I am going to Quincy with your Sister this forenoon—& shall be in Town on monday A—M—to attend Mr...
your good Aunt Adams has made us a most agreeable visit—I wish you could accompanied her—She says...
3Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Mary Smith Cranch, 30 April 1785 (Adams Papers)
I have but a moments time to write you a Line, and send you by Mr. Allen the measure of Charles...
I was very much gratified to find that it was not the Presidents, your own, or your family’s...
I hope my dear Sister, & family are well, though I have not heard from her for three last...
I too my Dear Sister, have to address you from the Bed of Sickness— The wednesday night after I...
The peircing cold air of this Month has made me quiver so that I could not quit the fire side...
When you were here, I lent a great Coat, a small one—to Mrs Harrod, to keep of the rain, which...
Yesterday as soon as the mail arrived I sent to the Office full of expectation of receiving a...
I have but just received your very Sisterly Letter, by Mrs Adams, handed me this morning. I...
I am sorry you did not find time to write me a line—reports are so various, & calamitous that it...
will be so good as to send the enclosed to Dr Tufts, & she will oblige me—I have not time now...
I have the pleasure to inform you, that your dear Grandchildren reached here Friday noon, safe, &...
I feel much obliged my Dear Sister, to the Christian Desciple for the mild, & pacific Principles,...
By yesterday mail I received your kind letter. It is indeed a great while since we have heard...
A Day since I saw Mrs Harrod & she informed me that you had thoughts of making us a visit, & to...
It is a long time my Dear Sister, since I have written to you; but I consider it a priviledge...
I was in hopes of receiving a Letter by yesterdays Mail from you—I was glad to see by the News...
I received your letter yesterday, which informed me of yours, & Mrs Smith’s intended visit, & am...
By last Friday mail, I received your very excellent Letter, wherein you observe, it was thought a...
It is a sad misfortune to dear Connections when their Friends do not love to write—Some I know...
Your very interesting Letter of last week in which you mention the departure of your dear...
To day I re ceived your Letter with its contents all safe, & thank you for your care & for your...
Last Tuesday the Horn blew to announce the Departure of the Mail an Hour sooner than the usual...
25From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Mary Smith Cranch, January 1808 (Adams Papers)
Abby was indeed very happy to receive a letter from so worthy, beloved, & good an Aunt—& it gives...
Mr Lion and his intended I suppose so , as the modern phrase is, called here last Wednesday—I was...
To tell you that I am exceedingly grieved , to hear that you have been very sick, would be to...
your good grandchildren are just gone to repose in the arms of sweet Sleep, soothed by the...
You will now have no occasion to wish for more Snow, if at Quincy you are favoured with as much...
It has been a cold backward Spring, & Abby could not get abroad as I wished, she has a great deal...
31Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Mary Smith Cranch, 5 June 1784 (Adams Papers)
I have the pleasure to inform you of my safely being lodged in our Haverhill Dwelling, last...
Last week I went to Newburyport to accompany Capt Peabody, when I returned a Letter from my...
None but an affectionate Sister, can tell how much I was gratified, to recognize your well known...
By Mrs Welsh, who spent the afternoon with us, I was informed that Your dear Grandson was going...
By your Letter I was glad to find it was only the agitation occasioned by extraordinary, &...
I hope my Dear Sister’s Fibres are not so relaxed by the late intense heat of the weather, as not...
I am rejoiced to hear that you, & my niece got home safe. Such little excursions are really...
Thanks be to kind Providence we are all alive though the cold Tuesday our blood seemed...
Yesterdays mail conveyed me your kind Letter, which convinced me you had experienced those solid...
There is not anything in this world, which lies nearer my heart, or more deeply affects my Mind,...
There is not anything which lies nearer my heart, or more deeply affects my mind, than the...
I was very sorry to leave Boston without seeing, or even informing you, I was going—But I had...
43Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 5 April 1778 (Adams Papers)
Your kind Letter by Cousin Tufts was a pleasing and fresh proof of your Goodsense, Piety of...
44Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Abigail Adams, 14 April 1797 (Adams Papers)
If words could express the gratitude I feel for your kindness to me, & my Children, it would be...
Your Letter did not reach me untill several Weeks after it was written, & as I had a few days...
46Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 6 May 1784 (Adams Papers)
I am glad to hear that my Cousins got home well. Poor Boys I believe that they had their Coats...
47From Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to Richard Cranch, June 1811 (Adams Papers)
To receive a Letter from you My Dear Brother, & to be assured that a beloved Sister is recovering...
Company, unexpected, & avocations unavoidable, have for several Days occupied my whole Time, &...
49Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody to William Smith Shaw, 20 March 1799 (Adams Papers)
I have received two letters from you, & suppose you wonder that you have not heard from me much...
Through the protecting hand of a gracious Providence, I am rising from a bed of Sickness, where I...