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Collection Reference Number GLC01826
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1825 
Title Album autographed by John Quincy Adams and Marquis de Lafayette
Date 1825
Author Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)  
Additional authors Lafayette, Marie Adrienne de Noailles, Marquise de (1759-1807)
Document Type Book
Content Description A note by Lafayette dated January 23, 1825 indicates he was an "old friend" of the parents of the young lady who owned this album. Adams writes a seven-line poem dated March 10, 1825. A note from William White dated March 23, 1825 quotes Proverbs. Three other notes, New Haven, Buffalo and New York, 1865 news clipping on Palmerston death, one small broadside concerning $1 contribution to the Washington Monument and piece of embroidery. Bound by P. Thompson, Washington City, in red ribbed morocco binding with gilt decorative board.
Subjects President  Women's History  Revolutionary War  Poetry  Literature and Language Arts  Religion  Monument  Washington, D.C.  Textile  Death  
People Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)  Lafayette, Marie Adrienne de Noailles, Marquise de (1759-1807)  White, William (1748-1836)  
Place written Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Theme The Presidency; Women in American History; Arts & Literature; Religion
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
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