Excerpt from Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Vol. 8: Sixth Series Adams, Charles. July 25, 1798. Sudden departure of President Adams for Quincy; forwards commissions to be signed; the manner of his departure indicates that the knowledge of his jour ney should not be communicated. 37, 317 [copy]. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.