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1813 September 1 . Josiah Quincy ALS to John Rowan; Boston, Massachusetts.

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Abstract:
Letter of introduction for Charles T. Bosson (1791-1864). Requests that Rowan assist Bosson in his goal of establishing himself as a lawyer in the "Western country" and asks Rowan's "advice and friendship in relation to his object." Quincy concludes his letter affectionately, recalling their acquaintance and lamenting that the "circumstances in which we are reciprocally placed, seem to prohibit the expectations of being able to cultivate it more intimately." A manuscript note by William Bosson (1806-1887) relates to Josiah Quincy and John Rowan. Quincy was a "prominent lawyer, a patriot in the war of 1776 & was the leader of the Federal party in Massachusetts in the days of Jefferson Administration." John Rowan served in Congress and as the head of the Supreme Court in Kentucky (Chief Justice). "He was celebrated as a Criminal advocate." According to Bosson, Rowan married Quincy's granddaughter.
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