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John Quincy Adams Certificate of Sale of Land

Date Range: March 15, 1826
1 item

Biographical Note:
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), served as the 6th President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. As the son of the 2nd President, John Adams, he is the only President to be the child of a previous President. Throughout his amazing career in politics, he served as a diplomat, Secretary of State, and a member of the House of Representatives, where he was a vocal opponent of slavery.

Scope and Content:
Certificate No. 67 of register showing that "the full payment has been made...for the sale of the public lands for the East half of the South East quarter of Section thirty five in twonship one North of...one West, in the District of Lands offered for sale at Tallahassee in the Territory of Florida containing Eighty acres and forty-seven hundreths of an acre according to the the official plat..." Sold to Robert Jameson. Signed, J.Q. Adams. Dated, 15th Day of March 1826.

Citation: John Quincy Adams Certificate of Sale of Land, Special Collections, Robert Manning Strozier Library, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida
Source: Purchased from Kenneth W. Rendell, Inc.
Manuscript Number: MSS 76:7
Location: Map Case, Box 3
 



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