[POLITICS]. St. JOHN, D. B. Autograph letter signed ("D. B. St. John"), to Jonathan W. Hasbrouck.
[POLITICS]. St. JOHN, D. B. Autograph letter signed ("D. B. St. John"), to Jonathan W. Hasbrouck. Washington, D.C., 22 February 1848.
2 pages, 4to, with stub of integral leaf present.
A CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
St. John writes to Hasbrouck: "yesterday was a very exciting day with us here; about one o'clock, whilst the business for the House was going on, Mr. J. Q. Adams was suddenly taken with a fit of paralysis, or something of the kind; he sank down in his chair, with his head falling on the left side, and was insensible when discovered; he made no noise or struggle. He was immediately surrounded by the members of the House, and immediately removed to the rotunda.... the sage Statesman & Patriot should breathe his last." With additional content referring to "manifest destiny," and the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents
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[POLITICS]. St. JOHN, D. B. Autograph letter signed ("D. B. St. John"), to Jonathan W. Hasbrouck. Washington, D.C., 22 February 1848.
2 pages, 4to, with stub of integral leaf present.
A CONTEMPORARY ACCOUNT OF THE DEATH OF JOHN QUINCY ADAMS
St. John writes to Hasbrouck: "yesterday was a very exciting day with us here; about one o'clock, whilst the business for the House was going on, Mr. J. Q. Adams was suddenly taken with a fit of paralysis, or something of the kind; he sank down in his chair, with his head falling on the left side, and was insensible when discovered; he made no noise or struggle. He was immediately surrounded by the members of the House, and immediately removed to the rotunda.... the sage Statesman & Patriot should breathe his last." With additional content referring to "manifest destiny," and the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which ended the Mexican-American War.
This lot is located in Cincinnati.
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents