Title: From Caroline Amelia Smith De Windt to John Quincy Adams, 21 August 1826
From: De Windt, Caroline Amelia Smith
To: Adams, John Quincy

					Fishkill 21st. Aug 1826

				I have recd. the letter of the 14th. August addressed to me by the Executors of the Will of my deceased Grand father; accompanied by a Copy of the Will.I can have no objections to make to the proceedings of the Executors—and request—my Uncle J Q Adams will act for me—upon any occasion on which it may be necessary—Very respectfully

					Caroline Amelia de Wint


Title: From John Quincy Adams to Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams, 22 August 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson

					My dearest Friend.
					Quincy 22. August 1826.

				I have concluded to part with George, at the very moment when he is most needful to me—I have made this sacrifice, yielding to your wishes, and shall endeavour to do this business relating to the Execution of my father’s Will, myself—He will follow you to Lebanon, or wherever he may learn on the road you are to be found—He goes with his Cousin the Cadet, who is upon his return to his duty at West–Point.George will bring you a supply of 500 dollars—He wishes to return as soon as possible to Boston, where business both Public and Private calls for his continued attention. Ever affectionately yours

					J. Q. Adams.


Title: John Quincy Adams, Copies of Advertisements of sales of items from John Adams’s Estate, August 1826 to September 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To:

Copies of Advertisements of Stocks, Real Estate & Furniture
Public Sale
On Monday 18th. instt. at 12 Block at Merchants Hall, by order of the Executors of the last will and Testament, of John Adams late of Quincy deceased.
13 Shares Middlesex Canal
5 do West Boston Bridge
54 do, Fire & Marine Insurance
10 do New England do
10 do Boston Bank
20 do Boylston Market
9 do Massachusetts Bank
12 do American Bank
Salt Marsh & Woodland for sale
On Tuesday the 19th instt. will be sold at Public Auction in the Town of Quincy
Several lots of Salt Marsh of different sizes and ammounting in the whole to thirty six Acres. Likewise several lots of Woodland of various sizes, comprizing one hundred and nine Acres, and possessing among other advantages a fine ledge of Granite, similar to that purchased by the Railway Company whose Railway passes immediately through some of the said lots. The said lands being part of the Real Estate of John Adams late of said Quincy deceased; and to be sold by the Executors of his last Will and Testament conformably to his directions therein contained. Any person wishing to view the lands before the sale, will please apply to Isaac Farrar, at the late Residence of the said John Adams in Quincy
Sale to take place at French’s Tavern in Quincy at 11 o’clock Public Sale of Furniture, Live Stock &c—
On Wednesday the 27th. instt. will be sold at Public Auction at the Residence of the Late John Adams, of Quincy, deceased All the household Furniture, Silver Plate, Live stock, Farming utensils & other articles, together with two Pews in the Meeting house of the Congregational Society, and one Tomb belonging to the Estate of the said John Adams, and sold by the Executors of his last will and testament, agreeably to the directions, therein contained. At the same time and place will also be sold several Tons of English and Salt Hay, in lots to suit purchasers—The House will be opened and the furniture exhibited on Tuesday the 26th. instt. from 9 till 3 o’clock—
Sale to Commence at 9 O’clock on Wednesday and to be continued on Thursday should anything remain unsold—
Notice at the Sale 19. September 1826 at Quincy
It is proper to apprize persons attending the Sale, that there is some uncertainty with regard, both to the quantity of the land and to the boundaries of all the Lots of Lands to be sold—They have all been surveyed by Mr Withington and the plats of survey will be exhibited at the Sale, and delivered with the Deeds of Conveyance—But each Lot will be sold separately, and the Executors will not warrant either the boundaries or the quantity of Land in each Lot. In their Deeds of Conveyance they will describe the lots with Reference to the Deeds or Will by which the deceased owned them, and to the Surveys, old and new in their possession—But describing them as containing so many Acres more or less and after giving the boundaries, so far as they are known to them, with the additional clause, however otherwise butted or bounded.—Notice is also given that there is a claim of indemnity from the Railway Company Corporation for Land taken from the Lots called on Mr Withingtons Survey the Joy, Savil and Field Lots; which claim will be conveyed by the Executors with the Land—Twenty five percent to be paid down as earnest and the remainder on delivery of the Deed which will be in the course of next week, on failure of which the earnest money will be forfeited.
Notice at the Sale on Wednesday 27 September 1826.
Terms of Sale cash to be paid on delivery of each article—on Friday or Saturday the 29th. or 30th. instt. but every Article not taken and paid for on that day will be considered by the Executors as not sold and will be re-sold at the risk of the first purchasers. The Tomb is sold only because it was considered the Law required that it should be. The Executors reserve to themselves the right of removing all the remains deposited in it, before they deliver possession of it to the purchaser. The Tomb alone is sold. The books in the Pews are also reserved and not included in the sale. The Quincy lot will be sold on the same terms as those of the sale of lands last week.


Title: From Thomas Boylston Adams to Joseph Barlow Felt, 4 September 1826
From: Adams, Thomas Boylston
To: Felt, Joseph Barlow

					Dear Sir.
					Quincy 4th Septr. 1826.

				I received your favour of the 17th August and thank you for your prompt compliance with my wishes in the article of books. I have not been in Boston since the receipt of it and cannot therefore acknowledge the receipt of the missing Volumes at Messrs: Cummings & Co—The same reason has prevented my depositing there the two or three books with the name of Mr Shaw in them. One of these was a file of the Columbian Centinel for 1793, which was brought here some years ago at my Father’s request, and has the name of “William Smith” in it, to which is added—“Shaw” in his own hand writing. This Volume is claimed by a Mr Jackson of Boston, as having been lent to Mr: Shaw and I have sent it to the City for his inspection. Should it not prove to be his property, I will have it left at Messrs C. & Hilliard’s Store. A work in One Vol: 8vo: called “Proofs of a Conspiracy” by J. Robinson, and a Vol. in boards 8vo: of “Select Speeches,” by Dr. N. Chapman, are all yet discovered of Mr Shaw’s, and the latter is without any name in it. A “Memoir by Don Suis de Onis.”Not having of late communicated to you a Statement of the concerns of the Medford farm, I take this opportunity to present a view of its situation as to the arrearages of rent, &ca as late as May last, and I also ask your advice on the question of future proceedings as to the enforcement of payment. I am not Satisfied, with the present Tenant and wish to remove him; the only dissuasive to this course is my belief in his utter inability to pay what he owes us and the certainty of a loss on his debt. We have to choose between this conviction and the hope of a more efficient Tenant. I have recently had an interview with a man who appeared desirous of hiring the Farm, and wished to be informed if Stoddard was going off—Mr Stoddard offered to sell or transfer his Lease by Assignment to Mr Fosdick, but upon terms too hard for him to comply with. I also wish information how you and Mrs Felt feel disposed as to dividing or offering for sale of the Farm this Fall.  It is not in my power to make any proposition to buy out my Copartner, and I only wish to be informed if Mrs Felt would join in making an attempt to dispose of it, at private sale.The state of Cash receipts between us, was represented Sometime last fall, by Mr C. S. Foster to be equal on the balance in his hands, for rent paid him by Mr Stoddard. Viz—Of $74—Fiftynine was due to me and Fifteen to you. Since then, I have received at one time $14, and at another $48—if my memory serves me. What payments have been made Since last May I do not know, but a few days ago I called for a payment of One hundred dollars to be made on the 2d: Instant, with what Success I am yet to learn—A punctual man for a Tenant of a Farm is “rara avis in terra,” and I might add from experience—“nigro–que Similiter Cycno.”With much love to Mrs: Felt—I am, truly / & Respectfully Your’s

					Thomas B Adams.

					PS.Quincy 5th September.In anticipation of your favour of the 2d Instant, I had written to you, as above, and have now to thank you for the information contained in your last. In Mr J H Foster’s custody are a number of books chiefly belonging to my Brother J Q Adams Esqr: which are retained for him at his request. Of those books having the name of Charles Adams’ in them, I have no knowledge and therefore cannot explain how Mr Shaw came by them. The other packages you mention may be left at the Office of George W Adams Esqr Court Street, Boston.When you visit Boston as you propose in October, the notes of Mr: Stoddard will be conformed to your wish, if not previously put in suit. As the papers you mention having laid aside may be of some importance to my Brother, it would be well to Send them, by a Safe conveyance Sooner, as the President will leave us about the 4th or 5th of next month, and if they are not too large they might be enclosed to him by Mail—I have not been yet informed respecting the packet mentioned as addressed by you to my Father.When you visit Boston it will give us pleasure to have an interview with you and Mrs: Felt at Quincy.As above respectfully Your’s
				T. B AdamsDr Mr. Zenas Stoddard to T B Adams Esqr & others proprietors in Common of the Medford farm in A/c & by Notes.1826.   Dls Cts Feby7thOn Settlement To your Note of hand of 19th May 1820}for $65.0.Int: to this day$22.43=87.43Do Your Note for $280 Int67.20=347.2089.63434.6334.48469.11Feby7th.To Your Note 28 Feby 182492.50Int 2 yrs11.10To Your Note 21 March 182588.0Int 1 yr5.28To Your Note 7th Feby 182651.50Int 1 yr3.9251.471826 March21.To Rent of Farm one year300.To Amount of labour25.576.4796.48Bale Dr:479.99Contra Cr:1826 Feby 7th By Your A/c for 207 1/2 Rods of Stone Wall207.50By Do30 Posts6.0By Cash receipts to December 5th 1825.1920By DoFeby7th 182625.0By a balance of Account suspended for vouchers in 1823—produced and allowed 7th Feby}13.61By Labour on the farm the year past25.469.11Contra CrFeby7thBy Cash balance on A/c of Rent$34.48May4thBy Cash as by Rect of T. B A14.0MayBy Do of J H Foster48.0


Title: John Adams, Inventory of Estate, 5 September 1826
From: Adams, John
To:

               September 5, 1826

            Norfolk, ss. Commonwealth of Massachusetts,to Daniel Greenleaf Esquire, Josiah Bass, Gentleman,and Josiah Adams, Yeoman, all of Quincy,in the County of Norfolk Greeting.Whereas, at a Court of Probate, held at Dedham, in and for the said County of Norfolk, on the first Tuesday of August, A. D. 1826.John Quincy Adams and Josiah Quincy both of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, Doctors of Laws, duly admitted Executors of the last Will of John Adams late of Quincy in the said County of Norfolk, Doctor of Laws, deceased, and thereupon gave Bond to exhibit upon Oath, a true and perfect Inventory of the Estate of the said deceased within three months; and whereas you have been nominated and appointed Appraisers of the said Estate: You are therefore hereby empowered to take a particular Inventory of the Estate of the said deceased, and truly and justly to appraise the same, according to the present value thereof. Before you perform the said business, you are to be sworn; and after you have completed the same, you are to deliver your Inventory, together with this Warrant, to the said Executors to be by them returned to the Court of Probate, according to law.WITNESS, Edward H. Robbins Esquire, Judge of the Court aforesaid, at Dedham, this first day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty Six.

            Edwd: H. Robbins J. ProbateSamuel Haven Regr.
              Norfolk ss. At Quincy on the seventeenth day of August Anno Domini, 1826, the before named Daniel Greenleaf Josiah Bass and Josiah Adams solemnly swore that they would faithfully and truly perform the service assigned them by the foregoing Warrant, before me,Thomas B. AdamsJus Pacis.IN execution of the foregoing Warrant, we, the subscribers, the Appraisers therein named, have taken an Inventory of all the Estate of the said John Adams late of Quincy—deceased, which has been shown to us, by the Administrator thereof, and have appraised the same, on Oath, as follows, viz.Real Estate of John Adams late of Quincy, L.L.D. deceased, as surveyed by Mather Withington Augt. 1826.Viz.

              Acres.Qt.Rods.9"2"2Salt Marsh and upland@$83—$789.5210"2"29Gull Island Marsh—@—58—619.5113"3"22Cove Marsh@—70—972.122"1"28Rock Island do@—60—145.5036.2.1Salt Marsh & Upland$2,526.65A.Qt.RWood land.15"2"32Ruggles’ Lot}@$45706.50Thayer do5"3"33Quincy Hancock do.35208.4411"3"9Beales Lot25295.183"3"13The old Adams do.55210.6227"0"13Borland do551489.4614"2"29Furnace or Field do35513.846"0"39Savil Lot No. 1.@38237.266"0"28Do—do—2.50308.7517"2"31Joy do40707.75109"0"27Woodland$4677.804677.80   95"2"1Homestead & Buildings @$12011460.752 Pews in Meeting House $120 1 Tomb 60180.—Real Estate see last page$18845.20

            Furniture1 Set Red Damask Chairs, Sofa, & cushions $58. 1 Set green damask do 45.103.001 Sofa, & covers $8.—14 hair bottom chairs 27.50 1 Easy do 6. 1 L Ming do 6.47.5047 Comn. Chairs 27.50 1 green damask bed wh. bedstead mattrass down & c. 70.97.501 Bed bedstead & Dimity curtains 25. 7 comn. beds & bedsteads 74. blankts. 25.124.00Curtains 4. 1 Set mahg dining tables 18. 1 Dining table & leaf 6.28.004 Cards tables 20. 1 Marble do 15. 15 other tables 21 Bureaus & Secy 10.66.001 Wardrobe. 5. 1 Clock 20. 1 do 7. 2 Night Cabinets 10.42.002 Wash–stands 6.—3 old Bureaus 10—2 do Secretaries 4.—2 pine desks 2.5022.501 Set red dining china 25.—1 do Blue do 25.—1 desert set do 8.—58.005 part sets tea do 7.—3 China flower–pots 6.—5 Comn. do. 1.5014.501 pr. Cut glass Candlesticks 16.—6 ditto dishes with covers 8.24.00Decanters, wines, tumblers. & other glass. (broken sets)33.254 Window curtains (dimity) 16.—4 Pictures (not family) 10.26.001 Print Chatham 20.—1 do Warren 5.—1 do Montgomery 5.30.008 Smaller prints 10.—4 plaster busts 4.—2 large looking glasses 40.54.001 Large looking glass 16.—1 glass middle room 6.—1 dress g. do 5.—4 comn do 431.001 Large Turkey carpet 20.—1 do. do. Brussels 30.—1 do Venetian 30.—80.001 do Canvass do 25.—Venetian Stair do 8.—do Entry do 10.43.003 old Canvass do 9.—lot old Carpets 7.—1 large Straw  do. 10.26.0018 Brass rods 2.—3 Floor mats & 1 hearth brush 3.5.001 Do fire set 8.—1 ditto 8.—1 old do 3.5019.50Lot of Pewter 9.—do iron ware 10.50 Copper boiler 15.—Copper ware 7.41.50Tin ware 5.—Knives & forks 23.—Comn. Crockery & earthen ware 6.—34.002 Fire screens 4.—Thermometer 1.—Small scales & weights 1.6.00Spectacles, Buckles & shaving tools 3.—10 trunks 10.—2 Mortars 1.2514.25Lumber in garret 5.50—bags & ironing cloth 2.7.50Mangle & rollers 5.—1 press 4.—Baskets 1.—bench & tubs 3.13.00Wood ware frame &c. 4.50 Empty casks 12.—1 Sofa 2.18.501 Plate warmer & 2 baskets 2.—old waiters &c. 2.504.501114.00Table linen 82.—Bed linen 143.225.—Plated Ware. 1 Plateau with glasses & figures 7.4 Candlesticks & branches 18.—4 do plain 5.—23.4 Glass Coolers & 4 Wine do  @5.— each—401 Basket 5.—large urn 10.—Small articles 20. 35105.00536 82. 3 thou. Silver plate @ $1 1/8603.171 Gold Medal 21.72 1 Composition do & box 2.23.72Amount carried forward2070.89Amount brot. forward2070.89Stock on farm Viz.1 Yoke oxen 65.—11 Cows 132.197.001 Horse 45.—10 Swines 50.95.—292.001 Ox Wagon 30.—1 do Cart 15.—1 Horse Cart 20.65.001 Chaise & harness 100.—1 Cariole & do 130230.—2 Sleighs 24.—Old Carriage body & runners 12.36.—331.00Pine Wood (home) 36.—do cut in woods 25.61.—Buffalo, bells, boards, wheel &c.7.—Ploughs, Harrow & Sled 17.—Tools & Chains 41.58.—Roller grindstone & saws12.—138.0029 bushels Barley 22.—Engh: hay in Stable 80.102.—English hay in barn 162.—Salt do. fresh do. & fodder 72.234.—Salt hay in little barn 40.—do in field since in 35.—75.—411.00Stock in funds & c.13 Shares Middlesex Canal @ 260.—3380.—5 Shares West Boston Bridge " 3001500.—54 do Fire & Marine Insurance 50—2700.—10 do New England do102—1020.—10 do Boston Bank78.—780—20 do Boylston Market100—2000—9 do Massachusetts Bank270—2430.—12 do American do102.—1224.—Savings Bank Deposit & interest—391.48$1203 U.S. 6 pr. ct. Stock 1813@101—1215.033260 7 do do 1814102—3325.271000— do do 1815103 1/21035.—21000.78Personal Estate.$24243.67Real Estate.36 acres 2 Qu. 1 rod Salt March and Uplandas pr 1st. page$2526.65109 " 0 " 27 Wood land4677.8095 " 2 " 01 Homestead @ 12011460.7518665.202 Pews 120 1 Tomb 60.180.00$43088.87

            Daniel GreenleafJosiah BassJosiah Adams.Norfolk ss. Probate Court at Dedham, Septr. 5th: 1826.The foregoing Inventory having been duly exhibited on oath.I hereby accept the same.
            Edwd: H. RobbinsJ. Probate.Copy. Attest Samuel HavenRegr.


Title: John Quincy Adams, List of John Adams’s Wearing Apparel at the Time of his Decease, 5 September 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To:

					5. Septr. 1826

				List of the wearing apparel of the late John Adams at the time of his decease.1 Flannel 1 Silk and 1 plaid gown4 pr. Flannel drawers 3 flannel shirts 2 flannel waistcoats1 large broad cloth cloak 1 small do. silver clasp1 Suit of Black cloth wearing apparel1 Green Camblet Gown1 Suit drab cloth—1 extra pair small clothes1 do. light kerseymere clothes 1 extra pr. small clothes1 Blue cloth surtout. 1 Blue cloth Coat3 pr. black cloth small clothes 2 black cloth Waist coats1 Coat and Waistcoat Brown silk, 1 Velvet, 2 woolen caps 1 bundle old clothes.8 Cotton Shirts 5 linen do. 2 cotton Caps 3 linen do. 7 Cambric stocks8 pr. worsted hose. 11 pr. Silk hose 2 pr. beaver gloves1 pr. thread hose 1 pr. Cotton do 1 pr. thread gloves3 pr. Nankin small clothes 4 White waistcoats2 pr. linen drawers, bundle of old clothes drawers & waistcoats1 old Green Damask gown 1 pr. of Slippers 2 pr. Shoes.1 Gold Seal (Boyleston Arms) 1 gold stock buckle 1 pr. gold sleeve Buttons.1 pr. Boot hooks.The above articles were divided among the heirs of the deceased.

					J. Q. Adams Exor.Copy Attest Samuel Haven Regr

					Right of land in the Township of Salem in State of Vermont.


Title: From John Quincy Adams to Thomas Greenleaf, 8 September 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Greenleaf, Thomas

					Gentlemen
					Quincy 8th: September 1826.

				Upon the decease of my late honoured Father, I have considered it a duty devolving upon me to erect a plain and modest monument to his memory; and my wish is, that divested of all ostentation it may yet be as durable as the walls of the Temple, to the erection of which he has contributed, and as the Rocks of his native Town, which are to supply the materials for it.This purpose may be most advantageously effected, if the Inhabitants in their corporate capacity, should acceed to the proposition, which I now make them through you, and upon which I request you to take their sense, as speedily as may be convenient.I propose that when the Congregational Society, in this Town, Shall determine to commence the erection of the Temple they Should adopt a resolution authorising you to conclude with me an agreement, whereby, at my expense a vault or Tomb, may be constructed, under the Temple, wherein may be deposited the mortal remains of the late John Adams and of Abigail his beloved & only Wife. And that within the walls of the Temple, at a suitable place to be approved by me, a tablet or tablets of marble or other stone may be adapted to the Side of the wall, with a view to durability, and with Such obituary inscription or inscriptions as I Shall deem proper. The assent of the Town to this modification in the construction of the Temple, I suppose to be necessary or at least expedient; but the time when the Temple itself Shall be built, must, I conceive, depend upon the Congregational Society & Church under the Pastoral care of the Revd Peter Whitney.In proceeding to carry into effect the objects of the donations to the Town, I believe great attention will be due to keeping these distinctions in mind. The Town and Parish (by which I mean the Congregational Society and Church) are distant Corporations, and consist of persons partly the Same and partly different. The Temple, when erected will doubtless be the property of the parish, Subject to that of the individual pew–holders; but the donations being to the Town, their assent Seems to be necessary even to fix the time for the erection of the edifice.I have many reasons for desiring that this may be undertaken without delay. And among the rest that both my parents may not remain for an indefinite time without a Stone to tell where they be. Should the Town and the parish both assent to my present proposal, I shall be anxious to know then the latter would propose to commence the building? Should they approve my design I Shall take no measures for erecting a monument else where, which I propose to do Should they See any inconvenience in the acceptance of my offer. It will be necessary that the agreement should be in writing; perhaps by indentures to fix the property of the Vault or Tomb—and of the Tablets. I am very respectfully your Friend

					John Quincy Adams—

					A True Copy. AttestThomas B Adams


Title: From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Charles Francis Adams, 9 September 1826
From: Adams, Louisa Catherine Johnson
To: Adams, Charles Francis

Boston 9 Sept 1826

I wrote you a very few lines yesterday my dear Charles, with a promise to write to you again immediately and more fully, but I fear that it will not be in my power to say all I wish to say, and for that you will thank your stars—In the first place let me beg you will not suffer Johnson to leave the house to sleep in his barn; for the consequences might prove fatal to him—In the next let me hope that if in yourself you see any resemblance, to the cold, calculating, selfish, vain atom Vivian Gray, that you will set to work immediately to destroy the likeness, as even to possess such powers of mind, no man could bear to be thought so determinedly vicious, so systematically worthless—The art of playing upon the weakness of mankind, is easy to acquire, and a talent which requires but very little real ability to cultivate; perseverance and a thorough and immutable command of our own passions, and temper, (a part of the resemblance by no means perfect, which has displayed itself copiously within the last few weeks,) is all that is necessary; and the sequel of the performance teaches, that all the meretricious glare of these seeming qualifications, ended in vanity and vexation of spirit, ruin and disgrace—and that by the wanton arts of a weak and designing woman—rather let this work prove a warning than a seducing example, and learn from it, that the vanity of mind improperly used, is as powerful an engine of destruction, as the vanity of weak and silly beauty—I hear you cry out no more proving! sentiment it is not by the way the only worthy trait in the story of Vivian is the history of Conyers.—altho’ sentiment—A man entirely without sentiment, becomes a fiend—
Now for matters of another sort—George is still confined to his chamber, and in very very bad health—The state of his mind is by no means such as I would have it; The scenes in which he has been called upon to become the principal performer, the great responsibility he incurred, the affected but constantly irritating sensibility, however artificial of the women who surrounded him, and the dreadful exhibition on the day of your G. F’s death and the two succeeding days; in addition to the unusual fatigue which he had to undergo, prostrated his strength which had already been impaired by a long indisposition; and to crown the climax, he was not treated with the kindness and consideration which his exertions merited, and laughed and sneered at because he was not able to bear the exposure to rain, and every species of bad weather, as well as those who fortunately for them are more strongly constituted, all these circumstances added to harshness and severe mortification in the presence of Strangers, have produced a state of painful dejection, which will require the greatest tenderness in his friends to remove, and have impressed him with an idea that he is unfit for the society or the duties, for which other men are born—If you will write to him it will produce the best possible effect, as his affection and respect for you amounts to extravagance—I never saw John’s feelings so much soured and he is as kind and affectionate as possible—

He treats the idea of the suggested marriage as an utter absurdity and under your management if you give it a preposterous and ridiculous turn I have no doubt that every thing will terminate agreeably to our wishes—If you have any of the powers of Vivian use them to rouse your brother to energy and you will render an essential service to a being too full of the milk of human kindness to hear the bitter taunts and scoffs of sarcastic irony—In one of the false windows in the circular room you will find Fedenikll’s estimates enclose them as soon as possible to your affectionate Mother—The witchery of oak leaves Caterpillars and worms still continues and I begin to believe the love is  all among the elders—


Title: From John Quincy Adams to John A. Shaw, 12 September 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Shaw, John A.

					Sir
					Quincy 12 September  1826—

				I pray you to accept my thanks for your obliging Note of the 25 ulto. and for the copy of your Eulogy upon John Adams and Thomas Jefferson with which it was accompanied. And as a member of the family of Mr Adams, I tender you in their name the assurance of our sensibility to the kindness of your tribute, and that of the Inhabitants of Bridgewater to his memory.With respectful consideration, your fellow Citizen—


Title: From John Quincy Adams to Charles Francis Adams, 15 September 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Adams, Charles Francis

					My dear Son Charles.
					Quincy 15. Septr. 1826.

				I have received your Letter of the 9th. instt. and now enclose a Check on the Branch Bank for 500 dollars payable to your order—With this you will repay the Coachman, his advances; repay to Mary Hellen the 50 dollars borrowed of her, and give the remainder to Antoine, for the purchase of winter fuel and other necessary payments. You and I will settle accounts when I return to Washington, which I expect will be about the 20th. of next Month.You mention an acknowledgment of 185 dollars 23 cents received by Johnson Hellen, as due at the Office of Discount and Deposit, and dated 14. August last; but you do not say by whom or on what account it was made, and I am at a loss to know—But whatever it may be, it may remain till my return.I am glad you have resumed your course of reading and study, in a manner satisfactory to yourself—I have not the works of Burke, excepting in the three Quarto Volumes, two of which are at Washington, and the third I know not where—Neither do I possess the works of Bolingbroke entire. But you can borrow at the Department of State, any volume of either of those writers that you may want.I shall become the proprietor of this house, the late Residence of my father, and of a part of his farm—my purpose is upon being discharged from the Public Service; to reside here myself; probably the remainder of my days, and in retirement—I am already adapting my arrangements to this purpose, and have a plan of life, and of full occupation, maturing in my mind, and which I hope to be enabled to carry into Execution.—Having received the impression that you have no partiality for this place, I shall not expect that you will reside here, if at all in this neighbourhood. But it will become necessary for you very soon to determine where you do propose to establish yourself, and what occupation you intend to undertake. I wish you to reflect upon this subject, and to let me know as soon as possible your determination. If you mean to follow the Profession of the Law, I should advise you to attend the course of Lectures, to be delivered by Judge Cranch—I am greatly anxious that all my Sons should have some distinct object of life, to which their time and their Talents may be industriously devoted—This must be effected in early youth; and I hope neither of my Sons will be content to linger through his days in torpid inaction, or to depend upon any one but himself for his future support, and his condition in the world.When I say that I do not expect you will reside here, I have reference to your inclinations and not to my own—My wish would be that all my children should prefer this to any other spot in the world, for their abode in life, and their repose in death. Such is my own feeling now, and since the Decease of both my Parents it has acquired an intenseness which it never had before—I could wish to anticipate the pleasure of enjoying the constant Society of my Children, for the remainder fo my days—But as I never have attempted,  so I never shall, to controul them in any of the great concerns, upon which it is their right to judge for themselves, and to seek their happiness according to their own estimates of it, rather than according to mine.Both your brothers have been very unwell, and are yet not entirely recovered—Your mother’s health continues as when you left her: She and George are gone upon a visit to Nantasket Beach—Give my love to Johnson and Mary Hellen, and regards to all our family connections and friends.  Your affectionate father

					J. Q. Adams


Title: From John Quincy Adams to Executors of John Adams’s Estate, 17 September 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Executors of John Adams’s Estate

				(Proposals by J. Q. Adams to Executors—For Settlement on T. B. Adams and his 6. Children—) approved by Josiah Quincy.—

					September 17, 1826

				By the Will of my deceased Father, 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 more or less together with the Mansion house, gardens and buildings thereon situated, were given to me in fee-simple, upon Condition that I pay or secure to be paid with interest within three years after his decease to his Executors the sum of ten thousand Dollars—By conveyances made subsequent to the date of his Will, and before his decease, part of the land was alienated, and according to the survey made by Mather Withington, since his death, its extent now is 95 Acres 2 Quarters and 1. Rod—I accept the devise, in the present Condition of the Land, upon the Condition prescribed of the payment for the whole, and propose to give to the Executors, my Bond, with my Son G. W. Adams, for Surety, for the payment to them within three years of ten thousand Dollars, with Interest from the fourth of July last.All the rest and residue of his Estate, Real, personal and mixed, he ordered to be sold by his Executors—After the payment of his debts and funeral expenses he ordered that the proceeds of the sale, together with the sum paid or secured to be paid by me, should be applied and appropriated in fourteen equal portions—to1. John Quincy Adams2. Thomas Boylston Adams3. Thomas Boylston Adams junr4. Isaac Hull Adams5. John Quincy Adams junr.6. Joseph Harrod Adams.7. Abigail Adams8. Elizabeth Coombs Adams.9. William Steuben Smith10. John Adams Smith11. Caroline Amelia De Wint.12. Suzanna Boylston Clark13. Abigail Louisa Smith Johnson.14. Catherine Louisa Smith.He also prescribed, by another clause of his Will, that his Executors should retain in their hands all the portions of his Estate 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 child’s portion to him or her successively—and after the decease of the said Thomas Boylston Adams, that his portion should be equally divided among his then surviving children. In order to carry this provision of the Will into effect, I  propose.To give in my individual capacity my Bond, to the Executors of my father’s Will, under an adequate penalty and secured by mortgages of Real Estate, or by pledges of Stocks, to the satisfaction of my Co-Executor, and of the Judge of Probate, for the performance of the following Conditions.First—to pay to the said Thomas Bolyston Adams, for the support of his family, unless the Executors should think proper hereafter otherwise to provide—in quarterly payments to commence on the first of January next, at the rate of six per Cent a year, upon the amount of the proceeds of the Estate, devised to him and to his six children; and until the time when by the will of Providence one of his Children may attain the age of twenty one years.Second—That when either of his children shall attain the age of twenty-one years, I shall pay to him or her, the amount of his or her portion, upon his or her giving to the Executors a good and sufficient receipt, acquittance and discharge for the same; and upon the release, or reconveyance, to me, of so much of the mortgaged or pledged property, as shall have been applied as security for the payment of the said Child’s portion.Third—That the same payment shall be made by me, and the same receipt, acquittance and discharge to the Executors—and the same release or reconveyance of mortgaged or pledged property to me, in the case of each of the children of the said Thomas Boylston Adams, as he or she shall come to the age of twenty-one years.Fourth—That in proportion as the portion of each child shall be paid to him or her, the quarterly interest, to be paid to the said Thomas Boylston Adams, for the support of his family, shall be reduced by the amount of six per Cent a year upon the sum of the portion so paid off. Fifth—That in the event of the decease of the said Thomas Boylston Adams, I will pay in such manner as my Co-Executor, and the Judge of Probate for the County of Norfolk shall approve, The portion devised to the said Thomas Boylston Adams, to be divided among his then surviving children; upon their giving a like receipt, acquittance and discharge to the Executors, and upon the release or reconveyance to me of so much of the mortgaged or pledged property as shall have been applied as security for the disposal of the said portion conformably to the Will. Sixth—That in the event of the decease of either of the said six children, before he or she shall attain the age of twenty-one years, (a case not provided for in the Will) I will make payment of his or her portion, in such manner, comformable to the Law, as my Co-Executor, and the judge of Probate shall approve; so that the Executors may be discharged of their trust; and upon the Execution of such release or reconveyance to me of the property mortgaged or pledged, as may discharge it from all incumbrance.The six Children of Thomas Boylston Adams, will attain, with the blessing of God, the age of twenty one years, successively as follows.Abigail Smith Adams, born 29. July 1806. will be of age on the 28th. of July 1827Elizabeth Coombs Adams9. Feby. 18088. Feby 1829.Thomas Boylston Adams junr.4. Augt. 1809.3. Augt. 1830Isaac Hull Adams26 May 181325. May 1834John Quincy Adams junr.15. Decr. 181514. Decr 1836Joseph Harrod Adams16. Decr 181715. Decr 1838


Title: From Stephen Brown to John Quincy Adams, 18 September 1826
From: Brown, Stephen
To: Adams, John Quincy,Quincy, Josiah, III

					Boston. Seper. 18. 1826.

            Sales of Stocks, by Order of the Executors, on the Estate of John Adams late of Quincy decd.13.Shares.Middlesex Canal@$2603380—5"West–Boston Bridge2951475—54"Massts. fire & Marine Ins. Officepar.2700—1 perCt advce272727—10"New England—Ins. Office1000.5 perCt adce.50.1050—10"Boston Bank@ $78 1/4782.505"Boylston Market50012 perCt adce.60560—5"" "50012 1/2 adce.62.50562.5010"" " "1000—12 perCt adce.1201120—9"Massts. Bankpar $25022509 1/2 perCt adce205.312455.3112"American Bank12002 1/2 perCt adce301230—$15342.31ChargesAdvertising Sales5.paid Mr Knapp 3 transfers of Market Shares3—Commissions36.8844.88$15297.43Errors ExceptedStepn. Brown AuctioneerBoston Sepr. 18. 1826.

            The Honl. John Q Adams.Bill of purchase8632.Cash deposited in US. Branch Bank.6665.43$15297.43Amount Sales at Auctionper. Account Sales Annexd.$15297.43S Brown AuctrBoston Sepr. 18. 1826—This may Certify, to Whom it may Concern, that Mr James H Foster, purchasd. at the Sale of the Aforesaid Stocks, & after Said Sale, informd me he had purchasd a part of them for the Honle. John Quincy Adams——Viz.

            13Shares.Middlesex Canal@$2603380—5"West Boston Bridge2951475.54"Massts. fire & Marine Ins. Officepar2700—1 perCt adce272727—10"New–England Ins. Office10005 perCt adce.501050.$8632—

					Stepn Brown Auctioneer


Title: From John Quincy Adams to Josiah Adams, 18 September 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Adams, Josiah

				Minute for Deacon Adams—18. Septr. 1826.Salt-Marsh as Returned by the Inventory—Acres—Qurs:RodsLimit of bid9  ..2..2.Harris lot Marsh and uplandat $83—789:52900..10..2..29.Gull Island Marsh58. .619..51.750..13..3..22Cove Marsh70.972.121100..2..1..25Rock-Island do60.145..50175—200Woodland.15..2..32.Ruggles and Thayer lotsat 45=706..50.=900(a.)5.3—33.Quincy Hancock.35=208..44.reserved(b.)11..3..9.Beale lot25=295..18reserved(c.)3..3—13.Old Adams lot55=210..62400(d.)27..0..13.Borland lot55=1489..46.2600.14..2..29.Furnace or Field lot35=513..8410006..0.39.Savil lot—(J. Adams’s Will lot) Owen’s38. . 237..26reserved4506..0..28Savil (with Joy lot)50. .308..75.500..17..2..31.Joy lot.40. .707..751000..(a.)By the deed there should be 10 Acres—By Survey of Jedidiah BassMay 1785.8.Acres3.Qurs(b.)By Jedidiah Bass’s Survey in May 1785.20.(c.)By Will of John Adams in 1760. bought of Owenabout4(d.)By Borland’s Deed about 25 acresBy Survey of Jedidiah BassDecember 1783—28.(e.)By Deed of Neddy Curtis16..(f).By Will of John Adams in 1760.Said to be bought of Benjn. Owenabout6(g)By Deed of the Savil’s7.36.Rods(h.)By Deed of John Joy.by Estimation more or less20..


Title: John Quincy Adams, Notice of Sale of Part of JA’s Estate at Quincy, 19 September 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To:

					September 19, 1826

				It is proper to apprize persons attending the Sale, that there is some uncertainty with regard both to the quantity of the Land, and to the boundaries, of all the Lots of Wood Lands to be sold—They have all been surveyed by Mr Withington, and the plats of survey will be exhibited at the Sale, and delivered with the Deeds of Conveyance—But each Lot will be sold separately, and the Executors will not warrant either the boundaries or the quantity of Land in each Lot—In their Deeds of Conveyance they will describe the lots, with Reference to the Deeds or Will by which the deceased owned them, and to the Surveys, old and new on their possession—But describing them as containing so many Acres, more or less, and after giving the boundaries, so far as they are known to them, with the additional clause, however otherwise butted or bounded.Notice is also given that there is a claim of indemnity from the Railway company Corporation, for Land taken from the Lots called on Mr Withington’s Survey the Joy, Savil, and Field lots; which claim will be conveyed by the Executors, with the Land.Twenty five per cent to be paid down as earnest, and the remainder on delivery of the deed which will be in the course of next Week; on failure of which the earnest money will be forfeited.


Title: Account by Daniel Spear of Sale of Part of JA’s Estate, 19 September 1826
From: Spear, Daniel
To:

					19. Septr. 1826.

            Account of the Sale of Real Estate belonging to the Heirs of the Hon John Adams as sold at Public Auction 19th Seper. 1825

            Gull Island Marsh 10 Acr, 2 Qr, 29 Rd. sold to Josiah Bass at $60, per acre$640, 87 1/2—Farm Marsh & upland 9 Acr. 2 Q. 2 R sold to Josiah Adamsat $90, per Acr856,12 1/—Rock Island Marsh 2 A. 1 Q. 28 R sold to Josiah Adamsat $70, per Acre169,75—Cove Marsh—13 Ar. 3 Q. 22 R. Sold to Josiah Bassat $62, per Acr861,02 1/—Boland Lot 27, A. 0 Q. 13 R sold to Josiah Adamsat $53, per Acr1435 30,6—Old Adams Lot 3, 3, 13 sold to Josiah Bassat $53, per Acre203,05,6—Ruggles & Thayer Lot 15 A. 2 Q. 32 R sold to Josiah Bassat $40, per Acre628,00—Field Lot 14 A. 2 Q. 29 R sold to Josiah Adamsat $151, per Acre2216 86,8—Joy Lot 17 A. 2 Q. 31 Rd. sold to Josiah Adamsat $109, per Acre1929,61,8—Savil Lot 6 A. 0 Q. 28 R sold to Ebenr. Adamsat $51, per Acre314,92, 1/2$9255,54,8

					Daniel Spear.
				Auctioneer


Title: From Josiah, III Quincy to John Quincy Adams, 19 September 1826
From: Quincy, Josiah, III
To: Adams, John Quincy

					My dear Sir,
					Boston. 19. Sep. 1826

				I have nothing to add to what I wrote you yesterday on that subject.I saw Col: Perkins, who said that the Directors could not determine until the sale and that this would depend upon circumstances.—By which, I understand—However you can conclude as well as myself.—I think, however, that one or other  and possibly both pieces—are deemed important, and that they intend to purchase one or both—and mean to place themselves in relation to the sale, without any commitment—This is, under circumstances, is probably best for the heirs.—with respect to yourself, I hope, for your own sake, you will not be tempted from any feeling or temporary excitement to bid beyond what your judgment will satisfy you is the real value, of the property—In conversation Perkins said that they had stone enough, but that if they purchased, it would be to prevent competition—That your quarry was the only one that could be brought into competition, or words to that effect—It may be very important to them and yet may in event prove of little value to you—And as to competition, the proprietors are over whelming capitalists and probably could not be competed with successfully by any individual.I send you some blank forms of transfer given me, by your auctioneer for the stock—He says that there must be one filed for each certificate species,—We must also file certificates of our appointment as Executors—We had better appoint your son our atty and let him make of transfersYrs respectfully

					Josiah Quincy


Title: John Quincy Adams, Lists of Deeds Estate of John Adams, 20 September 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To:

					September 20, 1826

            Salt-Marsh—Acres—QursRodsAdams—Elihu to John Adams.30. March 17723.Crosby—Joseph to John Adams3. Augt. 17726.Crosby—Joseph to John Adams27. Octr. 17795.2.Bass—Samuel to John Adams13. Jany 1789.7.2French—Moses to John Adams17. Novr 17924.

            Penn’s ValleyDeed John Adams to John Quincy Adams. 8. Augt: 1803.About 102 Acres—More or less, by estimation.1. 10. Acres—Billings Deed 13. April 1744—9 1/2 Acres More or less.Will of John Adams Senior—8. Jany. 1760.2. 35. Acres.Will—given to Peter B. AdamsDeed Peter B. Adams to John Adams. 28. Feby. 1774.3. 16 1/2 Acres.Deed—Nathaniel Belcher to J. Adams, P. B. Adams & Joseph Field 24. April 1762. and planDeed—P. B. Adams and Fox Field to J. Adams 6. April 1764.4. 46. AcresDeed—W. & S. Vesey to John Adams 12. Feby 1788.107 1/2

            Appraisement by P. B. Adams, James Brackett and John Hall. 23. June 1803.Minutes made by J. Adams.

            Woodland—One Lot of 6. Acres and one of four10. AcresBealeDeed from Benjamin Beale to John Adams—18. May 1772.10.SavilMary Crane, Samuel Savil, Nathaniel Savil, Benjamin Savil, and John Savil—5. Octr. 1795.One Tract containing Eleven Acres, one Quarter and twenty Rods, bounded Northerly on a Wood lot of P. B. Adams. Southerly partly on J Adams, and partly on Owen’s field. Westerly on land of P. B. Adams and Easterly on a Pasture of Norton Quincy.11. 1. 20Another Tract, containing seven Acres and 36 Rods, bounded Southerly on Major Belcher’s Lot. Northerly on land of John Adams. Easterly on land of Thomson Baxter, Westerly on Land of Benjn. Savil deceased, now in possession of Nathl. Savil7. 0. 36.Quincy.Josiah Quincy to John Adams—1. Novr. 1779.10.Hancock’s Exors. to Bryant—Bryant to Quincy.BorlandLeonard Vassall Borland to John Adams. 26. Septr. 1787.one Lot Woodland of 25 Acres bounded Southwardly and Westwardly on land of Moses Brackett—Northwardly on John Field, Joseph Field and Elijah Belcher. Westwardly on said Belcher Northwardly on Ebenezer Field and Josiah Veazie—and Eastwardly on land of Samuel Quincy and Benjamin savil.25.One Lot containing about six Acres Bounded Eastwardly on Deacon Daniel Arnold; Southwardly by Charles Baxter Westwardly on said Arnold, Northwardly on William Vesey.6.Joy.John Joy to John Adams. 18. June 1791.One Lot of Woodland bounded Northerly and Easterly on John Hall, Southerly on James Brackett and Benjamin savil, and Westerly on John Adams20William and Ruth Adams to John Adams—15. Decr. 1783.Woodland—9 Acres Bounded, Northerly on land of Heirs of Hannah Nightingale and Heirs of Mary Hayward Easterly on land of Ebenezer Miller, Southerly partly on Moses Brackett and partly on James Brackett, Westerly on Milton line9.Moses and Huldah Babcock to John Adams—2 May 1783.Land, seven Acres, three Woodland four pasture—Bounded Easterly on John Adams. Southerly partly on J. Adams, and partly on Deacon Ebenezer Adams—Westerly partly on land lately set off to Jerusha Adams, and partly on woodland set off as thirds to the wife of Samuel Nightingale, Northerly on land of William Vesey.3 and 4.Ebenezer Thayer to John Adams—16. Feby 1789.Woodland six Acres bounded Southerly on Woodland of J. Adams Westerly on Milton line. Northerly partly on Woodland of Seth Spear, and partly of John Nightingale Easterly on said Nightingale, being land set off to Hannah Mann and Ruth Spear, in the 600 Acres which Tract formerly belonged to Samuel Ruggles.6.In all Acres 131. 2. 16.Curtis Neddy to John Adams 16. June 1796.Second Lot—Furnace Wood lot. bounded Northwesterly and North-Easterly on Land of Captain John Hall, Southeasterly on Land of Wilson Marsh and Jonathan Marsh, Southwesterly on Land of John Newcomb.16.147. 2. 16.


Title: From John Quincy Adams to John Quincy Adams, 23 September 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy,Quincy, Josiah, III
To: Adams, John Quincy

					Bond (Deed of Saltmarsh and Woodlands—Exors. to J. Q. Adams)
					September 23, 1826

				Whereas, John Adams late of Quincy in the County of Norfolk, Doctor of Laws, deceased, did by his last Will and 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 Woodland being part of the Real Estate of the said John Adams deceased.And 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.And w Now therefore we the said John Quincy Adams and Josiah Quincy, Executors as aforesaid, in Consideration of the premisses, 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 Land.One Tract of Salt–Marsh, called Gull Island Marsh, called Gull–Island Marsh containing by the Survey made by Mather Withington, on the 21st. of September current, ten Acres two Quarters and twenty nine Rods, struck off to Josiah Bass at Sixty Dollars an Acre.One Tract of Salt Marsh and upland, called the Farms 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.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.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.One Lot of Woodland, called the Borland lot, containing by the Survey twenty–seven Acres and thirteen Rods struck off to Josiah Adams at fifty three dollars an Acre.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.One Tract called the Ruggles and Thayer lot, containing by the Survey of Asa French fifteen Acres, two Quarters and thirty two Rods, struck off to Josiah Bass at forty Dollars an Acre.One Tract called the Field Lot, containing by the Survey fourteen Acres two Quarters and twenty–nine Rods, struck off for one to Josiah Adams, for one hundred and fifty one dollars an Acre.One Tract, called the Joy Lot, containing by the Survey, seventeen Acres two Quarters and thirty one Rods, stuck off to Josiah Adams, at one hundred and nine dollars an Acre.One Tract of Woodland, called the Savil Lot, containing by the Survey, Six Acres and twenty–eight Rods, struck off to Ebenezer Adams at fifty–one Dollars an Acre.To have and to hold, all the said Tracts and Lots of Salt–marsh, and Woodland, with all and every of their appurtenances, to him the said John Quincy Adams and his Heirs forever.And we the said John Quincy Adams, and 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 and defend, the above–granted promises however butted or bounded, against all persons claiming under or through the said John Adams, and be the  quality 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 and Assigns forever.In witness whereof we the said John Quincy Adams, and Josiah Quincy, Executors as aforesaid, have hereunto  set our hands and Seals at Quincy aforesaid this —— day of —— 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—


Title: From John Peter De Windt to John Quincy Adams, 23 September 1826
From: De Windt, John Peter
To: Adams, John Quincy

					President Adams
					Fishkill Landg. Septr. 23d. 1826

				I take the liberty of proposing to you as a candidate for the office of District Judge for the Southern District become vacant by the death of Judge Van  Ness. Saml. R. Betts one of the circuit Judges, in this State. Mr. Betts is well known, as a professional man, I am told to Mr Webster & Judge Storys in his politics he has always been of the party opposed to Mr. Clinton; on the Bench he is now the most popular of the circuit Judges. In a political view he is probably the most eligible individual in the State, & in other respects he is not inferior; I have only to add that it is by the request of Judge Betts, with whom I have been long well acquainted, that I have written you this letter.I am your obt. humble servant

					John P. de Wint


Title: From John Quincy Adams to Executors of John Adams’s Estate, 24 September 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Executors of John Adams’s Estate

					September 24, 1826

				Know all Men by these Presents, 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 four two thousand eight-hundred dollars—To the which payment I do hereby bind myself, my Heirs Executors and Administrators at said Quincy this second 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. to wit that the whole of his Estate, 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, be 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, Abigail Smith Adams, Elizabeth Coombs Adams, Thomas Boylston Adams junior, Isaac Hull Adams, John Quincy Adams junior, and Joseph Harrod Adams.And whereas the said John Adams by his said Last Will and Testament did further direct and or 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 child’s 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 of the said 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,  secured by the said John Quincy Adams to be paid to the said Executors, within three years from the fourth day of July last past, with interest from that day until paid.Now 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 say.Lawful 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 quarterly days respectively unpaid: which interest shall in fulfilment of the directions of the said last Will and Testament be applied by the said Executors, to the support and subsistence of Thomas Boylston Adams of said Quincy Esquire, and of his family, and particularly of his six children herein after named.Three thousand dollars of the principal, to be paid by the said Executors to Abigail Smith Adams, daughter of the said Thomas Boylston, or to her legal Representative on the 28th day of July 1827. when she will attain the age of twenty one-yearsThree 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 Representatives 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 3d. day of August 1830Three 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 25th day of May 1834Three 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 14th. 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 15th. 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 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 Adams, who may survive him.And upon every payment of three thousand dollars, as aforesaid, the interest on so much of the said 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 interest and of principal 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, than 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.Witness my Hand and Seal at Quincy aforesaid the day and year first above written. 1. A Mortgage of the Homestead Estate and 95 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.2 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 junr. and Isaac Hull Adams, with interest as aforesaid.3. 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.4 A Mortgage of the farm at the foot of Penn’s Hill, with the buildings thereon situated 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 Executors, and the said John Quincy Adams, His Heirs, Executors or Administrators upon the substitution of other adequate security in its place.


Title: From John Quincy Adams to Executors of John Adams’s Estate, 25 September 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Executors of John Adams’s Estate

				Mortgage—J. Q. Adams to the Exors. Homestead & 95 Acres to pay devises to Abl. S. Adams and Eliz. C. Adams

					Sept. 25th 1826.

				Know all Men by these Presents that I John Quincy Adams of Boston in the County of Suffolk, Esquire, in Consideration of the sum of one dollar paid me, by the said 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, the receipt whereof I do hereby acknowledge, and for the fulfilment of the dispositions and directions of the said Last Will and Testament, have sold, conveyed and confirmed, and hereby do sell, convey and confirm, to them the said ExecutorsThe Homestead Estate of the said John Adams lying on both sides of the Antient County Road from Boston to Plymouth containing ninety five Acres two Quarters and one Rod of Land, more or less, with the mansion house, gardens and buildings thereon situatedTo Have and to Hold, to them the said Executors, and their Successors Administrators of the said last Will and Testament, and to their Assigns foreverProvided that if the said John Quincy Adams shall on the twenty-eight day of July next pay or cause to be paid for and in behalf of the said Executors, the sum of three thousand Dollars, to Abigail Smith Adams, eldest daughter of Thomas Boylston Adams, being a portion bequeathed to her by the said last Will and Testament payable to her on the said day when she will, if living attain the age of twenty one years, or in case of her decease to her legal representative—And if the said John Quincy Adams shall on the eighth day of February one thousand eight hundred and twenty-nine, pay or cause to be paid to Elizabeth Coombs Adams, second daughter of the said Thomas Boylston, the sum of three thousand Dollars, being a portion bequeathed to her by the said last Will and Testament payable to her on that day, when she will if living attain the age of twenty one years, or in case of her decease to her legal RepresentativeThen this Deed of Mortgage, together with so much of a Bond, bearing even date herewith, given by me to the said Executors, as secures the payment of the two portions above mentioned to Abigail Smith Adams and Elizabeth Coombs Adams and interest on the same, as in the said Bond set forth; shall be null and void otherwise to abide in force.Witness my hand and Seal at Quincy this third day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six


Title: From Thomas Boylston Adams to Joseph Barlow Felt, 25 September 1826
From: Adams, Thomas Boylston
To: Felt, Joseph Barlow

					Dear Sir,
					Quincy 25th September 1826

				Your favour of the 7th Instant was duly received at the Same time that the packages addressed to the President came to his hands. Accept our thanks for this mark of attention, which was quite Seasonable and acceptable.Since I wrote you I have had an interview with Mr. Stoddard who made me a Small payment of Cash, much short of the sum I had demanded of him. When we meet in October, as you propose, it may be in Mr Stoddards power to make a further payment, & he proposes that we should meet him at Medford on the fifth day of October, or some day convenient, in order to inspect the condition of the House and farm, and the improvements on the Same. The dwelling house has been partially repaired by new timbers under it, and it is said to require new Shingling on one side at least. Mr Stoddard on account of his health thinks of changing his occupation and wishes to come to terms of Settlement with us, this Autumn. The expediency of Selling the farm can be best ascertained by an appraisment of its value, to be made by Some judicious persons whom we may Select for that purpose. Some months past, the Select–men of Medford by their Chairman T. Tufts Esqr made enquiry of me whether the Farm was for sale, and at what price? To which I replied both verbally and by letter, that it was not then in my power to give a definite answer; but when it was, information would be given. I have no doubt of purchasers, but I could not fix on a price at which to offer it for sale. The Salt–marsh in Malden is yet a part of the farm and leased with it.With best regards to Mrs: Felt I am respectfully Your’s

					Thomas B Adams—


Title: From John Quincy Adams to Josiah, III Quincy, 26 September 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Quincy, Josiah, III

					September 26, 1826

				Know all Men by these Presents, that I, John Quincy Adams, of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, Esquire, Co’executor with Josiah Quincy of said Boston, Esquire, of the last Will and Testament of John Adams, late of Quincy, in the County of Norfolk, deceased, have constituted and appointed Josiah Quincy, my Co Executor aforesaid, and do hereby constitute him and appoint him, my Attorney for the further Execution of the said Will, for me and in my name, or in his own as joint Executor with me, to do and perform every act appertaining to the Execution of the said Will, as effectually as I could lawfully do or perform the same, if personally present. And whereas for the Execution of certain provisions of the said Will, I have in my individual capacity given my Bond, with four Mortgages of Real Estate, to the said Executors, including myself in that capacity, which Bond and Mortgages are deposited in the hands of the said Josiah Quincy, which Bond, upon the penalty of forty two thousand Dollars, is conditioned for the payment by me, my Heirs, Executors, or Administrators, of the sum of twenty-one thousand Dollars, in seven equal portions each of three thousand dollars, with interest on the same payable for the support of Thomas Boylston Adams of said Quincy, Esquire and of his family, particularly his six Children; Now I do hereby give power, irrevocable, to my said Co Executor and Attorney, either in my name, or in his own, as Co-Executor with me, to commence and prosecute to final judgment and Execution, any suit or action at Law or in Equity, against me in my individual capacity, my Heirs, Executors, or Administrators, which may be necessary for carrying into full effect the said Settlement, and the said provisions of the Will—And I do further authorise the said Josiah Quincy as joint Executor with me, of the said Will, to make the quarterly payments of interest, on the said twenty-one thousand dollars, or on so much of the same, the principal whereof shall remain unpaid, to the said Thomas Boylston Adams, or for to the support of his family, as necessity may be required, for carrying into full effect the directions of the said Will,  taking in every case the receipts necessary for the discharge of the Executors, in the Execution of this Trust.Witness my Hand and Seal, at Quincy thisday of October one thousand eight hundred and twenty six.


Title: John Quincy Adams, Notice at the sale of part of John Adams estate at Quincy, 27 September 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To:

				Notice at the Sale on Wednesday 27. September 1826.

					September 27, 1826

				Terms of Sale, cash, to be paid on delivery of each Article—on Friday or Saturday the 29th. or 30th. instt. No earnest required—but every Article not taken and paid for on that day will be considered by the Executors as not sold—and will be resold at the risk of the first purchaserThe Tomb is sold only because it was considered the Law required that it should be—The Executors reserve to themselves the right of removing all the remains deposited in it, before they deliver possession of it to the purchaser. The Tomb alone is sold.The Books in the Pews are also reserved, and not included in the sale.The Quincy lot, will be sold on the same terms as those of the sale of Lands last Week.


Title: John Adams, List of items Bought at Auction of Estate by Daniel Greenleaf, 27 September 1826
From: Greenleaf, Daniel
To:

					Mr. Daniel Greenleaf Bought at Auction
					Quincy Sept 27-28 1826.

            1 pair Candlesticks 1 Do Branch$27.502 Wine Glass Cooler & bottle Do23.005 flour pots2.00Straw Carpeting1.20General Washington smal0.70$54.40

            Recd. pay for J Adams

					J Whitney


Title: From John Quincy Adams to Executors of John Adams’s Estate, 30 September 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Executors of John Adams’s Estate

				[Mortgage. Mount Wollaston farm J. Q. A. to Executors.]

					September 30, 1826

				(not executed—) [Deed of Homestead Exors. to J. Q. A.]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 and buildings thereon situated; upon Condition, that he the said John Quincy Adams should pay, or secure to be paid with interest, within three years after the decease, to him the said John Adams, the sum of ten thousand dollars, to his Executors, in and by the said Last Will and Testament appointed, to wit, his said 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 Rod And whereas the said John Quincy Adams has accepted the said devise, upon the condition therein prescribed, of securing to be and has paid to the said Executors, the said sum of ten thousand dollars with interest within three years from the time of the decease of the said John Adams, that is to say, from the fourth day of July last past. The sum of ten thousand dollars. to wit one hundred and fifty Dollars.Now therefore, Know all Men by these Presents that I the said John Quincy Adams, in my individual capacity, have given in consideration of the Premises, and for the Execution of the said last Will and Testament, have given granted, bargained, sold, conveyed and confirmed, and by these Presents do give grant, bargain sell, convey and confirm, to the said John Quincy Adams and Josiah Quincy Executors as aforesaid and to their Successors Administrators of the last Will and Testament of the said John Adams, all that Land in the Town of Quincy belonging to me, and known by the name of the Mount Wollaston Farm, containing upwards of three hundred Acres, with all the dwelling house, and all other buildings thereon, and all the appurtenances to the same belongingTo Have and to Hold, to them the said Executors, and to their Successors, Administrators of the last Will and Testament of the said John Adams, and to their Assigns forever, in trust, to secure the Execution of the said gift and bequest, and the fulfillment of the Condition thereof, by the said last Will and Testament prescribed.Provided, that if the said John Quincy Adams, in his individual capacity, His Heirs, Executors or Administrators, shall within three years from the fourth day of July last past, pay or cause to be paid to the said Executors of the last Will and Testament of the said John Adams, or to their Successors Administrators of the said Will, the sum of ten thousand dollars with interest thereon at the rate of Six per Cent a year, from the fourth day of July last, till paid, then this Deed, together with a Bond of the said John Quincy Adams to the said Executors, for twenty thousand Dollars, conditioned for the payment of the said ten thousand Dollars and Interest shall be null and void, otherwise to remain in full force and virtue—Witness my Hand and Seal at Quincy this —— day of —— in the year of our Lord 1826[Bond—not executed—]Know all Men by these Presents that I John Quincy Adams of Boston in the County of Suffolk, Esquire, in my individual capacity stand bound, to the said 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, deceased in the sum of twenty thousand Dollars, to be paid to the said Executors or their Successors Administrators of the said last Will and Testament to which payment I bind myself my Heirs, Executors and Administrators firmly by these Presents. At Quincy the second day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty-six.The Condition of this Obligation is such, that if the above bounden John Quincy Adams, his Heirs, Executors or Administrators, or any of them, shall pay or cause to be paid to the said Executors, of the last Will and Testament of John Adams or to their Successors, Administrators of the said Will, the sun of ten thousand Dollars, within three years from the fourth day of July last, with interest thereon from that day until paid, then this obligation, together with a mortgage of the Mount Wollaston farm, bearing even date with these Presents, shall be null and void—otherwise to remain in full force.


Title: John Quincy Adams, Memorandum of Deeds of John Adams’s Estate, September 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To:

					September 1826

				Deeds.Dates1/3 1Cotton Tufts—to John Adams1802February 18th. Book 17 page 42 April 1st. 18031/9Richard Cranch & wifedo.1802Book 18. p—14 March 29th 18021/9Stephen Peabody & wifedo.do.Book 18 page 100—August 7th 1802.1/18Quincy Thaxterdo.1802 Ditto—page 42 March 29th 1802.1/18T. Thaxter junr. and wifedodoAll the Thaxters are in one1/18T. Loring and wifedodo.deed conveying the whole third and T LoringHannahOther Thaxter’s1/18Elizabethdodo1/18.Celia—do.1/18.Of the farm on Mount Wollaston, which had been the Estate of Norton Quincy.To ask, if these deeds or any of them are at the Office—and if not, to obtain a copy of the Deed from Cotton Tufts,—and a correct list of all the others, with their precise dates.—If a Copy cannot be immediately given, to take the description of the boundaries—and to compare the description of the boundaries in the several deeds to see if they agree—If the deeds are there, to bring them home—

					The Thaxters’ deed is expressed instead of stating boundaries “one undivided third part of or share of in the whole of the real estate whereof the said Norton Quincy deed seized and possessed lying and being in the said town of Quincy and the towns of Braintree and Randolph in the County of Norfolk” The same is said in Mr Cranches deed except that it is expressed “one undivided ninth part” as does Mr Peabody’s


Title: John Quincy Adams, Penalty of the Bond for Mount Wollaston Farm, September 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To:

					Penalty of the Bond, ten thousand Dollars
					September 1826

				Whereas the said John Adams has this day, by his deed duly executed and acknowledged, conveyed all the Estate in belonging to him Quincy, known by the name of the Mount Wollaston Farm, to the said John Quincy Adams, his Heirs, and Assigns, in fee simple; now the Condition of this Obligation is such that if the said John Quincy Adams, his Executors or Administrators, shall from and after the first day of April next, well and truly pay to the said John Adams, during the term of his natural life the sum of one thousand dollars a year, in quarterly payments of two hundred and fifty dollars each to be made on the first days of July, October, January and April, or as soon afterwards as demanded; then the above Obligation, is to be null and void; otherwise to remain in full force and virtue.In Consideration of the Bond given me by the said J. Q. A. bearing even date with these presentsAll that Estate in said Quincy known by the name of the Mount Wollaston farm, which belonged to the late Norton Quincy EsquireAll that part of the real Estate of the late Norton Quincy of Quincy Esquire, which one ninth part of which was by his last Will and Testament bequeathed to my late wife Abigail Adams deceased, and also all those portions of the same Estate, which were conveyed to me by Cotton Tufts junr. and Mercy his wife, by their Deed, dated 1. April 1803—by Richard Cranch, and Mary his wife by their deed  of 29. March 1802—by Quincy Thaxter, Thomas Thaxter junr. and  his wife, Thomas Loring and  his wife, Hannah Thaxter, Elizabeth Thaxter and Celia Thaxter, by their joint deed of 29. March 1802, and by Stephen Peabody and Elizabeth his wife, by their deed of 7. Augt. 1 1802.—being the whole of the Estate of the said Norton Quincy known by the name of the Mount Wollaston Farm, in Quincy, bounded Westerly on the town Land, and on land of the late Moses Black Esquire, Northerly on the Creek and on the Salt Water, Easterly on Land of Samuel Spear, and Salt-Marsh of sundry persons, and Southerly by a line drawn from a Creek or arm of the Sea, along by the town Lands so called, and Salt marsh of sundry persons, and across rocky Island, together with two lots of Cedar Swamp, in the Town of Randolph, and a wood lot in the six hundred acres so called—with all the Lands, Tenements, Hereditaments, and their Appurtenances and Privileges, therein contained and described, excepting such part of a cedar swamp as I and my said wife Abigail heretofore conveyed by our Deed to the said Cotton Tufts junr.excepting the one ninth part of the said Estate bequeathed as aforesaid to my late wife Abigail Adams; and which by our joint deed of 17—August 1803, was conveyed to the said John Quincy Adams, his Heirs and Assigns, in Trust for the use and benefit of my said wife, and of me, and of the survivor of us, during said survivors natural life, and afterwards to the use of the said John Quincy Adams, his Heirs and Assigns foreverexcept as aforesaid—


Title: John Quincy Adams, Josiah Quincy, III, Accounts with John Adams’s Estate, September 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy,Quincy, Josiah, III
To:

					September 1826

            No 1.Dr. The Executors of the last will & testament of John Adams

            To Cash in hands of Miss Smith52000do of D. Spear Sale of Salt Grass16625Carried forward$68625

            in Acct with his EstateCrBy Cash paid Haskell & Whitney No 1.13104" " M Knight, Mourning 2.1136" " P Turner Shoes 3200" " T Phipps Hadkfs4263" M K & E Marsh, Shoes5366" Kuhn John Cloths61050" Moore M. Bonnets71600" Marsh & L. L. Work8521" Foster P. Gloves9517" Fairbanks G. Hats10600" Bassett C. Shoes11588" Williams H. H Jr. Mourning12604" Hartshorne Hats13250" Moore C. Crape14931" Brigham J & Co. Mourning154505" Whitney & Haskell do162000" Marsh M. K & E. Shoes17225" Elisha Turner Cloths185303" F & J. Williams Horse hire19600" Ballard & Wright B. Patriot20844"L. C. Smith Acct current Aug & July2216269$51476
            No 1.Dr The Executors of the Estate of the late John Adams

            To Cash recd brought forward68625

            in acct with his EstateCrBy Cash Paid Dan Hobart SextonNo 21700" John Briesler bill July 1826234875" Dan Spear Expenses sale of Grass241050" Quincy Tufts Gloves25150" Cummings & Hilliard26 81" By Amount Brought forward5147658332Balance carried to acct No 2.10293$68625

            Errors Excepted

					(Signed) J. Q. Adams(Signed) Josiah QuincyExecutors


Title: From John Quincy Adams to Ward Nicholas Boylston, 1 October 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy
To: Boylston, Ward Nicholas

					My dear friend and kinsman
					Quincy 1 October 1826

				Since I had the pleasure of last writing you I have duly received two letters from you and six copies of Mr Clarke’s interesting discourse, for which I tender you the united thanks of the family.I have been So much occupied as a joint Executor of my fathers will, together with some other business, that I have had scarce a moment for writing to my friends. But having made as much progress in the settlement of the Estate as is now practicable I propose shortly to return to Washington Next Saturday the 7th. instt. I hope to visit you at Princeton and to remain with you till the 10th. when I have promised to dine with Governor Lincoln at Worcester. One of my sons I expect will be with me; but I regret that the illness of Mrs Adams will deprive her and my other son from being of the company. In the mean time I remain with kind respects to Mrs BoylstonYour faithful friend—


Title: John Quincy Adams, Josiah Quincy, III, Checks Drawn on Banks of U.S., 3 October 1826
From: Adams, John Quincy,Quincy, Josiah, III
To:

					October 3 to November 1826

            Boston, 27. Oct—1826.Pay toA. B. Johnson & A. L. S Johnsonor Bearer,Three Thousand—Dolls.—cts.3.000Dolls.—cts.Josiah Quincy Exeor of John Adams

            Boston, 3 October 1826Pay toSamuel Savilor Bearer,Three hundred and twelveDolls.49cts.312Dolls.49cts.J. Q.  Adams. Exor. of the Will of J. Adams

            Boston, 6. Nov 1826Pay toJ. P. De Wint—or Bearer,Three Thousand—Dolls.—cts.3000Dolls.cts.Josiah Quincy Exeor of John Adams

            Boston, 22. Nov. 1826.Pay toE. F. Register of Norfolk—or Bearer,Six—Dolls.87cts.6Dolls.87cts.Josiah Quincy Exeor of John Adams—

            Boston,  November 1826Pay toJohn Quincy Adamsor Bearer Order,Two thousand seven hundred and nineDolls.80cts.2709Dolls.80cts.J. Q. Adams} Executors of the last Will of J. AdamsJosiah Quincy


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

					Draft of a Power of Attorney from J. Q. Adams and J Quincy. Executors of the last Will of John Adams, to George Washington Adams.
					4th. October 1826.

				Know all men by these Presents that We John Quincy Adams of Boston in the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Esquire 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 have constituted and by these Presents do, constitute George Washington Adams of Boston aforesaid our Attorney for us and in our name and stead in the capacity aforesaid to ask, demand, recover, and receive from all and every person or persons whomsoever the same shall or may concern, all and singular sums of money, debts goods and effects whatsoever and wheresoever they may be found due payable or in any way belonging to the said deceased in his lifetime and to us in the capacity aforesaid and in our name to give receipts and discharges for the same: To pay whatever may be found legally due from said Estate to any person or persons whatsoever and take discharges for the same: To settle with the Heirs and Devisees of the deceased for their respective devizes shares or proportions of said Estate and to pay and assign to them whatever may be by the Will of said deceased or legally coming to them respectively: To commence and prosecute to final judgment and execution shall judge necessary or proper to commence against any person or persons, and to reply to and defend any cause or action that may by any person or persons be brought against us in the capacity aforesaid, relating to or concerning said Will or Estate or the settlement thereof; and for those purposes to appear for and represent us before any Judge or Court before whom any such cause or action may be brought or pending: To submit any matter in dispute to Reference or Arbitration; and to settle an account or accounts with the Judge or any Court of Probate of all his proceedings herein And generally to take and use all due means for the execution of the said Will and settlement of the Estate aforesaid according to the same and to the Laws of the Commonwealth; and in the premises to act, transact, determine and accomplish whatever we ourselves could, might, or ought, as fully and effectually to all intents and purposes as though we were personally present, although the matter should require more special authority than is herein comprised, and to substitute and appoint one or more attornies under him, if he shall judge it necessary: Hereby ratifying and confirming whatever our said Attorney or his substitutes shall lawfully do or cause to be done in and about the premises by virtue of these PresentsIn Testimony whereof We have hereunto set our hands and seals this ——— day of ——— in the year of our Lord One thousand and eight hundred and twenty six


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

					October 4, 1826

				(Copy)Power Of Attorney.Know all men by these Presents that I John Quincy Adams of Boston in the County of Suffolk Esquire Co executor with Josiah Quincy of said Boston Esquire of the last Will and testament of John Adams late of Quincy in the County of Norfolk, deceased; have constituted and appointed Josiah Quincy my Co executor aforesaid and do hereby constitute and appoint him My Attorney for the further execution of the said Will as effectually as I could lawfully do or perform the same if personally present; and for me and in my name or in his own name as Co executor with me to do and perform every Act appertaining to the said WillAnd whereas for the execution of certain provisions of the said Will I have in my individual capacity given my Bond with four Mortgages of real estate to the said Executors including myself in that capacity which Bond and Mortgages are deposited in the hands of the said Josiah Quincy; which Bond upon the penalty of Forty two thousand dollars is conditioned for the payment by me, my heirs, executors or administrators of the sum of Twenty one thousand dollars in seven equal portions, each of Three thousand dollars with interest on the same payable for the support of Thomas Boylston Adams of said Quincy Esquire and of his family particularly his six children.Now I do hereby give power irrevocable to my said Co executor and Attorney either in my name or in his own as Co executor with me to commence and prosecute to final judgment and execution any suit or action at law or in equity against me in my individual capacity my heirs, executors or administrators which may be necessary for carrying into full effect the said settlement and the said provisions of the Will.And I do further authorize the said Josiah Quincy as joint Executor with me of the said Will to make the quarterly payments of Interest on the said Twenty one thousand dollars or on so much of the same the principal of which shall remain unpaid to the said Thomas Boylston Adams or to the support of his family as may be required for carrying into full effect the directions of the said Will taking in every case the receipts necessary for the discharge of the Executors in the execution of this trust.Witness my hand and seal at Quincy this fourth day of October One thousand eight hundred & twenty six.Signed sealed & delivered}(Signed)J. Q. Adams [Seal]in presence of Thomas B AdamsJohn Adams.(Copy of the Acknowledgment endorsed.)Norfolk. ss. Town of Quincy October 4th. A.D. 1826. Then the within named John Quincy Adams acknowledged the within instrument to be his free Act and deed.Coram Thomas B Adams Jur. Pacis(Copy of the Endorsements)Numbers in red ink 30. in black ink 62 1/2Power of AttorneyJ. Q. Adams to Josiah Quincy Ex’orRecd. Oct 4—1826.Dedham October 4 1826 Received and Entered with Norfolk Records Lib 78 folo. 310.Per Enos Foord Reg.(Copy)1826.Re-Appraisement of the Quincy Hancock Wood lot.Quincy Sept 5th.It appears on a resurvey of the Quincy Hancock Wood lot belonging to the estate of John Adams late of Quincy deceased, there was two Acres two quarters and nine rods of Swamp land which was not included in the first survey. We the Subscribers do appraise the same at twelve dollars the Acre making the whole $30.67.
				(Signed) Daniel GreenleafJosiah BassJosiah Adams.


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

					4 Oct. 1826—Nov. 1830

				(Deed of the Quincy Wood lot.)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 and 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 20th. 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  dollars an Acre.To have and to hold, with 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 individual 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 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 Lot of Land to him the said John Quincy Adams, his Heirs and Assigns forever.In witness whereof we the said John Quincy Adams, and 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 and  twenty-six.


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

				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 & 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 deceased.And 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 & purchaser of the said tracts & 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 & 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 & confirm to him the said John Quincy Adams, his heirs & assigns all the right, title interest and estate of the said John Adams deceased, in and to the following tracts & parcels of land.One 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 & twenty–nine rods, struck off to Josiah Bass at Sixty dollars an Acre, amounting to Six hundred & Forty Dollars, Eighty–seven & an half CentsOne tract of Salt–marsh & upland called the Farm’s lot, containing by Survey of the said Withington Nine acres two quarters & two rods, struck off to Josiah Adams at ninety dollars an acre; amounting to eight hundred & Fifty–six dollars & twelve & 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 & sixty–nine dollars & seventy–five Cents.One tract called the Coves marsh, containing by Survey, Thirteen Acres, three quarters & twenty–two rods, struck off to Josiah Bass at sixty–two dollars an Acre, amounting to eight hundred & Sixty–one dollars—two & 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 & 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 and 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 & 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 & twenty–nine dollars & sixty–one Cents.One tract of wood land called the Savil lot, containing by the survey, six acres and 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 and 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 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 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,

					J. Q. Adams.Josiah Quincy

					Signed, sealed & delivered in presence of
				Thomas B AdamsJohn Adams—Norfolk ss Town of Quincy October 4th A.D. 1826. Then John Quincy Adams and Josiah Quincy the Executors, named herein, acknowledged this Instrument to be their free Act and Deed. CoramThomas B Adams Jus Pacis.Dedham October 4—1826 Received and Entered with Norfolk Records Lib 78 folo 305 pr Enos Foord Reg—