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John Quincy Adams to Joseph Pitcairn requesting that Pitcairn purchase and send Adams a copy of Johann Bode's Uranographia, 16 December 1815
Title
John Quincy Adams to Joseph Pitcairn requesting that Pitcairn purchase and send Adams a copy of Johann Bode's Uranographia, 16 December 1815.
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[Place of production not identified : producer not identified, 1815]
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Collection: The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859.
Electronic reproduction. Marlborough, Wiltshire : AM, 2014. Digitized from a copy held by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
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Summary
Written in the hand of Louisa Catherine Adams, requests that Pitcairn purchase and send Adams a copy of Johann Bode's Uranographia, which contains the most complete exposition of the starry Heavens, that has ever been exhibited. Mentions writing to Secretary of State James Monroe to obtain an appointment for Mr. Mowbray as Consul of the United States at Leith. Pitcairn was the U.S. consul in Hamburg. .
Variant and related titles
American history, 1493-1945. Module I.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 18, 2024
Series
American history module 1
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Correspondence
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AM (Publisher), digitiser.
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, owner.
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