been practicable, of all the rest and residue of the Estate, real, personal and mixed of the said John Adams.—The neat proceeds of the whole amount to 44709 dollars 47 Cents. Reserving the sum of 2709 dollars 47 Cents for the payment of the debts of the deceased, and the funeral and Administration charges, the sum of forty two thousand dollars, has been divided into fourteen equal shares according to the provisions of the Will—one of which portions of three thousand dollars has been assigned to you. A receipt is herewith enclosed, to be signed by your husband and yourself; attested by one or two witnesses—Upon your transmission of it signed to Josiah Quincy one of the Executors or to George W Adams their Attorney, at Boston an order of your husband accompanying it upon the Executors will immediately be paid, or the sum of 3000 dollars will be placed to the credit of Mr Johnson at the United States Branch Bank in Boston as you may prefer.There remain yet two or three small lots of Woodlands, to be sold, the boundaries of which have not been ascertained. Should there be found on the final settlement of the Estate, a fund for further distribution among the devisees, it cannot be expected to exceed 100 dollars to each portion.We are your friends.

					J. Q. Adams.Josiah QuincyExcers


Title: From John Quincy Adams to John Adams Smith, 5 October 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy,Quincy, Josiah, III
To: Smith, John Adams

				John Adams Smith

					Quincy 5 October 1826.

				The Executors of the last Will and Testament of John Adams, deceased, have proceeded to the execution of the said Will by receiving payment from John Quincy Adams of One thousand dollars, with interest thereon from the time of the Testators decease, in fulfilment of the Conditional devise to him of the homestead Estate here, and by making sale, so far as has been practicable of all the rest and residue of the Estate, real personal and mixed of the said John Adams. The next proceeds of the whole amount to 709 dollars 47 cents. He serving the sum of 2709 dollars 47 cents for the payment of the debts of the deceased and the funeral and administration charges, the sum of forty two thousand dollars, has been divided into fourteen equal shares according to the provisions of the Will—one of which portions of three thousand dollars has been assigned to you.A receipt is herewith enclosed to be signed by your husband and yourself, attested by one or two witnesses. Upon your transmission of it signed to Josiah Quincy one of the Executors or to George W Adams their Attorney at Boston an order of your husband accompanying it upon the Executors will immediately be paid, or the sum of three thousand dollars will be placed to the credit of your husband at the United States Branch Bank in Boston as you may prefer.There remain yet two or three small lots of Woodlands, to be sold, the boundaries of which have not been ascertained. Should there be found on the final settlement of the Estate a fund for further distribution among the devisees, it cannot be expected to exceed one hundred dollars to each portion—We are your friends—

					J. Q. AdamsJosiah QuincyExecutors—

					Copy to John Adams Smith with the following variation:After the words “one of which portions of three thousand dollars has been assigned to you.” That sum with interest on the same from the first of this Month, will be paid to your order, drawn upon John Quincy Adams, on demand at the City of Washington—


Title: From John Quincy Adams to Abigail Louisa Smith Adams Johnson, 5 October 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy,Quincy, Josiah, III
To: Johnson, Abigail Louisa Smith Adams

				Mrs. Abigail Louisa Smith Johnson. Utica. New York and Mrs. Caroline Amelia DeWint. Fishkill. New York

					Quincy 5 October 1826.

				The Executors of the last Will and Testament of John Adams, deceased, have proceeded to the execution of the said Will by receiving payment from John Quincy Adams of One thousand dollars, with interest thereon from the time of the Testatory decease, in fulfilment of the Conditional devise to him of the homestead Estate here, and by making sale, so far as has been practicable of all the rest and residue of the Estate, real personal and mixed of the said John Adams. The next proceeds of the whole amount to 44 709 dollars 47 cents.  Reserving the sum of 2709 dollars 47 cents for the payment of the debts of the deceased and the funeral and administration charges, the sum of forty two thousand dollars, has been divided into fourteen equal shares according to the provisions of the Will—one of which portions of three thousand dollars has been assigned to youA receipt is herewith enclosed to be signed by your husband and yourself, attested by one or two witnesses. Upon your transmission of it signed to Josiah Quincy one of the Executors or to George W Adams their Attorney at Boston an order of your husband accompanying it upon the Executors will immediately be paid, or the sum of three thousand dollars will be placed to the credit of your husband at the United States Branch Bank in Boston as you may preferThere remain yet two or three small lots of Woodlands, to be sold, the boundaries of which have not been ascertained. Should there be found on the final settlement of the Estate a fund for further distribution among the devisees, it cannot be expected to exceed one hundred dollars to each portion—We are your friends—

					J. Q. AdamsJosiah QuincyExecutors—


Title: From John Quincy Adams to William Steuben Smith, 5 October 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Smith, William Steuben

Quincy 5 October 1826.

The Executors of the last Will and Testament of John Adams, deceased, have proceeded to the execution of the said Will by receiving payment from John Quincy Adams of ten thousand dollars, with interest thereon from the time of the Testatory decease, in fulfilment of the Conditional devise to him of the homestead Estate here, and by making sale, so far as has been practicable of all the rest and residue of the Estate, real personal and mixed of the said John Adams. The neat proceeds of the whole amount to 44709 dollars 47 cents. Reserving the sum of 2709 dollars 47 cents for the payment of the debts of the deceased and the funeral and administration charges, the sum of forty two thousand dollars, has been divided into fourteen equal shares according to the provisions of the Will—one of which portions of three thousand dollars has been assigned to you
A receipt is herewith enclosed to be signed by your husband and yourself, attested by one or two witnesses. Upon your transmission of it signed to Josiah Quincy one of the Executors or to George W Adams their Attorney at Boston an order of your husband accompanying it upon the Executors will immediately be paid, or the sum of three thousand dollars will be placed to the credit of your husband at the United States Branch Bank in Boston as you may prefer—
There remain yet two or three small lots of Woodlands, to be sold, the boundaries of which have not been ascertained. Should there be found on the final settlement of the Estate a fund for further distribution among the devisees, it cannot be expected to exceed one hundred dollars to each portion—
We are your friends—

J. Q. Adams
Josiah Quincy
Executors—

Copy to William Steuben Smith
After the words "one of which portions of three thousand dollars has been assigned to you." That sum is deposited in the Branch Bank of the Office of Deposit of the United States at Boston to be paid to you or to lawful Creditors Claimants of the same as your Creditors or Assignees. It is proper to apprize you that it has been attached in the hands of the Executors as Trustees to answer several such demands—


Title: From John Quincy Adams to George Washington Adams, 16 October 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Adams, George Washington

					N. 24.My dear George.
					New–York. 16. October 1826.

				We had a jovial day at Newport, after you left me, till five in the afternoon, when I embarked in the Revenue Cutter, Captain Cahoone—As we went on board the vessel, the gale subsided; the sun burst forth, and his last hour was unclouded—We proceeded with a light breeze and beautiful weather till last Evening, when coming to the pass of Hell-gate we were compelled to drop anchor—This morning the Steamboat from Flushing took me up, and I landed here just twenty–four hours after my time.—I found here your Mother, and your brother John—The former, in health much as when we left Boston—They came the whole way by Land. I shall proceed to–morrow Morning alone, and get to Washington as soon as I can—Anxious more than perhaps I ought to be for you and hoping that you will not forget or disregard the faithful paternal advice that I have given you. Particularly that you have not neglected to write me, immediately on your  return to Boston.I trust you will also immediately attend to making up your account with me, for the last two Quarters, and to the assortment of the Papers in the two Morocco covered trunks so that those relating to the Execution of the Will, may be separated from mine—I enclose a letter for Mr Quincy, with reference to the concerns of the Estate—I wish you to send me a copy of the Writ, Kinsman vs W. S. Smith.Your affectionate father

					J. Q. Adams.


Title: From John Quincy Adams to John Quincy Adams, 16 October 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Adams, John Quincy,Quincy, Josiah, III

					John Quincy and Josiah Quincy, Executors of the last Will and Testament of John Adams, deceased. Boston
					New–York 16. October 1826.

				On my arrival here this Morning, I received from Mr Aspinwall, Assignee of Robert Bird and Co. a dividend upon the debt proved by me, against their Goods and Estate, under the Commission of Bankruptcy, of that Company, which issued here in 1803. This dividend amounts to nine hundred and one dollars and ninety–five Cents—The debt was proved in my name; but the money belongs to the Estate of my father—The money was paid in Bills of different Branches of the United States Bank, and I endeavoured to make a deposit of it here, taking an order on the Cashier of the Branch at Boston—. This However the Cashier at this Branch declines, so that I must wait till my return to Washington, before I can make the remittance to you, unless perhaps I may find it practicable at Philadelphia.Yours

					J. Q. Adams.


Title: From Abigail Louisa Smith Adams Johnson to Sarah Smith Adams, 23 October 1826
From: Johnson, Abigail Louisa Smith Adams
To: Adams, Sarah Smith

					My Dear Mother
					October 23d. 1826

				According to your request Mr J has drawn off an account of your property; he says you will see exactly by this what you have, how much you owe him, the whole amount of your property and the income proceeding from it. We are all well and unite in love to you & Aunt C, I hope you have received $75 by Mr Simonson; and my letters by Dr Pomeroyyour affectionate daughter

					A Johnson


Title: From John Quincy Adams to George Washington Adams, 24 October 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Adams, George Washington

					N. 25.My dear George.
					Washington 24. October 1826.

				Your Letters of the 16th. and 20th. instt have been received, and have given me great pleasure.  The first relieving me from some concern on account of your health, and the second announcing an intention of diligence, and a commencement of performance highly satisfactory—Perseverance for a very short time in that plan of regularly rising at 5 in the morning, and devoting yourself to the business with which you are charged, will remove all the mountains of difficulty which your imagination raises before you—I will not admit the supposition that your experiment will fail, and am sure it will not if you adhere to and continue to carry into effect the Resolution of early rising. The Letter of Instructions to you which I had prepared in part, with regard to the Execution of the Will, is not yet finished. When completed it will be forwarded to you—It is probable that such arrangements will be made, concerning the devise to Mr W. S. Smith, that it will not be necessary to enter the writ, at the Court of Common Pleas in January.I enclose a Letter to the Executors, with an order for $901–95. on the Cashier of the Branch Bank at Boston, to be passed to their credit being the sum I received at New York, from Mr Aspinwall, Assignee of Robert Bird and Co. and forming an unexpected addition to my father’s Estate—I trust you have recollected the certificates of U. S. 6 per Cent Stocks which were to be made out in my name, and that you have received them; as well as the Policies from the Mutual Fire Insurance Company. A part of the Certificates of 6 per Cents, are of the loan of 1813. Two Millions of which are to be paid off on the 31st. of December next—You will be careful to ascertain whether my certificates are of the numbers to be paid off, and if so to give me advice of it. I approve much your design to write me every week, and as far as may be in my power will acknowledge the receipt of your Letters and answer them—Your mother and brother arrived here on Saturday Evening—Her health is improved, though still delicate. Your affectionate father

					J. Q. Adams.


Title: From John Quincy Adams to John Quincy Adams, 24 October 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy,Quincy, Josiah, III
To: Adams, John Quincy

					John Quincy Adams, and Josiah Quincy—Executors of the last Will of John Adams
					Washington 24. October 1826.

				I enclose an order upon the Cashier of the U.S. Branch Bank Boston, for nine hundred and one dollars ninety–five Cents, to be passed to the credit of the Executors—being a sum received by me at New–York, from Mr Aspinwall, Assignee of Robert Bird and Co.When the Devises to Mr W. S. Smith, to Mrs De Wint, and to Mrs Johnson of Utica shall have been paid, I would propose that the sum remaining in Bank to the credit of the Executors should be invested in some Stock yielding lawful Interest, for the benefit of all the Devisees, till the second distribution shall be made.When the amount of the order shall be passed to the credit of the Executors, I request of Mr Quincy to sign the enclosed receipt, and to forward it to me—The addition of this sum to the Inventory, returned to the judge of Probate, may perhaps be postponed, until the remaining woodlots can be ascertained.

					John Quincy Adams.


Title: From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to George Washington Adams, 29 October 1826
From: Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson
To: Adams, George Washington

					Washington 29 Octbr 1826.

				Thank you my Dear George for your Letter and the Farce which arrived safely the day before yesterday and which I should have answered yesterday had I not been again confined to my chamber by a return of my Fever and many of the inflamatory symtoms which attended my illness in Boston—I was taken ill the day after I wrote to Hariet and went out too soon which occasioned a return of the Fever which threatens to become intermittent and obliges me to be more careful than I am inclined to become.I am very glad to learn that you are so much better and am perfectly sure that steady attention to business, confidence in your own abilities properly exerted, and a little attention to the Graces, who have a claim to your devotion, as all your tastes lead you to sacrifice at their shrine, is all you require to make you all your Mothers heart can wish, more especially as you have atchieved one great conquest over yourself and evinced to the satisfaction of all your friends that you can controul and master completely those passions which take the most formidable hold of our Nature—You have I suppose attended as Grooms man at the marriage of Mr. Davis and I beg you will write me an account of the wedding.—Numerous weddings are to take place here among your old acquaintance. Mr Turnbull and Miss Ramsey Mary Brown and Brockenborough Capt Randall and Miss Wirt conditional if he gets the place of Clerk of the Supreme Court which James Johnson has been after two years; Emily Monro to Henry Randall of notorious memory the two Masons one to Cooper the other to George Mason; Miss Hagner to Mr Nicholson and several others too numerous to mention—Miss Pleasanton is still on the Lists and so is Miss Selden and I hear nothing of the Cottringers. Mrs. Johnston has a Son who was supposed to be dying yesterday but is better to day.—Mr. Rush is in great distress as he is hourly expecting the death of the most promising of his Sons. Mr & Mrs. Clay are in fine health and spirits and two or three hundred houses are going up in Washington besides sundry improvements on the publick buildings.—I wish Mr. Callender to send some of the Colmar Pears and A Barrel of Cranberries and I will thank you to procure me two bottles of double distilled Elder–flower Water to be sent at the same time—I sent an order to Hariet for the house which must be executed as soon as possible or Congress will be here before we have a Chair to sit down on.Mr. Shephard I hear is coming here to pass the Winter with his daughter are you acquainted with her? She is said to be a fine Girl in her 18th. year, and a good spec. Your Uncle Tom wishes you would become acquainted in the family for Shepard has always been very kind to him—Adieu. I shall write whenever I happen to be in the humour and shall expect regular answers which will be an agreeable way of occupying an occasional vacant evening and bring us more together; as nothing so soon destroys the warm interest of family intercourse, as the punctillious observance of times and seasons for correspondance—Do not make it a task, but be assured that whenever you write you give pleasure to those whom you address, and that act cannot be laborious, or tedious, which gives as much interest and delight to yourself as it yields to others.Let us mutually obliterate this Summer from our memory; or rather let it be stamped on our minds as a warning for the future, to lead to good. With energy of character, fixed principles, and faith in the mercy of divine Providence, there is nothing too difficult for the mind of man to atchieve, and we are called upon to act, not to debate. for the latter begets a habit of irresolution which leads to imbecility if not to ruin. The judgment can only be matured by experience and observation; if the mind is constantly obscured by an artificial veil, it can derive no benefit, as it only discerns thro’ the medium of false lights.God Bless you love to Louisa Smith

					L. C. A.


Title: From John Quincy Adams to George Washington Adams, October 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Adams, George Washington

				Memorandum for George W Adams, concerning the further Execution of the last Will and Testament of John Adams, late of Quincy deceased.

				There are four Deeds of the Executors to John Quincy Adams, executed, acknowledged, and left at the Office of the Register of Deeds at Dedham, to be recorded, which when recorded you will receive from the Register, and carefully keepThere is one Bond, and four Mortagages, executed and acknowledged by  me, to the Executors, and one Power of Attorney to my Co-Executor Josiah Quincy—all left also with the Register of Deeds at Dedham, except two of the Mortgages at the Registry of Deeds at Boston, which when recorded are to be received from the Registers  by Mr Quincy and kept by him—Copies of all these papers, are to be made in the Book, of the proceedings of the Executors—as also copies of the Letters written by or in behalf of the Executors—Of the Inventory and Appraisement of the Books; and of the Accounts returned to the judge of Probate—Of the receipts given by the devisees, for their respective devises, and of the orders by which they may draw for them.On the first of January, April, and July next you will pay, on my individual account, to Mr Quincy my Co-Executor, as Trustee for the devises to my brother and his family, or by his direction to my brother, and in either case for the support of him and his family, the sum of 315 dollars, taking in either case a receipt, from Mr Quincy as Executor if paid to him, or of my brother if paid to him—As these payments and the mode of making them are important for the faithful Execution of the Will, I give you here forms of the Receipts to be given in either case, and to which you will invariably adhere.

				[Form of the receipt, if the money be paid to Mr Quincy as Executor.]I, Josiah Quincy, Co-Executor with John Quincy Adams, of the last Will, of John Adams, late of Quincy, deceased, have received of the said John Quincy Adams, in his individual capacity, through the hands of George W. Adams, the sum of three hundred and fifteen dollars, to be paid to Thomas Boylston Adams, or for the support of his family, according to the Will, and to the Bond of the said J. Q. Adams.Quincy the 1st. of1827. J. Q. Executor[Form of the receipt if the money be paid to Thomas B. Adams.]Received of the Executors of my father’s last Will, by the hands of John Quincy Adams, the sum of 315 dollars, a quarterly payment of interest on 21000 dollars, settled for the support of myself and my family, comformably to the said Will.Quincy 1.1827.
			T. B. A.


Title: From John Quincy Adams to Devisees of John Adams’s Estate, October 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Devisees of John Adams’s Estate

					Quincy October 1826

				Mrs. Caroline Amelia DeWint—Cedar GroveFish Kill Landing—New-York.The Executors of the last Will and Testament of John Adams, deceased, have proceeded to the Execution of the said Will, by receiving payment from John Quincy Adams of ten thousand dollars, with interest thereon from the time of the Testator’s decease, in fulfilment of the conditional devise to him, of the Homestead Estate here, and by making sale, so far as has been practicable, of all the rest and residue of the Estate, real, personal and mixed of the said John Adams, The neat proceeds of the whole amount to 43341 dollars 65 CentsReserving the sum of  dollars  for the payment of the debts of the deceased, and the funeral and administration charges, the sum of forty two thousand dollars, has been divided into fourteen equal shares according to the provisions of the Will—one of which portions of three thousand Dollars has been assigned to you.(A receipt is herewith enclosed, to be signed by your husband and yourself; attested by one or two witnesses—Upon your transmission of it, signed to Josiah Quincy one of the Executors, or to George W. Adams, their Attorney at Boston, an order of your husband accompanying it, upon the Executors, will immediately be paid, or the sum of 3000 dollars, will be placed to the credit of Mr De Wint, at the United States Branch Bank in Boston, as you may prefer.)There remain yet two or three small Lots of Woodlands, to be sold, the boundaries of which have not been ascertained. Should there be found on the final settlement of the Estate, a fund for further distribution among the devisees, it cannot be expected to exceed 100 dollars to each portion.We are your friends(Receipt enclosed.)A similar Letter, and enclosed receipt to Mrs. Abigail Louisa Smith Johnson at Utica—New-York.A similar Letter to John A. Smith—Madrid.after “assigned to you”—with interest on the same from the first of this Month which the Executory will be That Sum agreed to be paid, to your Order drawn from Quincy of Boston, one of the Executors, or upon Mr. George W Adams also of Boston their Attorney—It has been  for you in six per Cent  of , that it might be bearing interest for you—from the first of this Month, till you shall think proper to draw for it John Quincy Adams on demand at the City of Washington.—there remainsTo W. B. SmithThat sum is deposited in the Branch Bank of the Office of Deposits of the United States, at Boston to the credit of the Executors, to be paid to you, or to lawful claimants of the same, as your Creditors or designees—It is proper to apprize you that it has been attached in the hands of the Executors as Trustees to answer several such demands—Draft of Letter to Devizees.To the Devisees under the Will of John Adams, late of Quincy deceased.Boston Decr. 1830.The Executors of the last Will, of John Adams, late of Quincy, deceased, propose, on the first of January next, to make the second and final distribution of the proceeds of his Estate, conformably to the directions of the Will, to the devisees therein named—The sum of one hundred and thirty dollars will be payable to or in behalf of each of the devisees.A receipt is herewith enclosed, which you are requested to sign and return, on or before the first of January next, addressed to Josiah Quincy, or to the order Forward A John Quincy Adams at the City of Washington or to Josiah Quincy at Boston—With the receipt please to forward an order directing to whom the money shall be paid—Or if you prefer it, the sum of 130 dollars, will be deposited to your credit on the 1st. day of January next at the United States Branch Bank, Boston.We are your friends


Title: From John Peter De Windt to John Quincy Adams, 1 November 1826
From: De Windt, John Peter,De Windt, Caroline Amelia Smith
To: Adams, John Quincy,Quincy, Josiah, III

					November 1 1826

				We John P De Wint and Caroline Amelia De Wint his wife, have received of John Quincy Adams and Josiah Quincy, Executors of the last Will of John Adams late of Quincy in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts deceased, the sum of three thousand dollars, in payment of the devise bequeathed to me the said Caroline Amelia De Wint by the said Will, excepting my portion of so much as may be found hereafter to be distributed among the fourteen devisees on the final settlement of the Estate.Witness our hands at Newyork this first day of November 1826.

					John P. de WintCaroline Amelia de WintThomas HookAnna Maria Hook


Title: From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to George Washington Adams, 5 November 1826
From: Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson
To: Adams, George Washington

					Washington 8 Novbr. 1826

				According to my promise I write to you again altho’ I do not feel quite sure that you will have time to read my Letters or that they will be more acceptable than the nonsensical scraps of poetry which I used to plague you with last Summer generally by the advice of Charles—but as that mania appears to be over I shall only write you short occasional Letters to let you know how we go on altho’ being confined constantly to my chamber I can have but little news to tell you.Your Father informed me that you had been again unwell from an attack of the Rheumatism I hope that has left you for it bodes but a poor prospect for the Winter—I see by the papers that Mr. Davis is married and I am anxious to hear from you tho’ certainly not to take up your time from more suitable avocations—Washington is more dull than you can imagine and I never recollect so much bad weather Congress will soon rouse the people from their slumbers and then we shall have noise enough. Perhaps like last winter much sound and little sense—The love of writing and talking so rapidly upon people they eke word upon word as women eke their patch Quilts and produce very much the same sort of compassion for having wasted so l much precious time to so little purpose—This is surely the age for lengthy discourses and the present generation appear to have forgotten that “brevity is the soul of wit”—I am perfectly convinced that the mind of man is not steady enough to bear much at once of the most solid or the best reasoning and every word that is uttered more than can be remember’d is superfluous.My beautiful epistle is likely to be of the same stamp therefore I hasten to close it with assurances of affection from your Mother

					L. C. Adams


Title: From Thomas Greenleaf to John Quincy Adams, 6 November 1826
From: Greenleaf, Thomas
To: Adams, John Quincy

					At a legal meeting of the Congregational Society in the town of Quincy, held on Monday the 6th day of November 1826.—Hon. Tho. Greenleaf, moderator,
					November 6, 1826

				Voted, in compliance with a proposition made by President Adams, that the Supervisors of the Adams Temple and School Fund, be a Committee, authorised and empowered, in behalf of the Parish, to conclude with President Adams, an agreement in writing, by Indenture or otherwise, whereby at his expense, a Vault or Tomb may be constructed under the Stone Temple to be erected for the use of the Congregational Society in this Town, wherein may be deposited the mortal remains of the late John Adams, and of Abigail his beloved and only wife, and that within the Walls of the Temple, at a suitable place, to be approved by him, a tablet or tablets of Marble or other Stone, may be adapted to the side of the Wall with view to durability, and with such obituary Inscription or Inscriptions as he may deem proper.Attest.

					Josiah Brigham,Parish Clerk.


Title: From John Quincy Adams to Executors of John Adams’s Estate, 6 November 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Executors of John Adams’s Estate

					Boston. November 1826

				Received of the Executors of the last Will of John Adams, by an Order on the Cashier of the United States Branch Bank, Boston the sum of two thousand seven hundred and nine 80/100 dollars being the amount of three orders from W. S. Smith, one of the Devisees, named in the said last Will; of which orders one for $1488.03 is in my favor for payment of debts due from the said W. S. Smith to me; one for $700. 24/100 in favor of Richard Wallack and one in favor of Nathaniel Frye Junr for $521. 53/100 both which last orders are  endorsed the first by the said Richard Wallack and the second by the said Nathaniel Frye Junr payable to my Order—

					J. Q. Adams—


Title: From John Quincy Adams to George Washington Adams, 8 November 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Adams, George Washington

					N. 27—(N.B. My Letter from New-York 16. Octr. should have been numbered 24—)My dear George.
					Washington 8. November 1826—

				Your Letter numbered 2. dated 30 and 31. October is before me—Enclosed in it was the receipt of the Executors for the 901. dollars 95 Cents which I had forwarded from New-York—The Savings Bank Book, I thought it would be best not to settle, until it should be time to make the second distribution to the Devisees; the interest being in the mean time going on.I now enclose to you1. An order from William S. Smith, payable to me or my order, for fourteen hundred and eighty-eight dollars and three cents, for payment of debts due to me  $1488.03.endorsed by me, to be placed to my individual credit at the Branch Bank Boston. And an acceptance by the Executors, signed by me, and to be signed by Mr  Quincy.2. A similar order upon the Executors, in favour of Richard Wallack or order, and by him endorsed, payable to me, or my order, and by me, endorsed, as the preceding order—Seven hundred dollars, and twenty-four Cents. $700.243. A similar order, in favour of Nathaniel Frye junr. or order, and by him endorsed payable to my order. Endorsed by me as aforesaid—Five hundred and twenty one dollars, fifty three Cents 521.53Which three Sums, added together make—2709.804. For which sum, I enclose also, a check on the Branch Bank Boston, payable to me or my order, signed by me as Executor, and to be signed by Mr Quincy—This Check is endorsed by me directing the Cashier to pass the contents to my credit in the Bank.Lastly I enclose—5. A receipt signed by me, to be delivered to Mr Quincy as Executor, when the sum named in the Check shall have been passed to my credit in the BankI send you also my Bank Book, in which you will have the entry made to my credit, and you will then keep the Book, till you receive further order from me.The three Orders from Mr Smith, when the acceptances shall have been signed by Mr Quincy you will keep, as they are my vouchers—The receipt, Mr Quincy, or you under his direction will keep as the voucher to be exhibited by the Executors to the judge of Probate, on the settlement of their Account—There will remain a sum of 290 dollars and 20 cents due upon the devise to Mr Smith, for which I expect shortly to send you another order.In the meantime, you will pay Mr Kinsman for the writ, and Mr Huggeford for the Service, directing that it be neither returned, nor entered at the Court in January: The attachment being dissolved—you will charge to my individual account with you, the expence of the Writ, and of the Service.Without mingling any other subject with this, except to say how much I sympathise with your sufferings in the attack of rhumatism which some time disabled you from writing, and how earnestly I pray that you may have recovered, and may in future enjoy your health, I remain your affectionate father.

					J. Q. Adams.


Title: From John Quincy Adams to Josiah, III Quincy, 14 November 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Quincy, Josiah, III

					My dear Sir—
					Washington 14. November 1826.

				Since writing your favour of the 7th. and 8th. instt. you have doubtless received from me the three orders of W. S. Smith, upon the Executors, for 2709 dollars 80 Cents, to be paid from the fund in Bank—I expect the balance of his portion of 3000 dollars will be drawn for by him in a few days, which will yet further reduce the sum remaining in Bank—If however there should then remain in Bank, as part of the Estate, a sum equal to two thousand Dollars, which you will undertake to place at interest, on private security, at six per Cent a year, and the principal to be paid at the expiration of the year, holding yourself responsible for the principal and Interest, I very readily assent to that arrangement—If the sum in Bank should be less than two thousand Dollars, whatever may be its amount, I agree that you should draw and dispose of it in the same manner—You to be responsible for the principal, and six per Cent interest from the day of your drawing it out of the Bank, till paid, and payment to be made within a year from that Time—My brother’s claim is for a small sum paid by him for taxes on a lot of Land in Salem Vermont—I offered him to convey the Land to him, in satisfaction of these charges—This proposal he appeared at one time disposed to accept; but he finally concluded to receive payment for the bill, and to leave the Land to the Executors.—I am afraid I shall not be able during the Winter, to give the directions necessary for resurveying  the Woodlots yet to be sold, and must therefore postpone the second distribution to the Devisees, until the next Summer—I am with great regard, My Dear Sir, / faithfully yours.

					J. Q. Adams.


Title: From John Quincy Adams to John Quincy Adams, 15 November 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Adams, John Quincy

					Boston 15th. November 1826.

				Received of the Executors of the last Will of John Adams, by an order, on the Cashier of the United States Branch Bank, Boston, the sum of two thousand seven hundred and nine dollars eighty cents, being the amount of three Orders, from William S. Smith, one of the Devisees, named in the said last Will—of which orders, one for 1488 dollars three Cents is in my favour, for payment of dues due from the said W. S. Smith to me; one for 700 dollars and 24 cents in favour of Richard Wallack, and one in favour of Nathaniel Frye junr. for 521. dollars 53 cents, both which last orders are endorsed, the first by the said Richard Wallack, and the second by the said Nathaniel Frye junr. payable to my order

					J. Q. Adams.


Title: From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Thomas J. Hellen, 15 November 1826
From: Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson
To: Hellen, Thomas J.

					Washington 15 Novbr. 1826

				I am very much afraid my Dear Thomas in consequence of your not writing to me according to your promise that you are not going on exactly as I wish I therefore write you not to preach but to entreat that you will be more attentive to your friends and answer their Letters—Your brother is gone to Rockville and his health is very much improved. Mary has grown quite fat and I never saw her look better. Mr. Swans House is roofed in and the Square opposite the House is being fenced in. Washington is however as it regards society more dull than I ever remember it. I send you one of Mr Wirth eulogies which is very highly spoken of and again insist that you answer this letter immediately of your affectionate Aunt

					L. C. Adams


Title: From John Quincy Adams to George Washington Adams, 19 November 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Adams, George Washington

				N. 28.
					My dear George.
					Washington 19. November 1826.

				Your short note of the 14th. enclosing your Account to the first of July 1826. 4. Copies of Mr Whitney’s funeral discourse, and the pamphlet and annuity blank, of the Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company; and also the N. 2. Glass Company’s bill, has been received—I reserve my observations upon the Account, till that of the subsequent Quarter to the 1st. of October last shall come.I shall examine the Constitution By Laws, Regulations and Proposals of the Life Insurances Company—Meantime I observe that there is with the pamphlet only one blank form of Contract, which is of an Annuity in Trust—while in the pamphlet itself there are five different forms, of Instruments all of which I understand to be in use by the Company. I wish you now to obtain and forward to me a printed blank of each of the four forms of Application as contained in pages 40. 41. 42. and 48. of the pamphlet—At the same time enquire if there are any Shares in the Stock of the company for Sale; and if so at what price: It appears by the Rules and Regulations that the Shares can be transferred only to the Directors themselves, or with their consent and approbation.You have mentioned I think in a Letter to your mother that Mr Stewart had finished the Portrait of your Mother, and the copy of that of my father: whereupon I wish you to receive them immediately from him and to pay him for them. Tare care also to obtain the original of my fathers Portrait, which if Mr Croft is willing may again be suspended in his parlour. And as he has one of mine also there, you may have that of your mother correspondingly framed with mine, and they may all three be kept together. I desire you also to receive back from Mr Stewart the Portrait of Mr Jefferson by Brown, and the old Picture of our Ancestor Coll. John Quincy when a child; both of which have been more than a year at Mr Stewart’s for some trifle of repair—When you get them you may if you please ad interim have them suspended in your own chamber, and taken back to Quincy and replaced in the Entry where they were before—And send the copy of my father’s Portrait, packed in the manner that Mr Stewart shall direct, by a Coasting vessel, as occasion may offer, to this place, addressed to me, and recommended to the particular care of the Captain.I pray you likewise to send me an exact list of all the Deeds, Policies, Certificates of Stock and vouchers of property, real, personal or mixed, which you have in your possession belonging to me. Also a list of all the keys of Charts, boxes, trunks &c and a memorandum subjoined to the list, where each of the Charts &c is deposited, and of the place where you keep the keys—I have received a Letter from Mr Isaac Farrar at Quincy, relating to the concerns of the same there—He makes me sundry propositions, some of which I do not positively understand—but the most important one is that he should take on his own account, the seven Cows which I bought at the sale, and left on the place, under his care; and he offers to pay for them the price at which they were appraised—About this as well as about all the other matters in his Letter, you must take upon you i the charge of agreeing with him, and I give you Carte Blanche to make any agreement, which shall be reasonable and just to him and to me.My Brother promised to draw the Lease, of which you will remind him, and if he wishes you will assist him in it—Farrar is to have the farm, excepting the dwelling House, yard and Clothes yard, and garden; from the first of April, for three years; and unless notice be given six Months before the expiration of the three years, by either party to the other, with a payment of fifty dollars, the Lease is to continue two years longer—But all the Stock of Hay, English or Salt, is to be consumed on the farm, and all the manure made upon it to be used upon the farm itself—Of the farm House, the chambers reserved for the Libraries of my father and brother, and for his office are to be reserved still— and  the use of the yard must be common to both houses. I have noticed with much interest, and with some concern the various publications, affecting the character and conduct of Mr C. Cushing, previous to the recent Congressional Elections in Massachusetts—Your reflections upon them are natural and just—The reputation of man, like man himself “cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down”—but to this melancholy reflection upon the condition of human nature, may we not add another of more profitable result—that there is no pit so fatal as that which a man digs for himself—In public life we must make up our account to be basely calumniated; but how can we ask for truth from others when we are not true to ourselves—Mr Cushing’s first Letter in vindication of himself might be termed a philosophical disquisition upon the nature of Evidence—In Courts of Law, especially in cases of criminal Jurisprudence, fact and evidence are synonymous terms—to refute evidence is to disprove fact. de non apparentibus et non existentibus eadem est ratio—But this is not, and ought not to be the Law of political controversy or of social intercourse—The rule is sometimes directly the reverse—praesulgebant, eo ipso quod non visebantur—Mr Cushing is charge with being his own encomiast, and the revilar of his opponent, in the newspapers—The evidence against him is his supposed hand-writing—He disproves the hand-writing: but how stands the fact? Like the hand writing on the wall—How stands his reputation? Like a hole scraped through the paper, in attempting to erase a blot.I know too well your Nature to believe that you will ever resort to the expedient of equivocation to defend yourself against charges of duplicity, of self–panegyric, or of Slander—But there are many other charges, which you will find it much safer to endure then to deny—Be particularly cautious never to deny that which is mere incident to, or more evidence of a fact, when you cannot deny the fact itself—And never forget that the Law of Evidence in Courts of Justice, avowedly adapted to screen nine of out of ten malefactors from punishment, can  never be applied to the affairs of life any where else—You mother is convalescent, and I hope getting well—The rest of us are in good health, as, may this find you—So prays your affectionate father.

					J. Q. A.


Title: From John Thornton Kirkland to Thomas Boylston Adams, 20 November 1826
From: Kirkland, John Thornton
To: Adams, Thomas Boylston

					Dear Sir,
					20 Nov 1826

				I should like to subjoin in a note to the discourse I delivered on your father—the genealogical notices which are proper relating to your father & mother.—I quoted your father’s diary or memorandum upon the visit of Messrs Gridley & Otis—late in 1765 when he was asked to join them in resisting the stamped paper.—If this document be at your house & not in the bank, I should like when I call to See it.—With great regard / I am, Dear Sir / You ob. servt

					John T Kirkland


Title: From Peter Chardon Brooks to Abigail Brown Brooks Adams, 25 November 1826
From: Brooks, Peter Chardon
To: Adams, Abigail Brown Brooks

					Dear Daughter
					Boston Saturday Evening Nov. 25t. 1826

				You went away without the watch.—How happened it and why did you not mention it in your letter from Newyork?—I have sent it by Mr Webster.—Mrs. Webster, on whom  I waited about it twice, said that her husband would take it with great pleasure and that it would give him no trouble.—where you can be at this blessed moment  I hardly venture to suppose—possibly in Baltimore enjoying the company of that naughty boy ward—naughty—very naughty—because he does not write.—Naughty is a word I have used four times already—and naughty is a word I shall always use,—if I have a mind to—when I am speaking of naughty children—and I am sure I have my share of naughty ones in this regard of not writing to their Eastern friends.—That makes seven!we were right glad to hear of you, from Newyork at the time we did.—Had you been out the night after, doubling Point Judith, we should have been scart to death.—It blew a gale of wind, with rain, from the South.—we blessed ourselves all night with thinking that you were fast asleep in Broadway.You will notice by the date of my letter that we now live in Boston.—we came to day—all well—and with a fine day.—Things have moved on much the same as if you had had a hand in moving them,—only not quite so well—of course.—I venture to say we have had it colder than you have wherever you have sojourned.—It has froze like a dog for four days past—night and day—and this, with about three inches of Snow which came on the 21st. and is now with us, make it look and feel a little winter like, I assure you.—So to day we came—shivering—into Boston at your service.—Since you left us poor Mrs. Esq Swan is dead.—our friend Mr. Ward has alarmed his friends within a few days, & is still in his chamber, but he is better again.—under his complaint however no confidence can be placed in his remaining well long—ossification of the heart.I do not propose to write to Mr. Everett by this mail—and should not have done it to you so soon but for the watch.—I hope Charlotte and the little creatures are well.—Give my love to them, and tell Charlotte that when she has nothing better to do a line to her Father would be very grateful to him.—How does Roxy?—As Charlotte could wish?—we have thought her a very good girl you know.—I am most surely yours

					P. C. B.


Title: From Thomas Boylston Adams to John Quincy Adams, 26 November 1826
From: Adams, Thomas Boylston
To: Adams, John Quincy

					My dear Brother.
					Quincy 26th November 1826

				The enclosed letter from President Kirkland to me was received yesterday, though dated the 20th. A letter from the City of Washington might have reached me in nearly the same time.My reply to the President is enclosed for your perusal, and approbation if you think it entitled, and for your correction if you think it requires any.Having been present when the address was delivered, before the Academy of Arts & Sciences, I have only to remark that it seemed to be deficient in method and Slovenly in manner; but the first blemish I knew would be cured by revision, however incurable the latter might be. The topics were too multiplied for a single discourse and the subject too vast for the management of a Scholastic Divine. The general effect upon the Auditory was a manifest failure in the Speaker to excite any but the most Sluggish emotions, wherein the example from the Desk took the lead. Now that the President is to appear in print he will be assiduously careful to Spread his lawn sleeves with all the grace and dignity which he has the faculty to display in the retirement of the closet. I hope the Academy will vote a pamphlet publication of the Eulogium, that we may see how my predictions are fulfilled.Should it appear from an examination of my answer to the President that any material fact has been omitted which it may be in your power to Supply, it may be directly communicated to him, as I think his piece will not be very speedily ready for the press. The anecdote from the diary I do not remember to have seen or heard until it was quoted by the President.Since your departure we have settled down in a snug family way. The contrast to me is yet scarcely realised, but as it becomes more and more Sensible every day I shall shortly appreciate its value. We are now only ten in family, and things harmonise better than heretofore. Your Farmer Farrar is very attentive to your concerns and his own, and is quite engaged in making preparation for the Spring. The Milk score is his continual occupation and consumes most of his time, and some of that of our female assistant. I think you had made a good bargain in hiring so faithful a man, but without the help of my boys I should have felt very Short handed, though I have no complaint to make of Mr Farrar.It was fortunate that Mr Veazie discovered the leak in the roof of the dwelling–house and repaired it previous to Some Soaking rains we have had since, one of which is now saluting my ears, by knocking at the Office windows with a sound vastly more Soothing to my feelings than when under the apprehension of being drenched  within doors.At our Town meeting for the choice of Representative to Congress, the subject of your propositions to the Parish was introduced and almost unanimously assented to. I submitted also to the Town, under an article to know if the Town would authorise a petition to the General Court for an act of incorporation of the Supervisors of the Adams Temple & School fund, the bill drafted by you, which I had previously Shown to the other members. It was read and after a little debate was committed to a respectable Committee with directions to report at an adjourned meeting, the last Monday of December. The novelty of the Scheme rather alarmed Some of the doubting bretheren & the postponement was thought advisable to quiet their fears. I have no doubt of the Sanction of the Town at the adjournment. Mr Noah Curtis is the Chairman of the Committee and will promote it all he can. Upon the subject of my future destination and that of my family, I have been exercised with  many painful and anxious thoughts. The advantage of proper Schooling for my children and the means of my own Support are large and important items in the calculation. I have well and deliberately considered the project of removal out of the State, and I confess my feelings revolt at it, as an expedient so untried and so dubious of issue, that nothing short of desperation would reconcile. At Exeter I might hire a house and board my boys and possibly some others; but having no Capital to invest in Manufactories and without any other occupation, I should lead a very sorry life, though in the lapse of two or three years I might find occupation. It is my intention to place my Son Isaac at the Philips Academy, at the commencement of the next term; he is at present with me and he pursues Such Studies as I am able to teach; but he is too old to be at home. Although the expence of a City establishment is formidable and almost forbiding, I have come to the Solemn conclusion that my own interest and that of my family demand the experiment, and I am resolved to make it at all hazards. If it should prove disasterous I shall be no worse off than I should be by remaining in this Town where no good fortune has ever attended me; but if tolerable Success should await my professional or other exertions, I shall have cause to rejoice in the enterprize. House and Office Rent must be paid, I know but there are Schools for my boys and Society for my daughters, which are not to be had here “for love or money.” My Law library may there turn me to some account without Sacrifising it under the hammer; and any other business talent, I may possess, may find occasions for exercise.I am aware that this disclosure will, at first blush, Strike you with apprehension, perhaps with alarm; but I have made it thus early, in order that no Surprise should overtake you, and that I may at least by discovering my inducements, disarm your opposition if I cannot Secure your opposition concurrence. Since my  resolution has been made up on this subject I have felt a relief from the agitation of a fevered mind and although discouraging clouds still hover over my imagination, no reality of suffering is to me half so appaling as the apprehension.I shall receive with affectionate Sympathy whatever your kindness may prompt you to suggest upon the receipt of this letter, and whether favourable or adverse, I know that it will be the dictate of tenderness and humanity towards / Your truly obliged and Sincerely affectionate brother

					Thomas B Adams.

					P.S. As you are “the Sole depository of my Secret,” I wish you to remain Such, and to consider this disclosure of my purpose, exclusively confidential, as I am every day told of a new place to which I am about to remove. I shall consult and advise with Mr Bolyston, Mr Quincy & Mr Cruft, before engaging a house in the City, and Shall not remove sooner than the last of March.


Title: From John Quincy Adams to George Washington Adams, 29 November 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Adams, George Washington

					N. 30.My dear George
					Washington 29. November 1826.

				On the 18th. instt. I received and duly acknowledged your Short note of the 14th. accompanied with your Account to the 1st. of July Last and with a promise that you would the next day forward the account for the following quarter: and this day I have had the pleasure of receiving your Letter of the 6th. and 10th with four more copies of Mr Whitney’s discourse, and all under a Cover Post marked Boston 25 November—I conclude that this your Letter of the 6th. and 10th. is your answer to mine of the 18th. which you must have received before you despatched it—Yet I am always glad to receive a Letter from you, however remote its date—I regret much that you did not send that part of it, written on the 6th. immediately—For not knowing that Mr De Wint had sent on W. S. Smith’s note to him, and concluding from what Mrs De Wint said to me at New York that he would not send it, I have made, as you will have seen by my Last Letters, Such arrangements concerning the devise to Smith, that if his note to De Wint is now ever paid, it must be after long delay and by small instalments—Let me intreat you that hereafter, whenever you write me on business, you will rather send it your Letter in the condition in which you will receive this, unfinished, and even unsigned, rather than keep it three weeks on your table.


Title: From John Quincy Adams to George Washington Adams, 4 December 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Adams, George Washington

				N. 31.
					My dear George
					Washington 4 December 1826.

				I received yesterday your Letter of the 18th. ulto. enclosing four more copies of Mr Whitney’s funeral Discourse, and all under a cover Post marked, Boston 29. November—This Post-mark was almost as pleasing to me as your Letter itself because it assured me that my failure to receive from you a Letter of that date was not occasioned by inability proceeding from the state of your health—I am still waiting for the Account to the 1st. of October, which in your short note of 14. October, you promised to send on “to morrow”.Your observations upon the projected Railways are judicious, but they seem not to have brought you to a decided state of mind, upon the question as it will come before the Legislature on the Report of your Committee—I take this occasion therefore to advise you on this as well as upon other subjects, upon which you are to vote, to pursue all your enquires with reference to a decision—Some men creep into popularity by always halting between two opinions—So do not you.President Kirkland wrote to my brother, requesting to see that part of my father’s Diary in the year 1765. which mentions his being engaged by the Town of Boston, to appear before the Governor and Council, I think on the affair of the Stamp act—I have answered that the manuscript was in your hands and that I would request you ,to let Dr. Kirkland see it—But take most especial care not to part with it, unless you have already copied it—Shew it to the Dr. if he wishes but let it not go from you.

					J. Q. A.


Title: From John Quincy Adams to George Washington Adams, 7 December 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Adams, George Washington

				N. 32—
					My dear George.
					Washington 7. December 1826.

				On the 8th. of last month, I wrote you a Letter enclosing three orders from W. S. Smith, and just before receiving this morning your Letter of the 2d. instt. I had written to remind you of it, as well as of my subsequent Letters to you—I am now relieved from the apprehension that you had not received my former Letters, by your acknowledgment of the receipt of those of the 8th. 19th. and 27th. ulto.—I am still waiting for your account to the 1st. of October which I hope soon to receive, after which I trust you will be prepared at the day with that for the present quarter—so that there may be hereafter no more arrears—I conclude that you have given the proper directions, that the Trustee Process of Kinsman vs Smith be not entered at the Court, and have settled for the writ and service—I shall send you in a few days an order for the balance of the devise to W. S. Smith—It is peculiarly satisfactory to me to be so soon informed of your having received my Letter of the 27th. with the orders payable to Mrs Clark, which business has I trust been duly settled—Next Saturday is the day you proposed for the resurvey in the Quincy woods; but if your cough continues, I hope you will postpone the survey again—There is no occasion that you should expose yourself for that object—Rather nurse yourself for the meeting of the Legislature, and bring up your arrears of writing, by keeping as close, as a due portion of exercise will permit, to your office and your chamber.The sum of 1480 dollars and 3 Cents which I have received of debt due to me by W. S. Smith, I propose to apply, not to my own use, but as far as may be to his benefit, and to that of his family—I intend to hold it as a fund, upon interest, which interest, I shall apply, from time to time, first to discharge certain other debts of his, of peculiar urgency, and afterwards as a small annuity for the support of his wife: but it will be some years before the first object of discharging debts of indispensable obligation will be accomplished—It was for the investment of this money, that I had thoughts of constituting an annuity in the Hospital Life Insurance Company—But I shall write you further on this subject hereafterYour affectionate father

					J. Q. Adams


Title: From Thomas Boylston Adams to Joseph Barlow Felt, 7 December 1826
From: Adams, Thomas Boylston
To: Felt, Joseph Barlow

					Dear Sir.
					Quincy 7th. December 1826.

				After a series of appointments to meet Mr Stoddard which proved abortive, he came to Quincy Yesterday and we effected a settlement so far as to divide equally the amount of the principal due by Notes of hand, and the whole sum being $332.0 I took two Notes of him for $166–0. each; one of which is made payable to you or your Order on demand with Interest from the first of November 1826.  He paid me $20 by way of interest and gave his due–bill for $7. which he says shall be paid this week or the next. He is now in arrears for the whole rent of the current year, excepting an Account for repairs to the dwelling house, and another for the like, done the current year.I have obtained from two judicious men, Nathan Adams Esqr: & Mr Leonard Bucknam, both Inhabitants of the Town of Medford, an estimate of the homestead farm, made at my request, exclusive of the Salt–marsh in Malden, and I received this day from Mr Adams the amount of their Appraisment, which is Five Thousand Dollars. This is so near my own estimate, that I think, I should be willing to buy or sell at that price. But I could, at this time, only give my Obligation with  a Mortgage at Lawful Interest, payable in a given time. I will venture to make you this offer for your consideration, and I will, upon proper Deed of conveyance being executed, by a competent Attorney, give the security of a Bond & Mortgage for the Sum of Two thousand Five hundred Dollars with lawful interest till paid. Your answer will oblige me if promptly given. It must be understood, that the present Tenant’s base must expire before the purchase. This will be on the 21st: of March next.If the weather will permit I propose taking a Surveyor with me to Medford on Wednesday next and shall endeavour to be there by Ten O’Clock AM. This is a day fixed in my own mind only as I shall not see the Surveyor till next Saturday and he may have some other engagement. But unless the ground should be covered with Snow, the Survey will be made in all next week. The contents of each lot will be taken if time will permit; otherwise a single perambulation of the whole homestead.I have hitherto acted in the concerns of the Farm without a formal Power of Atty; but since assuming the entire management of it, and the measures which have of late been judged adviseable, though with your consent expressed, I think, I should have a short Power of Atty from  Mrs Felt and Yourself to justify any ulterior responsibility. I therefore enclose a blank form to be signed by Mrs: Felt and You, in presence of Two Witnesses, & a Seal to each name of the Constituents.The Mail is the surest mode of Transacting business & the Postage is small, for single letters—I have written a power on a sheet of Letter paper which may be directed to me on the outside.Should you prefer taking the chance of a publick sale, by Auction, I will Advertise the farm for sale on or before the First of March, unless previously sold privately.My Account for Services shall be rendered by the close of the year, and your Note from Z Stoddard is in my desk awaiting your directions.With best regards to Mrs: Felt I am /  respectfully Your’s Thomas B Adams—
					PS. I subjoin a copy of N Adams’s letter for your perusal.


Title: From Josiah, III Quincy to John Quincy Adams, 13 December 1826
From: Quincy, Josiah, III
To: Adams, John Quincy

					My dear Sir.
					Boston. 13. Dec. 1826.

				I have the honor to subjoin a transcript of our account as exion closed by me at the United States Bank, on the  1st. Inst. conformably to the terms acceded to in your last letter.The balance, which I have drawn out as below by virtue of the authority above specified, I hold myself responsible to pay to the Executors, at three days notice, on demand, either in the whole, or in part, with interest at six per Cent, from the time of my drawing said drawing out—viz. the first of December instant. I have thought this arrangement best for the Estate and it is perfectly acceptable to me.Respectfully and truly / yrs

					Josiah Quincy.

					Dr. U.S. Bank in Boston in a/c with J. Q. A. & J. Q. Execrs of J. A.1826.Sep. 20.To Dept.6,140.811826oct. 3.By Check. S. Savil.312.4921do.524.6227Do. A E. S Johnson3000.oct 6.do.2,666.59Nov 6Do. J. Schmit3000.9.do.30.22.Do. Register of Norfolk6.8731.do.901.956319.36Nov 15.do.15.Do. J. Q. A2709.8010278.97Dec. 1.Bal—for wh. J. Q. is accountable as above 9029.161249.8110,278.97


Title: From John Quincy Adams to George Washington Adams, 14 December 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Adams, George Washington

					N. 33.My dear George.
					Washington 14. December 1826.

				The last Letter I have from you is of the 2d. instn. but I have also received Mrs Clark’s receipt upon my note to her, which was enclosed in your Letter to your brother John of the 6th.—My latest Letters to you, are of the 19th. 27th. and 29th. ulto. and 4th. and 7th. instn.—I expect answers to them all.I now enclose, 1. an order from W. S. Smith, upon the Executors of my father’s Will, for 290 dollars 20 Cents, in favour of Benjamin L. Lear, Attorney of Baron Hyde de Neuville by him endorsed, payable to me—accepted by me as Executor, and the acceptance remaining to be signed by Mr Quincy, which you will request him to do—And it is endorsed by me, with an order to pass the contents to my credit in the Branch Bank Boston—I have already paid the money to Mr Lear— 2. A Check, signed by me as Executor, and to be signed by Mr Quincy, drawn on the Cashier of the Branch Bank, Boston, payable to my order, and endorsed by me, to pass the Contents 290 dollars 20 Cents, to my Credit in Bank.—This Check when signed by Mr Quincy, you will present at the Bank, and cause the amount to be entered to my Credit in my Bank Book, which you have.3. A Receipt signed by me, of the money from the Executors, which you will deliver to Mr Quincy, upon his signing, the acceptance of W. S. Smith’s Order, and the Check on the Branch Bank for the money.The Order, when the acceptance is signed by Mr Quincy, you will keep with the former one—The two together constitute the vouchers that Mr Smith has drawn the whole sum of 3000 dollars—My two receipts, to be retained by Mr Quincy, shew the payment of the whole Sum by the Executors—When the transaction is completed, give me notice of the same, without delay. Your affectionate father.

					J. Q. Adams.


Title: From John Quincy Adams to George Washington Adams, 24 December 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Adams, George Washington

					N. 34.My dear George.
					Washington 24. December 1826.

				Your Letter of the 15th. instt. has been duly received. I still hope that your Account to the first of October will be received by me before the close of the year; and that the next, that is, your Account for the present Quarter will be made up and forwarded to me at the day.On the first of January, you will pay to my brother, the sum of 315 dollars, and take from him a receipt in following form, in duplicates.(Date)“Received of John Quincy Adams, for and in behalf of the Executors of my father’s last Will, the sum of three hundred and fifteen Dollars, being a quarterly payment of interest, on twenty–one thousand dollars, settled, for the support of myself and my family conformably to the said Will—This receipt given in duplicates.” (signed)one of which receipts you will deliver to Mr Quincy as the voucher for the Executors; and the other you will keep as mine.On the same first of January you will pay Sixty-three dollars to Louisa C. Smith being one Quarter’s interest, on my Note to her of 4200 dollars; for which payment you will take her receipt. This however is entirely on my individual account, with which the Executors have now no concern.  You will remember that the same quarterly payments will become due on the first of April, and of July next; and take care to be prepared for them.I have no time to spare for words; but I earnestly hope that there will be no more want of punctuality, or of regularity in your accounts or in your Correspondence with me. Send me a minute of the balance, which will stand to my Credit, in my Bank Book at the U. S. Branch Bank, on the first of January. (I mean the Book I sent you some time since from hence.) Inquire also and inform me, at what price you could purchase for me 25 or 30 Shares in the Boyleston Market Association. Present my regards, and my Thanks to Mr J. Walsh junor. for the two barrels of Golden Russetten Apples, he has sent me, and which we are expecting—But the fruit which I said had become almost or quite extinct was the golden Pippin.Your Affectionate father.

					J. Q. Adams.


Title: From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to George Washington Adams, 28 December 1826
From: Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson
To: Adams, George Washington

					Washington 28 Decbr. 1826

				What! a letter from George I cried when your father put your last epistle in my hand yesterday afternoon? I was surprized for I thought that you ceased to wish to keep up any thing like friendly intercourse with your family and to feel that I was not altogether forgotten in the solitude of my chamber did occasion my heart to spring with joy.I am delighted to observe by the tone of your Letter that your spirits are good and I should think your health better—We had heard of the marriage of Mr Cook from Elizabeth—Who was the bridesmaid? I am glad you had an opportunity of seeing Miss Marshall especially as you always seemed desirous to shun her acquaintance and certainly without any proper —Her attractions are said to very great but as you have no taste for belles (Do not let this be whispered in the presence of any young Lady as it would be un mauvais compliments) you would not have been endangered by her charms  By the time this reaches you, you will be immersed in the great business of Legislation in which you must necessarily take a conspicuous part in consequence of the business left in your hands during the recess—I wish you success with all my heart and I trust that entering into society freely and the necessity of appearing handsomely in the above capacity will make you more of a bean than you were when I saw you and which however trifling you  may think it caused me much pain The old adage says I judge you from the company you Keep I say a vulgar and neglected exterior is always almost a proof of a tainted and impure mind—People at least nine times out of ten make up their minds and opinions of others by their first impressions and I always turn with disgust from  a young sloven as the idea immediately occurs what will he be when he is old and old age in itself is so unlovely it requires even les petits soins to make it endurable to others—and habit is a creature so unruly that neither whip or Spur can move it from its course if—we once suffer it to master our understanding and tho’ we may spurn such things with contempt they are very apt to draw down a large portion of contempt on us—It you want to please young Ladies Gard le premier abord

					L. C. A—

					I send you an impromptu on having Mr. Gilpin a great Cox comb recalled and undoubtly to my mind not having seen him four or five years. He is Editor of the Atlantic Souvenir.