Page 2, Letter from John Quincy Adams to Charles Francis Adams, 28 May 1828

In this letter to his son, John Quincy Adams (currently serving as president) writes in the first paragraph about his attempts at planting exotic seeds from Brazil and Morocco in Washington, D.C., commenting to Charles Francis: "My observation of those planted here will of course soon terminate, but if ten, twenty, or thirty years hence the occurrences of your own life should bring you to Washington, my Nursery may afford you the occasion for a pleasant remembrance." In the second paragraph, John Quincy grumbles about the machinations of congressmen working against his presidency and preventing him from accomplishing his plans for internal improvements in the United States. He also complains that his political enemies have created "a fund of Slander and falsehood against me, my Administration and my family."