1797 Diplomatic Address Leaf to Rufus King — John Quincy Adams Attribution
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1797 Diplomatic Address Leaf to Rufus King — John Quincy Adams Attribution
$400.00
An original manuscript address leaf directed to Rufus King, American minister plenipotentiary to Great Britain, in London. A contemporary docket appears to identify the correspondent as “J. Q. Adams” and gives the date “6 June 97,” apparently June 6, 1797.
The boldly written address names King in his official diplomatic capacity:
“Rufus King Esqr. / Minister Plenipotentiary from the / United States of America to Great-Britain. / London.”
King, a signer of the United States Constitution and an important early American diplomat, served as minister to Great Britain from 1796 to 1803. The apparent Adams docket gives this surviving address leaf an intriguing association with the diplomatic correspondence of the future sixth president.
Offered as an original period address leaf with an attribution to John Quincy Adams correspondence. The handwriting has not been independently authenticated. The Adams name is a docketing notation; it is not represented as his autograph signature. No accompanying letter is present.
Condition: Pronounced mailing and storage folds, tears, edge losses, a substantial irregular loss along the upper edge, a small hole, scattered discoloration, and later pencil annotations. The principal address remains clear and visually strong. See photographs.
