I found your note this morning on my plate when I enterred the breakfast room and hasten to offer...
Mr. Todd having just called to announce his departure I hasten to write you although I do not...
As Mrs: Perkins has kindly offered to take Letters, I hasten to answer your kind Letters of 24th:...
As another opportunity offers my dear Mother which I am told is a very safe one I cannot refrain...
Your letter of the 24th of march, my dear Madam, is but just arrived, and although it was so long...
Having an opportunity to write you by Mr Lewis of Philadelphia who leaves this place for England...
We have been some time now without receiving Letters from you, although we have heard of you from...
The arrival of Mr Bayard, & Galatin, my dear Madam, has made so little alteration in our...
Your last Letter was indeed flattering to me. eminently as you are gifted with the talent of...
The River being open at length, and the Vessels preparing for their departure, I sieze the...
As the Galen is about to sail my dear Madam I hasten to inform you that we have at length...
Your kind Letters have remained unanswered much longer than I intended owing to the constant...
Your kind letter my dear Mother as well as that of my kind Sister call for an answer and although...
In the utmost haste my dear Mother I write you a few lines merely to assure you of the health of...
I have been so occupied in writing for Mr. Adams ever since his indisposition that I have really...
We have this morning recieved your kind letter my dear Mother and I hasten to write you a few...
After so long a silence my dear mother I scarcely know how to address you without troubling you...
St Petersburg Octbr. 23d We are now my dear Mother enjoying the delights of a violent Snow storm...
With a mind sorely depressed by the late afflicting intelligence from America and the many...
Within a few days I have received your two very kind letters of April and am sincerely grieved to...
At length my dear Madam we have arrived in this splendid City and find ourselves plunged into the...
Your last kind Letters of the 20 of May reached London only two days since and according to your...
As Mr & Mrs Smith are about leaving this Country I cannot suffer them to depart without a few...
I cannot refuse myself the pleasure of answering, your very beautiful, and affectionate letter,...
25From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to Abigail Smith Adams, 1814 (Adams Papers)
To offer you anything like consolation for your irreparable loss my dear Mother is I feel utterly...
Mr. Adams brought me your very kind Letter from Town the day before yesterday dated in Septbr:...
As this is probably the last opportunity I shall have to write you I sieze it with avidity, and...
We wait with much anxiety for Letters, to reassure us on account of your health; although the...
Your very kind and welcome letter arrived yesterday and completely reanimated my frame which was...
An occasion now offering to write you I sieze it with the utmost pleasure to inform you of our...
Your kind letter of the 2 September was delivered to me the day before yesterday, conveying the...
I write you my dear George, with a hope that this letter will not reach you. however as we have...
33From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Adams, 12 October 1810 (Adams Papers)
I recieved your letter my dear Child only a few days since and am charmed to find that George and...
34From Louisa Catherine Johnson Adams to John Adams, 14 July 1814 (Adams Papers)
You cannot think what a disappointment your not writing occasion’d me! I have been weighing and...
Another Letter was yesterday brought me but it gave me no hopes of your return and I dare not...
I was so fortunate as to recieve your No 25 on Wednesday which was the day in course but as it...
We have proceeded thus far on our journey as well and with as much pleasure as we could possibly...
My last letter mentioned some good news which I had heard from America I thank God this has been...
Your two last No 12 & 13 were delivered to me at the same time I presume the first had been...
I had left off writing entirely from the idea that you would have left England Ghent befor a...
In the first place I will inform you, as I know how very particular you are, that I have received...
Your kind letter arrived just in time to cheer us. Charles and I were both quite sick, but are...
I received your three last numbers they arrived nearly at the same time No. 14 on Friday and 15 &...
No 39 arrived in due time and I have for some time been perpetually satisfied with the Post...
I was much disappointed at the receipt of your last letter having flatter’d myself that you would...
You must laugh at the information contain’d in my last as Mr. Harris tells me he wrote you by the...
I am charmed to find by your last letter that you pass your time so agreeably at Ghent: it would...
I am so exhausted by fatigue that it is with the utmost difficulty I can scrawl a few lines...
The last time I wrote you I was so excessively fatigued and it was so late that I scarcely know...
Your charming letter only reached me last night the roads being very bad but it came time enough...