If I had written to you my dear sister half as often as I have thought of you and contemplated...
I was unable to replie to my dear Sisters Letter of May 19th when I received it, being visited by...
I was unable to replie to my dear sisters Letter of May 19th. being visited by St Anthony who...
It looks like a want of those gratefull feelings which I am sure are inmates of my Heart, that...
your Letter of july 26th has lain by me unanswerd untill now. your own mind will easily suggest...
I this day received your kind Letter of the 17th. I know not any thing which would give me more...
I ought to have written to you before this day and have informed you of my Safe return home....
Your Letter of August 25th I received, and have felt very anxious for you and your family ever...
We have lost an excellent Neighbour and Friend in the death of Mr Black, for more than a Year he...
I was much gratified at receiving a Letter from you, as well as at the play of fancy, and the...
I received your Letter by the Mail of yesterday, and by the return of it to day I write you a few...
I received your Letters by the Mail of yesterday, and by the return of it to day I write to give...
An inflamation in one of my Eyes, will prevent me from writing more than to thank you for your...
Not having Wholy dissolved by the intense heat of the last week, I am enabled from a change of...
Truly my dear sister I blush and am asshamed that I have not written to you in replie to your...
I wrote to you upon fryday, but I do not now recollect what I have written. I know that my heart...
I recieved your Letter by the last Mail inclosing one for your daughter, who left me last week,...
I hear that Cousin Abbe is to return tomorrow to Atkinson. I Send by her two pr Socks for George...
A very droll accident happend to the inclosed Letter, as you will See by the address; I wrote two...
I had got comfortably through the cold of the winter, but the chilling winds of March have laid...
21From Abigail Smith Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, 5 May 1812 (Adams Papers)
I received by the last Mail your Letter of the 26th of April. the Severe weather of this week has...
I received your Letter written upon the Birth-day of my only daughter, and memorable to me for...
Inclosed are two Letters for you & family or to Speak more correctly one for you, and one for Mrs...
My daily care and visits for a fortnight past have been to the sick and dyeing Bed of our good...
Yesterdays post brought us heavey tydings tidings from Philadelphia. our Friend, our Physician,...
26From Abigail Smith Adams to Elizabeth Smith Shaw Peabody, 5 May 1813 (Adams Papers)
I have made up packets of Letters for this mornings post, to Wiscasset, to N york, to the Valley...
I received your Letter of June 22d and rejoiced to find your Spirits So good. The Scriptures tell...
I received this morning your Letter of 10th I feard that you were Sick, not hearing from you by...
with the middle finger of my right hand bound up with a , which you know is very soar, I attempt...
I received this morning your Letter of the 10th and I have the pleasure to inclose to you a...
I realy ought to have written to you and have inclosed the few Lines to Cousin Abbe which were...
I took a ride to Weymouth on Tuesday, and carried the letter received from Atkinson to the Dr.,...
True my dear Sister, “our Sweetest comforts have their alloy” my dear Caroline left me yesterday....
your Letter of Novbr 12 I received. you was not more amazed at the news of the sudden match that...
How have your Lungs borne this severe cold weather? mine have hitherto sustaind it better than...
I mentiond to mr D. Greenleaf the money which was to have been Sent to the Young Cranchs for...
your Letter of Feb’ry 15th, lies yet unacknowledged My Spirits have been in a whirl, the...
Your Letter my dear Sister lies yet unnoticed, or rather I Should Say unreplied too The...
I am going to ask you a curious question Nothing less, than the Name of the Gentleman who visited...