[Rarebooks] FS: John Quincy Adams on James Monroe INSCRIBED to member of Monroe's Cabinet

[Charles Agvent]

ADAMS, John Quincy. AN EULOGY: ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF  JAMES
MONROE,  FIFTH  PRESIDENT  OF  THE UNITED STATES ... ON  THE  25TH  OF
AUGUST,    1831.  Boston:  J.  H.   Eastburn  1831.   First   Edition.
Contemporary  half  burgundy  morocco  with marbled  boards  with  the
original  front  wrapper  bound  in; [ii], 100  pages.  INSCRIBED  and
SIGNED  on the front wrapper in ink: "B. W. Crowninshield Esq/From his
friend/J.  Q.  Adams."  Books inscribed by Adams are  quite  uncommon.
Typically  when found one sees Adams's Oration on Lafayette signed  on
a  separate presentation slip pasted into the book. The first child of
a  president  to  become  a president, the  first  president  to  be a
published  poet, and the first president to be photographed, Adams was
certainly one of our most intelligent presidents & one of the greatest
humanitarians  to  hold that office. He is perhaps best known for  two
accomplishments  outside  his  term: the authorship  as  Secretary  of
State  of  the  Monroe Doctrine and his  heroic,  successful  argument
before  the  Supreme  Court  to  free  the  Amistad  slaves.  Benjamin
Williams  Crowninshield  served  as the fifth Secretary  of  the  Navy
between  1815 and 1818, during the administrations of Presidents James
Madison  and  James Monroe. The destroyer USS  Crowninshield  (DD-134)
was  named  in his honor. Not only did Crowninshield serve with  Adams
in  Monroe's  cabinet  (until 1947, the Secretary of  the  Navy  was a
Cabinet-level   position),  he  also   represented  Massachusetts   in
Congress  until 1831, the year Adams returned to Congress and the year
Monroe  died  and this was published. A superb and scarce  Association
Copy.  Light to moderate foxing. Near Fine and scarce, especially with
such a fine association.                                    $12,500.00

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