From John Adams to Jedidiah Morse

21 April 1800

Sir	Philadelphia April 21st 1800

I am much obliged by your favor of the 5th, & for your introduction of Aaron Putnam Esqr, with whose person & conversation, I have been much pleased. The preparations for a decisision on the great subject are so advanced, that I hope it will not be postponed much longer. But there are so many great objects involved in the question, and so many considerations, great & small to be attended to, that I shall find as difficult a subject as any that has come before me. The determination, whatever it may be, will cause dissappointment & chagrin, perhaps censure and clamor enough—but what measure of the government does not.

With great regard &c

MHi: Adams Family Papers, Letterbooks.

This early access document derives from raw transcriptions, prior to editing and publication in Rotunda's American History Collection. If this document is cited in formal research, it should be noted that it is not a final version, and that the URL you used to access it is not permanent.
Please report any errors or problems you notice in documents.