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Subject Area: Political Theory
Topic: The American Revolution and Constitution

TO SAMUEL SMITH. - John Adams, The Works of John Adams, vol. 10 (Letters 1811-1825, Indexes) [1854]

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The Works of John Adams, Second President of the United States: with a Life of the Author, Notes and Illustrations, by his Grandson Charles Francis Adams (Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1856). 10 volumes. Vol. 10.

Part of: The Works of John Adams, 10 vols.

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TO SAMUEL SMITH.

Quincy, 13 December, 1811.

Sir,—

I have received your letter of the 1st of this month in answer to mine of the 25th of November. It is not less frank and candid than prompt and punctual.

I have only to remark that you were certainly mistaken when you thought that “I was personally hostile to you.” Your brother Robert I never saw in my life, nor had any communication with him of any kind while I had any share in government.