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LETTERS OF MRS. ADAMS, WIFE OF JOHN ADAMS.

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LETTERS OF MRS. ADAMS, WIFE OF JOHN ADAMS.

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Letters of Mrs. Adams, The Wife of John Adams. With an Introductory Memoir by Her Grandson, Charles Francis Adams. Volume 1, second edition published by Charles C. Little and James Brown in Boston, 1840. Marbleized boards and page ends with gilt lettering and decoration on spine.

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LETTERS OF MRS. ADAMS, WIFE OF JOHN ADAMS.

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