Lot 166
Louisa Catherine Adams (1775-1852, Widow of John Quincy Adams). Manuscript free frank "L.C. Adams" on cover to Miss G.P. Harrod in New Orleans, manuscript "5" rate crossed out & changed to "10", Very Fine.Estimate $500 - 750.
Only First Lady born outside the United States, Louisa Catherine Adams did not come to this country until four years after she had married John Quincy Adams. Political enemies sometimes called her English. She was born in London to an English mother, Catherine Nuth Johnson, but her father was American--Joshua Johnson, of Maryland--and he served as United States consul after 1790. Louisa Catherine Adams died in Washington in 1852, and today lies buried at his side in the family church at Quincy.
Realized: $300