July 14th, 2011
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ADAMS, John (1735-1826) Second President (1797-1801). A lawyer and early supporter of the independence movement, Adams defended the British soldiers accused of the Boston Massacre. In the Continental Congress, he helped Jefferson and Franklin draft the Declaration of Independence, which he signed. As Washington's Vice President, he founded the Federalist Party. Elected President in 1796, his term was marked by problems, such as the XYZ Affair with France and passage of the Alien and Sedition Acts. In his retirement, he carried on an extensive correspondence, and saw his son, John Quincy Adams, elected as the sixth President. He died at the age of ninety on July 4, 1826. Document Signed as President “John Adams,” on partially printed land grant, Philadelphia, February 22, 1799, 1pp., vellum, 12’ x 13-3/8,” full paper seal present. The document was issued for 1000 acres Northwest of the Ohio River in the favor of Joseph Blackwell, a three year Captain in the Virginia Line and assigned then to James Machir. Countersigned by Timothy Pickering, Secretary of State and, on the reverse by James McHenry, Secretary of War. The document has folds, the Adams signature is large although slightly light, overall Very Good. Joseph Blackwell, of Fauquier Co., Va., (b.1752-??) served in the Revolutionary War, as Major in the Subsistence Department Virginia Line; received a large grant of land in Kentucky for his service. He was a signer of the Westmoreland Protest of 1776, and was an original member of the Cincinnati Society. James Machir (1764-1827) Member of Virginia state house of delegates, U.S. Representative from Virginia.
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