Lot 111
Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams (1775-1852), Wife of John Quincy Adams; First Lady of the United States (1825-1829).Autograph Letter Signed "Louisa Catherine Adams", four pages, 4½ x 7, Quincy, Mass., September 16, 1848, to "My Dear Mary", in part:
"… I am very much worried at the total perversion of Mr. Adams' opinions by honorable Members of Congress for electioneering purposes: as every one knew that he could not have declared for Genl. Taylor as Mr. Clay was the prominent candidate of the Whigs when he died.
"It would be of no importance did these Gentlemen not make these assertions, to injure my only Child, and they use it shamefully and disgracefully: knowing it not to be true…" and "…He detested the idea of a Military President as much as he detested the Mexican War and the dominion of the South…"
Neatly penned with strong signature by Mrs. Adams, Very Fine.
Estimate 3,000 - 4,000
Mrs. Adams was probably writing to her daughter-in-law, Mary Catherine Hellen Adams.
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