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- catalog abstract "This letter was written by John Quincy Adams on July 2, 1786 to his younger brother, Thomas Boylston Adams, who was then staying with their uncle, the Reverend John Shaw, in Haverhill, Massachusetts. In the letter, John gives Thomas advice on life as a student at Harvard, instructing him to choose his friends carefully, to favor those who are virtuous and studious over those who are idle and prone to vice, to maintain an "unblemished moral reputation," and to spend as much as six hours each day studying in order to excel as a scholar.".
- catalog contributor b12240471.
- catalog contributor b12240472.
- catalog date "1786".
- catalog description "John Quincy Adams, future President of the United States, earned his Harvard A.B. in 1787; his brother Thomas earned his Harvard A.B. in 1790.".
- catalog description "This letter was written by John Quincy Adams on July 2, 1786 to his younger brother, Thomas Boylston Adams, who was then staying with their uncle, the Reverend John Shaw, in Haverhill, Massachusetts. In the letter, John gives Thomas advice on life as a student at Harvard, instructing him to choose his friends carefully, to favor those who are virtuous and studious over those who are idle and prone to vice, to maintain an "unblemished moral reputation," and to spend as much as six hours each day studying in order to excel as a scholar.".
- catalog extent ".01 cubic feet (1 letter) ;".
- catalog isPartOf "Collections of the Harvard University Archives. Personal archives. hua".
- catalog isPartOf "Harvard in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. hua".
- catalog issued "1786".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog subject "Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.".
- catalog subject "Adams, Thomas Boylston, 1772-1832.".
- catalog subject "Brothers Correspondence.".
- catalog subject "Counseling.".
- catalog subject "Harvard University Students.".
- catalog title "Letter from John Quincy Adams to his brother, Thomas Boylston Adams, 1786 July 2.".
- catalog type "Family papers. aat".
- catalog type "Harvard students’ letters. local".
- catalog type "Personal correspondence. aat".
- catalog type "collection".