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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06606 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1804 |
| Title | John Quincy Adams to Thomas B. Adams regarding the Louisiana Purchase and other news |
| Date | 17 January 1804 |
| Author | Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) |
| Recipient | Adams, Thomas Boylston |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Adams, then a Massachusetts senator, writes to his brother about "the receipts and expenditures, upon the Seamen's fund" and the Louisiana Purchase. Discusses the legislation relating to Louisiana that would "tax them, then make a government for them, and at last admit them as a State or States, by Acts of Congress..." Notes that he has finally settled his accounts from when he was abroad working as a diplomat. |
| Subjects | Finance Louisiana Purchase President Westward Expansion Government and Civics Maritime Statehood Congress Taxes or Taxation Diplomacy |
| People | Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) Adams, Thomas Boylston (1772-1832) Adams, John (1735-1826) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Banking & Economics; Government & Politics; Naval & Maritime; Westward Expansion; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |