From John Brown Cutting to John Adams, 18 October 1796
From John Brown Cutting
Boston 18 Octr. 1796
Dear Sir,
I regret that urgent business hinders me from making yourself and Mrs Adams a visit at Braintree prior to my return to Philadelphia.
It was a pleasure I had reckond upon and the rather as my friend H.G. Otis had promisd to accompany me in his carriage. As it is very possible I may be absent during the next Session of Congress in Philadelphia—and considering you Sir, in the double capacity of an high officer of the United States and as an old and true Friend of mine; I take the liberty of inclosing a statement that I hope will at least satisfy You that I have behaved like an honourable and honest man—in a transaction—which has been much misunderstood and misrepresented.
It is printed—merely to save the expence of copying; for private perusal not for publication1
May every blessing attend You and Your Family!
Your respectful & affectionate / Friend & Sert
John B. Cutting
RC (Adams Papers); internal address: “His Exy The Vice President.”
1. The enclosure has not been found. This is Cutting’s last extant letter to JA; he next wrote to JQA on 11 Oct. 1824 enclosing a “poetical eulogium” to the Marquis de Lafayette (Adams Papers).